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Friday, July 28, 2006

The Interwebs and Music

I don't post here often, do I?

Anyway, I'm amazed about the technology the 'old' bands are using. Look at The Rolling Stones: the fans can listen to the concerts by phone for only 0.99 cents for 7 minutes. And The Who...well, you're all Who fans, so you'll probably know what I'm talking about.

I borrowed The Flaming Lips' At War with the Mystics from the library last Wednesday. IMO, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot is much better than the new album. "Do You Realize??" is still my favourite track on it. "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" and "Free Radicals" on the new one are great. My brother borrowed Yoshimi last year, I haven't listened to it until now. And it's probably because of ITA that I got into them. I thank you guys.
I'm borrowing Inside In Inside Out from The Kooks on Monday. The songs that get stuck in my head are "Ooh La!" and "Naive".
I hope "Wire & Glass" comes out here on Monday. But I'll guess I'll just ask my brother to buy it in Ireland.

The weather's nice, although it's still hot.

Sunday, July 09, 2006

It's a Bird, It's a Plane...

DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS!:
I saw "Superman Returns" quite a while ago. I thought "Spider-Man" was much better; "Superman Returns" didn't make sense. For example: The Daily Planet building is ruined and the next day it's perfectly normal. And the kid's from Superman? You got to be joking! Lois married another man, and wrote an article about why the world doesn't need Superman. At the end she writes an article about why the world NEEDS Superman. Just stick with him or leave him, woman!

I saw "Cars" the day before yesterday. I love Pixar movies, but this one kind of disappointed me. I thought "The Incredibles" was bad the first time, but "Cars"...I don't think I'll like it when I'll see it for the second time. Ok, the quotes were great: "Ka-chow", y'know. And Fillmore: "Respect the classics, man" and "It's Hendrix". The animation was great, though. But the story line is disappointing.
The best Pixar movies were "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2". "Monsters Inc." was enjoyable. "A Bug's Life"...I don't remember seeing that. I saw the trailer again, it has "Baba O'Riley" in it. "Finding Nemo": One of my favourites. Am I missing one?