3.14...

The last film we watched in cinema class turned out to be Darren Aronofsky's neurotic thriller, Pi. I think I should be honest for a moment here; I never really liked Pi. I know that people proclaimed it as genius, a masterwork and a triumph of the Indie-film genre. I suppose the meaning of the film never really reached me; Pi is a very deep, intellectual film. As far as I can remember, I saw Pi before I even seriously considered becoming a filmmaker.

Now however, I really appreciate the depth of Pi, as well as its neurotic visions. Part of my sudden interest may be because the teacher explained many of the confusing points about the film, such as: The goo stuck on Max's computer, the brain and the spirals. So...I'm glad that Pi turned out to be the last film for the semester. It was fitting. Even more fitting is the fact that I only have one paper left to write, and then I'm home free! (For a little while at least...)

Did I mention that I checked out that new Apple online music store? I'm actually impressed; it's a very nice concept and it's well executed. Even more enticing is the large selection of 80's music from groups like Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears and A-HA! With each song being priced at 99 cents, I can finally pick up some of those giddy pleasures. Take On Me, Mad World, Mr. Roboto...it's like stumbling upon some weird, synthetic wonderland. Speaking of the 80's, I'm on the lookout for a Michael Jackson hat for Gabe. Ahh-heeee-heee-heee! Thrillah!

Biking

I too am very excited for the Small Brown Bike show. It should rock the house! Dredg should be very cool. Don't forget about Mike Watt! I'm forcing everyone I know to see the myth and legend of punk bass play.

I'm very sore and tired today. I played some major ball (basket) last night. Ouch!

Pricey

Can you believe it? Small Brown Bike is next Wednesday...I'm already getting excited. It should be a good show, especially considering that the venue has changed to Modified. And of course, we've got some other good bands coming up: Dredge (I'm sure I spelt that wrong), Reggie and the Full Effect, and Pedro the Lion. I do know that we'll probably skip out on the Year of the Rabbit show. "Why Brock, why?!!?!?!" Well, for a number of reasons, one being the fact that the Rabbit will only be the opening act, and the other being that the actual show costs around 30 bucks. Pricey! I'll get my Ken Andrews fix though, just you wait...

How about the clips of that new Radiohead music video, There, There? I think it looks pretty neat. I love the grainy, stilted filming. It feels like a cheesy B-grade horror film, or even an outake reel from Army of Darkness. Thom York's facial expression when he peaks around the trees is priceless.

Today...

Today I'll blog...just lemme wake up here, eh?

DVD Day

Well, I bought two DVDs today. Can I consider that DVD day? Maybe, since I rarely buy more than one DVD in one day. If I had the dough, I'd buy more. Anyway, I picked up Catch Me If You Can and Say Anything. Say Anything is a special edition! It's one of the 80s classics. It has commentary with Cameron Crowe, John Cusak and Ione Sky. Pretty sweet, huh? Oh yeah! Can't wait to watch them.

Xpressive

I think it’s safe to say that the new X-Men movie was pretty enjoyable. I definitely liked it more then I thought I would, which, is always a good thing. Heck, I even saw it twice…my friend Marco and I saw it on Saturday night. Stacked up against the other Marvel Comics movies I can honestly say that I like this one enough to place it second only to Spider-Man. The characters were interesting, well developed and accurately played. Still, the best part of the whole movie is in my opinion Magneto. Talk about priceless villainy. With both Gandalf and Magneto under his hat Ian McKellen has easily grown to be one of my favorite "geek-actors". Of course, I do have a few grips to mention, one being Rogue’s accent. The second time I saw the film I was trying to guess where Anna Paquin was trying to pull off the Southern accent and in which scenes she simply neglected to even bother. Fine, accent or no accent, just stop switching between.