22/01/2006
Long time, no see
entry posted by Inquisitor at 1:39
(permalink).
categories: Blogging
, Movies
, Music
, Politics
Just haven't been blogging all that much lately, or seen the need to blog. But now I'm back in business, at least in a part-time sort of way.
So, how has life gone since I went away?
- Movies: There are a few movie-watching controversies right now that I'm going to have to give my position on: I'm pro-King Kong (I even liked the first section) and pro-Jarhead. Didn't much take to Narnia (the use of the "something's bad there... wait, no, it's good" cliché over and over again really didn't appeal to my sense of true movie-making, or to even the book, although I accept that they did a pretty good job with what material they had). Missed The Producers due to not being anywhere near a decent cinema over Christmas and so will have to wait for a video rental. Saw Bittersweet Life at EIFF last year; if you're anywhere near a cinema showing it, please do, it's no Oldboy but it's still a worthwhile watch. March of the Penguins is out on Region 1, so anyone who wants to see it can. Must see Cock and Bull Story, which for some reason is only at the Cameo (Cineworld are still showing Cheaper by the Dozen 2, however.) I have no position on Brokeback Mountain, because I haven't seen it.
- Music: I've been listening to a lot of Kraftwerk lately, having got the Minimum-Maximum DVD (lovely DTS track, by the way) and an epiphany came to me: Electric Café isn't actually all that bad, is it? Sure, it's no Man-Machine, but it's got a sort of rhythmic undertone that propels the whole thing along in a very listenable, almost dancey way; and "The Telephone Call" is eight minutes of phone-sampling techno brilliance. Anyway, besides The Mix it looks like an absolute masterpiece.
- Blogging: I really need to get a better blogging system, but I don't want to pay. Decisions, decisions...
- Politics: This is really depressing. As is George Galloway going on Celebrity Big Brother. What the hell was he thinking? Obviously not about his constituents...
So far, the best musical thing to happen this year should hopefully be Shayne Ward getting kicked off the #1 position; which will probably happen this week (to the Arctic Monkeys, dear God), at least according to Popbitch. Else, I'm looking forward to the Belle and Sebastian album.