Today's top story: I have finally received my very own copy of the Umbrellas of Cherbourg soundtrack. I know...its a bit on the cheesy side...but I like it. Now I can listen to it at end. The unfortunate news is that today is also the arrival of P!nk's new album. I took a listen to the samples on iTunes...wasn't horribly impressed, so I'll just get it later.
Today's bottom story: Lack of a letter from Rice. Seriously people...where the hell is it?
No matter if his playing an innocent naive college boy home from school, or an eccentric special agent investigating a really strange murder, or even the perfect husband (that has problems in bed) Kyle MacLachlan is always great. You may know him from his David Lynch days (where he played a wide array of strange/disturbing characters that were somehow lovable at the same time), or you may know him from his more recent appearance in Sex and the City (where I am right now rediscovering him). as Charlotte's (not-so) perfect husband. He doesn't seem to do much (save for a few appearances in movies and TV shows from time to time)...but maybe he's just hard to cast? I'm personally looking forward to his upcoming role in David Lynch's Inland Empire...who knows what he will be doing...
What do you think...love him or hate him? Any required viewing that I missed?
The Zenith: Twin Peaks=Agent Dale Cooper
The Classic: Blue Velvet=Jeffrey Beaumont (right)
The Entertaining: Sex and the City=Trey MacDougal (above)
I know right? Thanks to My New Plaid Pants for the image!
Can we all agree that Desperate Housewives is dead? I ate up the first season (in about a week...watching 8 episodes a day helps) but the second is flopping around trying to be what the first was. Plot lines are messy and disappear and never develop. Everyone is kind of annoying. NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. And if it wasn't enough, they are going back to stolen baby stories (hello...that is so first season). At least Felicity Huffman is in it (although she gets barely any screen time these days). Shes needs to either get a TV show of her own, or star in another movie (perhaps one where she isn't playing a man...or woman...or whatever). {sigh} I wish the show was still good...(many believe it never was)...but now I'm just stuck in it. I have to keep watching to find out what happens, and nothing ever does. I say it dies VERY SOON. The writers don't know what to do with it anymore.
Isn't it weird that I always listened to only classical music until VERY recently? And now look at my top 5 most listened to tracks....I never listen to 'classical' anymore.
Although I guess the above listed music isn't considered 'serious' by very many people...
Who needs serious?
Tags:gwen stefani, cher, p!nk, music, serious, last.fm
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If you haven't seen Angels in America...do yourself a favor and see it now.
4. Happy Endings: Ending sequence...
**(recapping where everybody is...cut to Maggie Gylenhall randomly singing in a night club) A really interesting movie that really deserved a lot more than it got. Great performances all around...and how can you resist an unexpected ending like that? And Maggie can really sing too.
3. King Kong: Anne and Kong meet each other in the streets of Manhattan...
**Complete with that signature larger than life Peter Jackson cinematogrophy, the image of Naomi Watts in the street has been burned into my mind. Throw in a slow paced very long shot of the woman and ape staring at each other and you have me sold.
2. Capote: "What is the name of your book?"
**The culmination of the movie and all of our questions answered. Many tears were spilled (by the actors in the movie I mean.)
1. Brokeback Mountain: Final phone conversation...
**The scene that has stayed with me. The long close-up/reaction shot while Anne Hathaway breaks the news to Ennis. Her's is one of my favorite performances this year because of this scene (too bad her part was too small to get recognition). Listen for the tiny inward gasps as she hears things she really doesn't want to.
Tags:lamb, gwen stefani, scarf
Thought I should mention that I finally finished reading The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Most of you probably know this as the book that inspired the movie Adaptation. The movie is radically different from the book (being a VERY loose adaptation). I have to admit that I love both of them in their own way. I love the way that Susan Orlean writes...it is all at once informal and profound. She'll go from being extremely funny about something (such as alligators crossing a parking lot) and then suddenly start talking about her inner most desires.
The book is at first about John Laroche, a man charged with stealing precious/endangered orchids out of a swamp...but it delves into the history of Florida, orchid hunting around the world, and the Seminole Indian tribe. We learn how all of these things fit together and the book ends up eventually being about obsession and unfulfilled desire. Really amazing.
You have probably read the quotes I have posted here and though that they weren't very interesting. READ THE BOOK. You will not be sorry. It really is one of my favorites ever. I need to read more of her books...right now. But first its on to Truman Capote and In Cold Blood.
Tags:susan orlean, the orchid thief, book, author
While this may be a blatant rip-off of a similar weekly blog entry at another blog, here is a recap of important things that happened this week (at least to me). And its also an excuse to push this new supercool expression.
1. Louis Andriessen: After two concerts at Eastman featuring his music and music inspired by his composition, you can't help but love him. And I hear that he is super nice (even though I didn't get to play his music and thus didn't get to meet him...sad day).
2. Bang on a Can: You can't help but love the minimalist pop pieces inspired by the above mentioned composer. Check out works by Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, and David Lang.
3. Brad Lubman: He was able to throw together both Rite of Spring and Andriessen's La Passione in only two weeks, and both sounded really good (not that I was playing in either of them...oh wait, I was.) Its no wonder they say, "All Hail Brad Lubman" (and he has even been known to read this blog from time to time...so I'm not sucking up to him or anything...)
4. Sasha Cohen/Irina Slutskaya/Shizuka Arakawa: The leading ladies of figure skating. Lots of hype for a Russian sweep that didn't happen, lots of hype for an American upset that didn't happen. Japan silently sneaks in and takes gold.
5. Geeta Abad and Boston: Don't you love it when you meet up with an old friend you haven't seen for a long time and really have an amazing time in a really amazing city? Thought so.
NOT-Lamb? New England Conservatory and Paul Katz. Grungy and nasty school combined with a VERY tacky encounter makes for a not good experience.
Tags:lamb, andriessen, Bang on a Can, Brad Lubman, figure skating,Boston, Paul Katz
In a surprise win Shizuka Arakawa won the gold in the Ladies Free Skate tonight. While her program wasn't thrilling, it was the only flawless one, and it put her FAR ahead of the other competitors. I should be happy that Sasha Cohen came in second, but lets be honest, she deserved nothing. Maybe her skating is fluid and artistic (in my opinion the most artistic of those who skated tonight) but tonight was not a shining performance. She fell too much and too hard. Too bad for Slutskaya, she was robbed of the silver. But whatever the result, it made for an exciting night of skating...see you in four years!
Tags:slutskaya, sasha cohen, arakawa, skating, olympics
