4/8/2009 1:01:00 AM
It's only right that Sacha Baron Cohen sets his sights on Europe this summer
with the release of his film, Bruno. I always thought this character deserved
more attention: he gets people pissed much more quickly than Borat, who is
actually rather innocent. (That's the ex-punker speaking.)
We know we
deserve this.
Bruno
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
The patchwork of civilizations
4/3/2009 1:13:00 AM
When the Commander-in-Chief said "the world is a complicated place" at his press conference yesterday he made me think of an excellent book, "A Brief History of the Human Race" by Michael Cook.
How I wish someone had left it at a bedside table in the White House eight years ago.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.g.mason/Michael_Cook.htm
When the Commander-in-Chief said "the world is a complicated place" at his press conference yesterday he made me think of an excellent book, "A Brief History of the Human Race" by Michael Cook.
How I wish someone had left it at a bedside table in the White House eight years ago.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/ian.g.mason/Michael_Cook.htm
Friday, October 10, 2014
Dead man talking
3/27/2009 2:28:00 AM
My worst nightmare is my name being used posthumously to justify something I never advocated. Happens all the time. If poor John Maynard Keynes was alive today, reading the editorials, he would scream.
Get this, guys: he never said you can borrow your way out of a recession. Go buy the basics of macroeconomics. Twenty bucks second-hand.
My worst nightmare is my name being used posthumously to justify something I never advocated. Happens all the time. If poor John Maynard Keynes was alive today, reading the editorials, he would scream.
Get this, guys: he never said you can borrow your way out of a recession. Go buy the basics of macroeconomics. Twenty bucks second-hand.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
And ambitions are low
3/19/2009 1:30:00 AM
I'm one of those sad characters consistently trying to kill the Sunday blues with Austin Powers, Monty Python, Wayne's World and Spinal Tap. It's a bit like the hair of the dog. The agony is simply delayed and reinforced.
"Control" by Anton Corbijn has an amazing reverse effect: intense suffering followed by absolute peace. Very much like classic drama, all characters drawn into a tragic whirlpool, unable to quench its thirst.
I'm one of those sad characters consistently trying to kill the Sunday blues with Austin Powers, Monty Python, Wayne's World and Spinal Tap. It's a bit like the hair of the dog. The agony is simply delayed and reinforced.
"Control" by Anton Corbijn has an amazing reverse effect: intense suffering followed by absolute peace. Very much like classic drama, all characters drawn into a tragic whirlpool, unable to quench its thirst.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Boys on film
3/12/2009 2:35:00 AM
"The making of" DVDs can be extremely boring. They tend to inflate the egos of the people involved to an extent that you really begin to question their sanity.
No such danger with Duran Duran. Their DVD on Rio is genuinely entertaining - maybe because after 27 years you can usually place the events in a meaningful context.
And I can't stop laughing at the thought of Nick Rhodes arriving at steamy Sri Lanka, in black leather from head to toe, asking where his limo is.
http://duranduran.wikia.com/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Rio
"The making of" DVDs can be extremely boring. They tend to inflate the egos of the people involved to an extent that you really begin to question their sanity.
No such danger with Duran Duran. Their DVD on Rio is genuinely entertaining - maybe because after 27 years you can usually place the events in a meaningful context.
And I can't stop laughing at the thought of Nick Rhodes arriving at steamy Sri Lanka, in black leather from head to toe, asking where his limo is.
http://duranduran.wikia.com/wiki/Classic_Albums:_Rio
Monday, October 6, 2014
But when they cut me open
3/6/2009 12:39:00 AM
Some lyrics have this magic capacity to function as a channel for your own imagination. Take "Spaceman" by The Killers which BTW is on its way to becoming the pop song of this decade. It for some strange reason reminds me of the fact that a woman or a girl is raped in East Congo every second minute.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/spaceman-lyrics-the-killers.html
Some lyrics have this magic capacity to function as a channel for your own imagination. Take "Spaceman" by The Killers which BTW is on its way to becoming the pop song of this decade. It for some strange reason reminds me of the fact that a woman or a girl is raped in East Congo every second minute.
http://www.metrolyrics.com/spaceman-lyrics-the-killers.html
Friday, October 3, 2014
The meaning behind the moaning
3/2/2009 1:51:00 AM
I've spent so much time trying to understand lyrics, mine and others, thinking that they were some sort of coded messages from some other dimension. I guess that Freud did much more harm to me than I am prepared to admit.
I'm glad that, once again, I was guided by an elder. Leonard Cohen is spot-on in a recent NYT interview: "it doesn't serve the enterprise to really examine it from outside the moment." Shalom.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/arts/music/25cohe.html?_r=0
I've spent so much time trying to understand lyrics, mine and others, thinking that they were some sort of coded messages from some other dimension. I guess that Freud did much more harm to me than I am prepared to admit.
I'm glad that, once again, I was guided by an elder. Leonard Cohen is spot-on in a recent NYT interview: "it doesn't serve the enterprise to really examine it from outside the moment." Shalom.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/arts/music/25cohe.html?_r=0
Thursday, October 2, 2014
The one to watch
2/26/2009 4:47:00 AM
France 3 remains in its own class as a provider of public service television. It's hard to think of any other public channel - anywhere in the world - showing the links of the sitting president to the national defence industry ("Droit d'inventaire" yesterday).
And they have an amazing ability to find great journalists that also happen to be a pleasure for the eye.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_d'inventaire
France 3 remains in its own class as a provider of public service television. It's hard to think of any other public channel - anywhere in the world - showing the links of the sitting president to the national defence industry ("Droit d'inventaire" yesterday).
And they have an amazing ability to find great journalists that also happen to be a pleasure for the eye.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_d'inventaire
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Electronicaland
2/20/2009 3:29:00 AM
I try to avoid writing about gigs on the spur of the moment. They often seem better or worse after some time. But now I just can't help it.
Yesterday's showcase of Belgian electronica at the AB was simply amazing. It reminded me of what John Peel (bless his soul) once said: "Sometimes you run into music that just seems to come out of land naturally."
This is my eldorado, this is my rubicon. I'm glad I lived to see this.
http://www.abconcerts.be/fr/agenda/evenements/soldout-mvsc-casiokids/3997/
I try to avoid writing about gigs on the spur of the moment. They often seem better or worse after some time. But now I just can't help it.
Yesterday's showcase of Belgian electronica at the AB was simply amazing. It reminded me of what John Peel (bless his soul) once said: "Sometimes you run into music that just seems to come out of land naturally."
This is my eldorado, this is my rubicon. I'm glad I lived to see this.
http://www.abconcerts.be/fr/agenda/evenements/soldout-mvsc-casiokids/3997/
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