Remembrance of Things Past

Cultural consumption from the near and distant past, revisited
in incomplete and arbitrary form:

cinema

Movie: Brick
Starring: Little guy from 3rd Rock from the Sun, no one else I recognized.

Characters: mostly high schoolers or high school officials. alluring actress with spiky hair and fetching voice, thespian slut who chews em out and spits em out and is not afraid to talk about it, 3rd rock guy who used to be in the game but now eats alone and ponders, 3rd rock guy's only sort of ally who knows about drug dealers and has a mom with a car, the two drug dealer guys who I don't have the patience to describe or differentiate.

Special Features: slang, noir in high school, alluring actress with fetching voice, pretty good damned film in my opinion


music

song: possum kingdom
artist: the toadies

what the fuck factor: 7.5. I am a sucker for time changes and anthemic buildups, and though I consider this song something of a guilty pleasure, I still Youtubed
approximately 17 times last week and tried to work casual reference about the Toadies into conversation with rock geek friends to see if they'd take the bait.

Other stuff: Whammie bar - check. Bass drum-+-hihat swish - check. lyrics implying creepy older guy murder plot with implied religiousity of the homicidally bent - check.


books

essay - Lester Bangs essay on Van Morrison, the title of which I'm too lazy
to get.

Basic thrust - Don't front on Lester Bangs.

Stuff - I'll fill it in later but now I have to go to a function. Peace out. Have a kickass summer!! 2007 4ever!!!!!