I owe an apology to the blogging world. I forgot to keep up with my blogging. these next two posts will be double strength.
Coldplay's Prospekt's March is an EP they put together from B-sides from Viva La Vida or Death and All of His Friends. It's a wonderful collection of songs, and is especially worth checking out if you liked Viva La Vida or Death and All of His Friends. Of these, this rings most relevant to me. Probably because I'm a sentimental sap, but I think this is a really well put together song. As always, Chris Martin's falsetto never fails. It's pretty damn good.
This past year, The Hold Steady put out a great record called Stay Positive. The album sounds like what would have happened if Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band grew up in the emo generation. This song, of the most humorous, and catchy on the album features it's main line as "Subpoenaed in Texas, Sequestered in Memphis". Perfect for the song, the album, and it's a great introduction to those who aren't familiar with their music.
Movies of the Week: Burn After Reading & Rain Man
The Coen brothers put together another great movie. A perfectly cast movie about stupidity. American stupidity, Russian stupidity, just stupidity. Pretty much every character in this movie is at least slightly stupid. Sincere, real people, just not of the most practical, or sophisticated level.
Despite my contempt for Tom Cruise's acting in general, he does particularly nicely in this movie. However, it is Dustin Hoffman, the extremely bright light of this movie, that really makes everything seem relevant. The script is good, the directing is plain, but the acting is truly phenomenal.
Albums of the Week: Word of Mouth - Jaco Pastorius & The Fragile - Nine Inch Nails
Bassist extraordinaire put out this album in 1981 while he was still playing for Weather Report. This was his second studio album, and a pretty damn good one. The first song really shows the acid jazz that he later became more well known for.
Trent Reznor. That is all.
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