I'm taking a couple of weeks off.
Enjoy yr summer. See you soon.
XO,
John
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<3 This Week
- 9/27 - 11/21
- - I Think We're Alone Now
- - I love you.
- 4/17 - 9/26
- - I'm Still Here
- 4/4 - 4/17
- - God I love the first season of Wonder Showzen
- - God I love this Bonnie Prince Billy video which was made by the Wonder Showzen guys
- - The Wesley Willis documentary broke my cold little heart
- - My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
- - Go, go Baio
- - Butts
- 3/30 - 4/3
- - Finally watching the Up series. My God, John is so incredibly punchable.
- - The Japanese women's curling team make adorable noises when throwing. They all have blogs.
- 3/15 - 3/29
- - Julia's just too weird and horrible to not recommend.
- - There's a really beautiful film about Ohio out there.
- - This movie's like the anti-Gummo and I loved it.
- - Surprisingly sympathy inducing.
- 3/8 - 3/14
- - Finally dumping Rapidshare and their ilk. All links are now live and hopefully permanent. (Except for Mix Tape #1, which I didn't save...if anyone has it, send it to me, yo.)
- 2/28 - 3/7
- - Fish Tank
- - I'm not sure why The Emeralds are now The Rubies. But I am sure those songs are f'n great.
- - Sun Liquor Mai Thais.
- 1/30 - 2/27
- - This Vivi Bach album is incredible.
- - District 13: Ultimatum. And see the first one if you haven't.
- - Good news for The Lights. (Although that sort of looks turd-tastic...but I'm glad they're getting some exposure).
- - Police, Adjective
- - The White Ribbon
- - This album
- - Gonjasufi
- - Drunk History
- - Falling in love with Gummo all over again.
- 1/10 - 1/30
- - All of these are great. (Sample clips here)
- - ZMD
- - *boner*
- - This is like a steampunk Se7en and it's hilarious.
- - I like how Dengue Fever can't make a bad album.
- - I listened to this when it first came out and didn't like it. I listened to it again recently and realized I'm an idiot.
- - This is awesome. Thanks, Alex.
- 12/13 - 1/9
- - Some of my favorite Christmas presents: 1, 2, 3, and 4. Thanks so much :)
- - Strongman
- - *boner*
- 11/23 - 12/12
- - Sooooooo...you can watch Bulgarian MTV here and it's fucking amazing...just sayin'
- 11/15 - 11/22
- - This pleases me.
- 11/8 - 11/14
- - Probably occasioned by Wanda, I'm realizing I have a thing for low-budget movies from the 70's about losers. Here's one. And, holy crap, you can watch this one online.
- 11/1 - 11/7
- - Ask me next week.
- 10/25 - 10/31
- - The Headless Woman
- - Surprisingly, The September Issue
- 10/11 - 10/24
- - Go see Davila 666 live.
- 9/20 - 10/10
- - Wanda
- - What's with all the Dix?
- - Um...
- 9/13 - 9/19
- - Watch your back, yo.
- - Dating. *shiver*
- - Keep fucking that chicken! (1, 2)
- 9/6 - 9/12
- - Seconds
- - I didn't really like this, but the main character is named Dixon and everyone calls him Dix. Which lends itself to some great dialogue. "I'm frightened of Dix." "I've been dealing with Dix for 20 years." Etc. Yeah. I'm a keeper.
- - Sorry.
- 8/31 - 9/5
- - Why is there a new Polvo album and why is it great?
- - Old Man Gloom
- - Nightmare Alley
- - Lorna's Silence
- - Just...wow.
- 8/23 - 8/30
- - Snort.
- - July 7.
- 8/16 - 8/22
- - School's out. Forever.
- 8/9 - 8/15
- - Humpday
- - I totally want to do this. First film'd be Sleepaway Camp.
- - I've watched six of these so far. They make me really happy.
- 8/2 - 8/8
- - Frustrating, yet funny: 1, 2.
- - This album.
- - Alex's vacation photos are awesome and hilarious.
- - Bonita Granville
- 8/4 - 8/4
- - ROLLER DERBY :P
- 7/26 - 8/1
- - Contrary to video evidence I suspect they all still hate each other...
- - Bless you, Finders Keepers.
- - Tokyo Gore Police
- 7-19 - 7/25
- - Well. Hey there.
- - The Genki Sushi theme song.
- 7/12 - 7/18
- - Aside from the obvious, this album.
- 7/5 - 7/11
- - You, of course. (Not you. Her.)
- 6/21 - 7/4
- - London.
- - Not having cancer.
- - Patrón.
- 6/14 - 6/20
- - I hope this gets distribution, because it was really good.
- - This really is mindblowing.
- - Good dumb fun band.
- 6/7 - 6/13
- - The trailer's terrible but this is one of the best things I've seen this year.
- - Ho. Lee. Crap.
- - Hanging out in the parking lot of Dairy Queen.
- 5/31 - 6/6
- - You probably already heard about this. But if you haven't, you can get it here. Pretty decent.
- - Just fantastic.
- - This was pretty great, says the guy with a freezer full of Eggo waffles.
- - I was kind of kidding about that "Oh Boo Hoo" thing at first, but, no, really. I've listened to it for about 15 hours now...
- 5/24 - 5/30
- - Throwing everything Jason Molina did up through Pyramid Electric Company into a playlist, calling it "Oh Boo Hoo" and listening to it non-stop while walking around in the bright, beautiful sunshine.
- - Good.
- - Better.
- - Best.
- 5/17 - 5/23
- - The Limits of Control, yo.
- 5/10 - 5/16
- - Yes.
- - Alex makes great mixes.
- 5/3 - 5/9
- - Album of the year.
- - A+ live Obits stuff.
- - Keep on Wombling!
- 4/26 - 5/2
- - Anvil!
- - Yes.
- - This really is outstanding...
- 4/19 - 4/25
- - Holy crap. I was going through a pile of old CDs and found this which Derek burned for me and it's just awesome. I should email him. And you should download that.
- 4/12 - 4/18
- - Good album!
- - Another good album!
- - And another good album!
- - Oh. I apologize in advance...
- 4/5 - 4/11
- - That customer reviewer is nuts. This is CRAZY GOOD
- 3/29 - 4/4
- - Found a copy of this and couldn't stop listening to it. Please download it and tell me what instrument they're using on track one...
- - Some damn fine music in here...
- 3/22 - 3/28
- - I thought this was going to be about a giant turtle that eats Japan. It's not. But it's good.
- - This album is a lot of fun
- - All of these albums are really good.
- - More Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve. Yay!
- 3/15 - 3/21
- - Waltz With Bashir
- - This album is ruling my world...
- - I'd actually sort of miss breakfast...
- - I love these guys.
- - My friends. Much love!
- 3/8 - 3/14
- - What was up with all the bad reviews for Choke? It was fine!
- - My God. This album.
- - This guy's such a wonderful trainwreck...
- - Ahhhh! Freaky.
- 3/1 - 3/7
- - This is like an American version of a Dardenne brothers' film. Which means it's good and you should go see it.
- - This series of DVDs is awesome with a capital HAW.
- - I mean, this is one of the featured trailers. KILLER CATS. TREMBLE.
- 2/23 - 2/28
- - These are all pretty great.
- - Oh Conan.
- - FISH BISCUIT
- 2/17 - 2/22
- - Oh my. This is good.
- - Good newspaper noir!
- - Good swamp noir!
- 2/9 - 2/16
- - Why did The Signal get such bad reviews? It was tense and funny.
- - Frozen River is tense and very not funny. But good.
- - The Volcano Suns re-issues are better than I even hoped.
- - I know what to expect from Jan Svankmajer and I am never disappointed.
- - Sukiyaki Western Django is a mess but I couldn't take my eyes off of it.
- - And it totally lifts a scene from this other great Western whose theme song is one of my favorites.
- 2/1 - 2/8
- (opposite week edition)
- - Moving.
- 1/25 - 1/32
- - Manbabies.
- - Aw shit yeah!
- - Synecdoche, New York.
- - Wendy and Lucy.
- 1/20 - 1/27
- - Bad things happen to Randolph Mantooth (1, 2, 3)
- - Much to my chagrin, My Bloody Valentine 3D wasn't a concert film. It was still awesome, though.
- 1/12 - 1/19
- - I think vampires are dumb and I still liked this movie (redux).
- - This album's really good.
- - This EP is really good.
- 1/4 - 1/11
- - Shitloads of Night Gallery and Kraft Suspense Theater
- - Wild Strawberries
- - Eric and Michelle got me music for Christmas. Including this guy's Treny album which is really good. Thanks, y'all!
- 12/29 - 1/4
- - Great Killdozer live set.
- - I got this for $5 at the record store but the clerk put the wrong CD in the sleeve (Chamelons UK of all things) so I went back to the record store at 9:30 and they were closed even though they weren't supposed to close until 10:00 so I banged on the door and another clerk was there and he got me the right CD for which I was grateful because it's really good.
- 12/15 - 12/28
- - Oh cool. Dalida's in this movie.
- - This album's really good.
- - Dara Puspita
- - We ate this for three days. It requires a very large pot.
- - Davila 666
- 12/7 - 12/14
- - Nothing!
- 11/30 - 12/6
- - I liked this better than American Teen.
- - I want my three hours back.
- - JCVD.
- - Smokey Robinson being molested by the letter U.
- - Miss Piggy singing "Fuck The Pain Away."
- 11/22 - 11/29
- - This album is really good!
- - This movie is really good!
- - Allegories for human frailty are always better when they're in space...
- - This is a fun read if you have an hour or so. Make sure to click all the links.
- 11/16 - 11/22
- - I think vampires are dumb and I still think this is the best movie I've seen all year...
- - Is that Dave Coulier?
- - Ed Park's Personal Days is a fast, hilarious, and rewarding read. And it has its own blog.
- - Honestly, though, And Then We Came To The End is better...
- 11/9 - 11/15
- - If you haven't seen Rosemary's Baby, you really should.
- - There's a documentary about The Monks and it's really good.
- - There's a best moments from The Happening youtube that's kind of funny.
- - But not as funny as the best moments from The Wicker Man.
- - The Godmonster of Indian Flats seriously brings the "WTF"s.
- 11/2 - 11/8
- - This album.
- - Scatman Crothers singing Ghost Riders In The Sky.
- - I am happy with this purchase.
- - Please vote.
- 10/27 - 11/1
- - Bridget Bardot videos are fun.
- - That Rodriguez album is real damn good.
- - For those about to concatenate, we salute you.
