I used to look forward to the end of the month. Not because it’s pay day, as I get paid weekly. But because the magazine Uncut that I’ve bought religiously every month for the last twelve years comes out. Okay maybe looking forward to the end of the month is an exaggeration, but I always looked out to see if it was in the newsagents around the time it should be out.
I still buy it but don’t look forward to it, if I happen to be in the newsagents and it’s there then I buy it.
I’ve found some of my favourite music from reading reviews in Uncut. Richmond Fontaine, Drive-By Truckers, Lift To Experience, The National to name a few. But I don’t rely of Uncut to lead me onto new music anymore. If it wasn’t for the CD which usually turns me onto a band that I haven’t heard before then I wouldn’t buy it anymore.
This months issue has Keith Richards on the cover. I know the story! I know about The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin. How much more can you write about them?!
At a glance what else is in this months issue? Some pictures of Lemmy, one with Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. Jesus, Nancy makes Lemmy look good looking.
An interview with John Paul Jones. Move on.
The making of the Carly Simon song You’re So Vain. Who is she referring to? Who cares.
An article about the band Orange Juice. Never cared for their pop songs with jaunty guitars.
The annoyingly voiced harp player Joanna Newsom. I imagine harps being played in heaven. If so then damn me to hell.
Something about Twin Peaks. Never watched it. Might have a quick read through.
Townes Van Zandt. Yes I know he was a drunk. Will read later.
Pictures of Morrissey. Apparently you must like The Smiths if you’re seriously into music. I don’t buy into that. Don’t get what all the fuss is about.
The CD is pretty good though. So I guess I will buy Uncut next month.
Saturday 27 February 2010
Thursday 11 February 2010
Avatar
The selling points to the film Avatar seems to be that it cost an obscene amount of money to make and the 3-D special effects.
Well anyway, I saw it the other night and it was alright and it was good to go to the cinema for the first time in ages but it felt like I was in a video game. Or watching a video game. If it felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto then fine. But it wasn’t, more like one of them video games aimed at kids that I don’t play.
If I was a kid then I’m sure I would have loved it, so let’s not pretend that it’s much more than a kids film.
But it’s got a message don’t you know?
Yes but I don’t need a gazillion dollar 3-D film to teach me about imperialism and the raping of indigenous peoples land. If I was a kid then maybe.
Some other thoughts:
Jake the marine gets in this pod and controls the avatar, then when the avatar sleeps he gets out of the pod. When Jake the marines avatar gets with the female avatar and they fuck I was wondering if he will wake up in the pod with his underpants a mess.
At the end of the film Jack the marine chooses to be transformed totally into one of them blue people, leaving his human life behind. I couldn’t help thinking that this is patronising to people in wheelchairs. “Well wouldn’t you do this if you were wheelchair bound?” Is what it said to me.
Okay I get it! It’s in 3-D! It’s the future don’t you know? Films in 3-D, sport in 3-D. What next, porn in 3-D? That’s a winner I’m sure.
Well anyway, I saw it the other night and it was alright and it was good to go to the cinema for the first time in ages but it felt like I was in a video game. Or watching a video game. If it felt like I was in Grand Theft Auto then fine. But it wasn’t, more like one of them video games aimed at kids that I don’t play.
If I was a kid then I’m sure I would have loved it, so let’s not pretend that it’s much more than a kids film.
But it’s got a message don’t you know?
Yes but I don’t need a gazillion dollar 3-D film to teach me about imperialism and the raping of indigenous peoples land. If I was a kid then maybe.
Some other thoughts:
Jake the marine gets in this pod and controls the avatar, then when the avatar sleeps he gets out of the pod. When Jake the marines avatar gets with the female avatar and they fuck I was wondering if he will wake up in the pod with his underpants a mess.
At the end of the film Jack the marine chooses to be transformed totally into one of them blue people, leaving his human life behind. I couldn’t help thinking that this is patronising to people in wheelchairs. “Well wouldn’t you do this if you were wheelchair bound?” Is what it said to me.
Okay I get it! It’s in 3-D! It’s the future don’t you know? Films in 3-D, sport in 3-D. What next, porn in 3-D? That’s a winner I’m sure.
Sunday 7 February 2010
Neil Or Buzz
How did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin decided who would be the first out of the shuttle and set foot on the moon.
Maybe they flipped a coin? No they couldn’t do that in the shuttle, because what with there being no gravity the coin would never land.
Thumb wrestle? Maybe. Or maybe Neil Armstrong said to Buzz that as people call him Buzz it’s the sort of name people will remember. I mean who would remember the second person on the moon if he was called Neil?
He probably said that in a few years a film might be made where toys come to life and one of the main characters is a spaceman toy called Buzz Lightyear. They are hardly going to call it Neil Lightyear are they?
Maybe they flipped a coin? No they couldn’t do that in the shuttle, because what with there being no gravity the coin would never land.
Thumb wrestle? Maybe. Or maybe Neil Armstrong said to Buzz that as people call him Buzz it’s the sort of name people will remember. I mean who would remember the second person on the moon if he was called Neil?
He probably said that in a few years a film might be made where toys come to life and one of the main characters is a spaceman toy called Buzz Lightyear. They are hardly going to call it Neil Lightyear are they?
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