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So my parents are finally getting 1) a DVD player and 2) a subscription to Netflix. And we have a legal pad dedicated to listing all the things that we're planning to watch, in some order or other. To start with I have "Point of Order!" (about the Army-McCarthy hearings) and "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit." So yes, documentaries. After that, I'd like to get The Sopranos season one (to show to my parents) and The Wire season four (for myself).
At some point I'd also like to see Battlestar Galactica season four, if only so I can follow the wonderful vids that beccatoria is making. It is arguably rather backwards, but vids have actually introduced me to quite a few source texts. Or in this case, kept me watching them. BSG vids are particularly stunning. I have almost as many of them as X-Files vids, and you know that I'm a much bigger fan of one show than the other. It is my absolute favorite show for vidding, hands down. Beautiful visuals, action and movement, and political commentary. I need to do a post all on that topic.
In other news I've been listening to a lot of the Kinks recently, especially after finding this. The album "Arthur; or, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire" seemed in some ways peculiarly appropriate for Armistice Day. At least if you consider satire on the futility of war to be appropriate, which I do. If you want to give it a listen, I particularly recommend "Victoria," "Yes Sir, No Sir," "Shangri La" and "Mr Churchill Says." Really the Kinks are a highly underrated group. Their observation and social commentary is so incisive, as is their mimicry of different musical styles and accents. Like the Beatles if the Beatles had paid more attention to the world around them. Except the Beatles had a cooler manager (which as we all know is the standard by which all musical groups should be judged).
At some point I'd also like to see Battlestar Galactica season four, if only so I can follow the wonderful vids that beccatoria is making. It is arguably rather backwards, but vids have actually introduced me to quite a few source texts. Or in this case, kept me watching them. BSG vids are particularly stunning. I have almost as many of them as X-Files vids, and you know that I'm a much bigger fan of one show than the other. It is my absolute favorite show for vidding, hands down. Beautiful visuals, action and movement, and political commentary. I need to do a post all on that topic.
In other news I've been listening to a lot of the Kinks recently, especially after finding this. The album "Arthur; or, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire" seemed in some ways peculiarly appropriate for Armistice Day. At least if you consider satire on the futility of war to be appropriate, which I do. If you want to give it a listen, I particularly recommend "Victoria," "Yes Sir, No Sir," "Shangri La" and "Mr Churchill Says." Really the Kinks are a highly underrated group. Their observation and social commentary is so incisive, as is their mimicry of different musical styles and accents. Like the Beatles if the Beatles had paid more attention to the world around them. Except the Beatles had a cooler manager (which as we all know is the standard by which all musical groups should be judged).