For today’s musical interlude, I wanted a cool cover of ‘Burning Down the House’ by The Talking Heads, but everyone I listened to, which admittedly wasn’t very many, just weren’t satisfying. All except this 8-bit version. The reason I picked this is because that picture of the band is terrifyingly skewed that it reminds me of the ending to the video for this song. David Byrne’s face projected on asphalt is also terrifyingly skewed.
When this song came out, when the Breakfast Club movie came out, I was just finishing up Catholic school and graduating to high school. One of the kids in the class of ’85 had a party to celebrate it. There was a DJ spinning records and all the kids dancing or mixing it up. The DJ had a few games with records as prizes — actual vinyl 45s. I won a round and had to choose. I didn’t know any of the music of the day because I was in my punk phase and didn’t listen to anything that wasn’t Black Flag, Minor Threat, or hardcore. [poser!] The girls said to take the Simple Minds single. I’m always up for listening to what girls say. It wasn’t a bad choice. It’s a song that reminds me of youth, but I’m sure that for my classmates, the title does not apply for me.
Hurry up for those on the East Coast, these may be gone in another two hours. For those on the West Coast, enjoy for another six hours. For you on the other side of the globe, too bad.
These are your 404 Error pages for the day!
http://mlb.com/404
https://github.com/baderror
http://www.romainbrasier.fr/404
(h/t slate)
She’s so cold. When I touched her, my hand just froze.
You know I never did write up some of the tales from the trip out to the Philippines. There’s plenty to tell, and no one to hear about it. I’m going to go dig out my travel journal…
Sabotage is a dark, violent movie about the war on drugs and the people who fight it. It’s also an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. It’s not a film with his signature one-liners. Plus, with how dark the film is, you wouldn’t laugh at any one-liner.
Sabotage is about an elite DEA squad led by Arnold. During a drug raid, they steal $10 million from a Mexican cartel. When they go to recover the money, they find its been stolen from them. The squad members then start getting killed, and they are forced to worry about if its revenge from the cartel or one them being greedy.
The lineup for the DEA squad was like a manly-man actor squad. They were all tough. Even the girl — the crazy one. And when she’s the crazy one, then you know this movie will be off kilter. There’s violence similar to that found in The Counselor very cringe inducing and hard to take in. Torture, head shots, stabbing are just a few of the fun stuff waiting.
I figured that Arnold would return to his action form. Unfortunately, he went dark Arnie as in End of Days/Sixth Day. I wanted an Arnie flick. I got nothing but torture and head shots.
3 of 5 stars.
It’s as simple as that really: F to C5/G(?) with a chorus of C#, E, F, E. Something along those lines right? Right?
Thievery Corporation is releasing a new album next week. Go get it. But before you do preview it here on today’s link.
I may get it on vinyl!
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/23/289092236/first-listen-thievery-corporation-saudade
The Monuments Men tries too hard to be an important type film. It was once scheduled for a Christmas season release, a time for Oscar prestige openings. But then it was moved back a few weeks into the current year, and we find it still playing to an audience of elderly on a Saturday afternoon.
The movie tells the tales of the Army men who were tasked to save the treasures of Europe from the Nazis. Ordinary men of arts were gathered together and sent to the front to stop the pillaging of the great arts of Europe. Art restorers, architects, painters, and sculptors were recruited. They made up a small team that poked around the front lines in the latter part of the war finding and guarding important art.
It was a perfectly adequate film for a Saturday afternoon.
3 of 5 stars
