Comments | brendan62442: in you're home using you're stuff

brendan62442

in you're home using you're stuff

Oct 11, 2007 20:52

- Remains of the Day was a terrific book, where a man narrates the 200-page realization that he's wasted his life -- like a quieter About Schmidt. Salman Rushdie said it was cruel on the back cover, but I thought it was completely compassionate.

- I am undecided on After the Wedding. I am a sucker for melodrama, but the movie's international ( Read more... )

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fLIES dustyasymptotes October 12 2007, 03:25:50 UTC

the largest music folder on my computer is probably the Brian Jonestown Massacre one. and I don't even remember what they sound like.

+ you've reminded me of the existence of a documentary that I really wanted to see following some drive-by imdb link jumping AND I CAN'T FOR THE LIFE OF ME REMEMBER ANY DETAILS AT ALL AT ALL.

(because where's the eraserhead?)

orange mosaic alert brendan62442 October 12 2007, 05:27:38 UTC

They play music for people on drugs, or else I guess for people who want to simulate being on drugs. Unfortunately for me, they play it in a lot of .ogg files.

+ Was it about amputees? Or crevices?

(It's down there somewhere. Let me take another look.)

more like alert level: mosaic dustyasymptotes October 15 2007, 04:58:16 UTC

but ogg means it's open which means you should be able to get players that play oggs by open means

no and no. i've given up on it.

re: Los Campesinos - if I ever write a love letter, it will definitely have a subtitle of You! Me! Dancing!

wait dustyasymptotes October 15 2007, 05:00:42 UTC

unfortunate for your simulation of being on drugs? I wonder if one day I'll have enough cred to say Oh I know a guy

(and if by cred you mean We can't be friends any more because you go on too many acid trips)

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stillbornteen October 12 2007, 04:49:37 UTC

Remains of the Day was so good. So good in fact that i'm not sure why its not in any of my "favorite books" lists. Butler was such an odd but perfect profession for the kind of story it told. Have you seen the film adaptation yet? It's not as good. Except the last half hour which is maybe a bit better. But i'm a sucker for goodbye scenes with rain involved. Or maybe just Casablanca.

I am glad to hear that DiG! was great. I think my easy answer is that the Dandy Warhols suck.

brendan62442 October 12 2007, 05:34:55 UTC

Casablanca was better at making up his mind. The Jonestowns don't even think they suck. Your easy answer opens a whole other bowl of questions.

stillbornteen October 14 2007, 07:26:57 UTC

I'm a lukewarm fan of BJM. Their attitude only makes me dislike them as people, not their music (still i know theres an example out there somewhere destined to prove me wrong.) Dandy Warhols on the other hand don't even have music to fall back on. Maybe they should get Scarlett Johannson to sing a few songs.

Also, Eraserhead is a hard movie to sit still through, so congrats. I think i had to get up for snacks like 10 times. I'm amazed you weren't that freaked out though.

brendan62442 October 16 2007, 04:16:30 UTC

How have you read up on all this and still not seen the movie?

I had the two worst monsters spoiled by the DVD packaging. So it was a little easier after that. The first half hour still kills me.

Bonus fact: Dig! is the only movie I've ever torrented.

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unsure about ettiqute here but.. rhino_rex November 19 2007, 00:17:35 UTC

i enjoyed your t5 list on cats and i click on your use name
your ogg woes can be solved here maybe. http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ogg.htm

thank you! brendan62442 November 20 2007, 05:10:30 UTC

I was so proud of that list.