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hey guys, sorry i haven’t really been pulling my weight with posting recently
miniblog: had a lot of fun crushing the mooshlock with a random deck and today i had oh!s for breakfast.

i also watched a documentary on the chiptune scene called “reformat the planet” that i found pretty interesting. it’s like watching this you can almost suss out who the heroes and villains would be if it were a heroic drama.

i think my favorite group of the bunch though is the depreciation guild, who come in kind of a ways through the documentary and have a very 4ad feel. coova is a shoe-in for mark’s fav, and could mark denardo be ripping off dan any harder? there’s one awesome shot of him (pt.3, ~6:50) when a chiptune festival is about to start and nobody’s even started playing yet and he’s just going out of his mind with joy and anticipation.

Where do I even begin? Awesome river night a definitive statement by Roaring Shark East Coast. Watched a ton movies.

Box Office Bob-omb: 5 Reasons Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Failed To Find An Audience. I believe this is the article Zach was talking about. I found it interesting.

Anyway, for me, I think the best part of river night was sitting out under the stars, chatting with Ross and Zach. Without all the light from the city you could actually see the milky way and I believe we were also by chance, able to view the Perseids. It’s strange, when you think about it nothing is more futuristic than outer space but, when you’re in an urban environment you don’t really think to look up at night.

I’ve been either too busy or not inspired enough to post anything of substance over the last couple of weeks, but my media consumption has continued unabated.  So here’s a summary of some of what I’ve been experiencing:

Fang Island (Self-titled album).  I downloaded this off of itunes after Zach and I saw this Brooklyn-based happy metal machine open for Red Sparowes in Sacramento a couple of months back.  There’s something both heartwarming and ludicrous about this quintet, which aptly describes their music as “the sound of everybody high-fiving each other.” While Fang Island on record is good, they are even more of a beer-swilling, head-banging, vocal-harmonizing guitar-soloing juggernaut live.  Like Styx for hipsters…in a good way.  Fang Island provided a welcome palate cleanser at the Red Sparowes show by essentially bursting the bubble of avant metal humorlessness.  Also, the whole band is originally from Rhode Island and one of the guys in the band used to work at this great video rental place in Providence.

Battlestar Gallactica (the first three or so seasons of the series).  Holy Lords of Kobol is Battlestar Gallactica good!  Sci-fi of the highbrow/refracted mirror kind, and amazingly great considering the poor quality of its source material.  Plus, Edward James Olmos literally captains the ship as Commander Bill Adama, who is about as stoic as they come, but isn’t above punching his son in the gut while sparring in the gym.  BSG has all of The Next Generation’s high seriousness without its sometimes cloying moral clarity, and tackles a series of topical issues including torture, electoral politics, civilian command of the military, and journalistic ethics.  And the character development is great.

Inception. Roaring Shark West Coast saw Chris Nolan’s latest exercise in self-serious conceptual weirdness a couple of nights ago.  I had heard some devastatingly bad reviews of this movie, so I went in with low expectations, and was consequently pleased.  The plot is ridiculous but nonetheless entertaining, though it annoyingly manages to recycle a whole lot of Freud, whose theories on identity projection, the subconsciousness, totems, etc. are ransacked for the purpose of making art (or artiness).  The sets are predictably elegant and the cinematography clean, though my favorite part of the movie involves what can only be described as Nolan getting his way with a big budget and inserting a protracted ski and snowmobile-based battle in an alpine forest.  This is probably the closest I’ve ever seen Nolan get to goofy humor.  Nolan brings out his repertory company for this one – Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy and, oh yeah, Michael Caine show up for the dreamy madness.

I fear that my barrage of reviews in the past few days has had a dampening effect on the rs community. Although I suspect everyone is busy with summertime fun. I know I’m all over the place with the job hunt.

Mini Blog: Is this the greatest page on wikipedia? The correct answer: could be.

I wanted to give a mention to ross’s latest project Shadoweyes. He’s been posting pages for free online and I’m liking it. I especially like the girls’ feet on page 8.

I was playing some Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time last night. I’m like, really?! Who’s going to see the movie? Or should I ask, who’s going to see the movie again?

Trying to set up the “Darren Interview Part 2″ podcast but that’s pretty tough.

ICHI: I can not get over this picture.

This is what this movie is about. The tear, the blush, the way she holds the sword backhanded. This is a picture of strength and resolve.

Zatoichi has been featured in a number of films. The basic character: a blind master swordsman travelling through feudal Japan using his skills to help the downtrodden. I however only knew of the series from the 2003 film which was good but didn’t leave the same kind of impression on me as ICHI did.

ICHI, takes the basic premise of the Zatoichi movies but makes the main character a female goze singer. The movie begins with Ichi rescuing one of her fellow goze singers from a group of lowlifes. During that encounter she meets the other main character, Toma, a ronin who’s completely badass when wielding a stick but who is psychologically incapable of drawing a blade. There is some pretty good chemistry here with Ichi as the icy, wounded, and quiet beauty and Toma the kind hearted dork. Though Ichi is eminently talented I really liked that she does not come across as completely invincible. Definitely watch this movie, Ichi shreds on the shamisen. Also, really loved the period wardrobe, especially Ichi’s main outfit.

what is the deal with all the talking/cgi animal movies recently?

furry vengeance – remarked to rob once that I can’t imagine who would want to see this movie:

marmaduke – continuing to mine the comedic gold of the comic strip, where every punchline is “marmaduke is a bad dog.”

cats and dogs 2: the revenge of kitty galore – not since baby geniuses 2 has there been a less necessary sequel

Michael’s mom must be freaking out right now.

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