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Posts tagged The Streets
Playing Catch Up
71052 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
I’m currently trying to secure another income stream (i.e., third job). Teaching one class and working 35 hours at the bookmines just aren’t cutting it now that we have the second kid. So that’ll be awesome.
Anyway, it’s been a bit since I was on the ol’ NR and there were a couple things I wanted to share.
Even as Watchmen closes in on 100 million domestic box office gross (and another 60 million internationally means the movie has already gone over its production budget), WB may have decided to forgo making R rated superhero films. Apparently there just isn’t enough marketing to kids available from a film that shows boobies, a guy getting repeatedly axed in the head and another guy getting his arms cut off with a circular saw. Of course, a film that includes a guy getting burned alive, a woman blown up, and people on two different barges deciding whether or not to blow up each other is a-OK!
One of the few things in this world that I love unconditionally (other than the wife and kids) is Wallace and Gromit, and now we (the world) have been graced with a semi-nude Wallace. Try as I might, I can’t think of something I’ve wanted more than for this day to arrive.
I’ve been listening to The Streets a lot lately. The latest album, particularly, seems to capture a lot of what I’ve been feeling lately. So on that note, please enjoy…
Well, now I have papers to grade and resumes to send and tears (just, you know, general tears) to shed.
The Streets — Weak Becomes Heroes
P.S. As I write this there is a fucking Wallace and Gromit add on the site! Talk about the internetz freaking me out again.
Some thoughts on music…
11490 days
by kilian
in General Nerdom
Reading over c’s comments got me thinking about my musical tastes in general.
I’m finding that the older I get, the more diverse my taste in music becomes, which I’ve heard/read is something that usually goes the other way. Ten years ago I listened to almost nothing but punk…right now, as I type this, I’m wearing a Coldplay shirt that I got at show of their’s two years ago…if the teenaged me saw the me of today he’d definitely shake his head in disgust…
Maybe I’m less judgmental now. I’ve never been overly snobbish when it came to other entertainment. My taste in movies, for instance, isn’t really a taste at all since there is not any type of movie I don’t like. That’s not to say that some genre’s don’t produce an inordinate amount of crap. But even, say the romantic comedy, has its own examples of a well made film.
Historically, I’ve just been really picky when it comes to music. Maybe I still am, and I’ve just experienced a lot more of it now, so I realize that, yes there are gypsy bands that I enjoy. Well, with that in mind, here’s a smattering of random music in no particular order…
