Sunday, May 5, 2013

I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats

I was surprised to find out Vanilla Sky got such poor reviews. I'm a big Cameron Crowe fan and I think it's a great movie.

I like the dream/nightmare feel and all the art, cultural, and music references.

Posters of French New Wave films feature prominently in David's apartment, including this one from my favorite Truffault film:


Also, Tom Cruise. That pleasure delayer.


42 words by David Bowie

David Bowie was asked to describe his new album The Next Day in 42 words. Here they are:

Effigies
Indulgences
Anarchist
Violence
Chthonic
Intimidation
Vampyric
Pantheon
Succubus
Hostage
Transference
Identity
Mauer
Interface
Flitting
Isolation
Revenge
Osmosis
Crusade
Tyrant
Domination
Indifference
Miasma
Pressgang
Displaced
Flight
Resettlement
Funereal
Glide
Trace
Balkan
Burial
Reverse
Manipulate
Origin
Text
Traitor
Urban
Comeuppance
Tragic
Nerve
Mystification

I admit I had to look up a few of them (chthonic), but it's an amazing list. Rick Moody does an exhaustive analysis for The Rumpus:

http://therumpus.net/2013/04/swinging-modern-sounds-44-and-another-day/