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Oh noes, I'm spamming!
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Control
I'm very glad to see that the Ian Curtis (Joy Division) movie is finally being filmed. This has been planned for a number of years. It's directed by Anton Corbijn (who's done music videos for JD, U2 and Nirvana, among others, in the past) and will be based on the Touching From A Distance book written by Deborah Curtis (Ian's wife). It'll be ( Read more... ) -
Suburbia, Koreatown, some nostalgia...
Suburbia sucks. I know I rant about this a lot. Every time I go through the streets around here, like Parthenia, I notice how similar all the houses are! I mean, the floor plans and styles are similar. The only thing that changes is the house colour. Or maybe an addition that's been made over the years. These houses have been modified since ( Read more... ) -
Heat waves and hangouts
I'm glad this heat wave here in LA is over, though. It's still warm but not unbearably so. Last week was insane. Record temperatures. And since it's the Valley, it gets worse. It was so bad on Saturday night I could barely sleep. It was so bad on Sunday that I actually rode the Orange Line, Red Line and Gold Line all over town JUST to I could ( Read more... ) -
"Monster Hospital" by Metric
Here's the video of the day/week/whenever. Don't know how often I'll do this.
But the first one is this lovely Metric video. Some of you have heard of them. Some of you haven't. They're a Canadian Indie-rock band. Slightly influenced by the 80s stuff. The lead singer's foxy. I saw Metric live last November, with Jon and some other friends. *nods* ( Read more... ) -
Rip It Up And Start Again
I finished reading Simon Reynolds's Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 this past week. I'm reading it again. I don't know if I'm just saying this because I'm a huge fan of the music from that era, but I thought it was a lovely well-written book. I definitely recommend it to you all. Even if you don't like or don't give a shit about ( Read more... ) -
World Cup Germany 2006 thoughts
The World Cup is fun. There's nothing like watching 32 nations engaging in a friendly but competetive tournament to see who is the best in football. That's right, football. World football. Not that handball stuff them yanks call football. =p ( Read more... ) -
I'm such a nerd
I mentioned Simon Reynold's Rip It Up And Start Again book in my previous journal entry. I fooking love it! I've read 6 chapters so far (about 100 pages). I don't know if it's just because I like the subject matter, but this book is orgasmic. I even matched up the music on my iPod (I tend to listen to it while reading so I can ignore ( Read more... ) -
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It's funny how the right-wingers at CSUN seem to be the loudest at the CSUN Myspace Group. There's like a million threads blasting illegal immigration, illegal immigrants and their "supporters" (as if speaking for the rights of illegals makes us FOR illegal immigration itself). This is a complicated matter that will take a long time to solve...I' ( Read more... )