Monthly Archives: October 2005
DVR/TIVO Alert
by Allison
BBC America will be running all six episodes of the excellent mini-series State of Play back to back starting Sunday morning at 10:00 EST. These episodes are otherwise unavailable in the U.S. If you haven’t seen it, but enjoy suspenseful political thrillers and top-notch acting talent (Bill Nighy and James McAvoy have to be the best-played father/son duo I’ve watched in recent years), it’s guaranteed to please. Plus, they’ve all got great accents!
Susan Forgot to Title Me! Or, Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek has to be the most brutally honest, intensely personal singer/songwriter I’ve ever heard.
He’s probably most widely known for being the singer for the Red House Painters, a band allmusic.com lists under both the genre of sadcore and dream pop. He’s also done a side project called Sun Kil Moon and a couple solo albums. One of his solo albums is a collection of AC/DC covers. His next album, Tiny Cities, due out next week, is a collection of Modest Mouse covers.
But it’s his sad and brutally candid songs that I love the most.
“Best Of 2005″ Preview
by Logan B.
As many of you probably know by now, I’m rarely more than a good nudge away from talking way more about music than anyone probably wants to hear. Dallin’s last post being that nudge, here we go. "Best Of" lists are like crack for me — a good, cheap, wildly addictive fix.
In that light, I thought it would be a good time to discuss what we’ve been listening to this year. I’ve gotten a ton, but I’m dying to hear what everyone else likes so I can get it while there’s still time to include it in my 2005 listening. There will be a good bit of overlap with Dallin’s similar post from July, but I didn’t get a chance to comment there, so this will serve that purpose too. Here’s what I’ve liked, with a quick and dirty temporary ranking (other than the broad categories, I haven’t ranked any albums specifically) with a sentence or two description:
This year’s best music release
We are getting closer to the end of the year and, no doubt, debate over the best music release this year will soon be upon us. I will happily join in that debate, but will state my unequivocal opinion that this year’s best and most important music release is the recently discovered live performance of the Thelonious Monk Quartet and John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall.
Playlist Thunderdome, Week 22
Neil Young’s "Cinnamon Girl" destroyed John Lennon and Paul Simon, garnering 19 of 30 votes. wow. Thanks to all who voted!
Let’s bring things into more recent decades, shall we?
Dear NBC
Look, NBC, I know you’re sore about the destruction of Must See TV. And I can only imagine the pain you feel at having lost Thursday nights. E.R., your erstwhile drama flagship, is on its last legs. Will & Grace is past its prime.
But please don’t sacrifice My Name Is Earl in order to try and reclaim lands you’ve lost. Those days are over. Don’t kill a good show in a futile attempt to regain past glory.
Your pal,
Steve
They Always Make You Cry
by Russell Fox
Via Lawyers, Guns and Money, who got it from Shakespeare’s Sister:
"What movie scenes always make you cry?"
It’s Friday!
This week has been a long one for me. I’m gonna celebrate Friday with some music.
If there’s one thing Thunderdome has taught us, it’s that the KB’ers all have different taste in music. So I’m going with a hodge podge of songs from genre we don’t hear much from around here…So step out of your musical comfort zone for a bit and check them out.
Playlist Thunderdome, Week 21
Prince’s "When Doves Cry" crushed the competition of Morrissey and Bjork, despite Bjork’s song being the best of them. Ah, well, such is Thunderdome.
This week features the biggest hitters yet!
Harold Pinter: Really?
I freely admit that I have never read or seen any of Harold Pinter’s works. But still. Are the members of the Swedish Academy really sure that they picked him for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature? Didn’t they really mean, I don’t know, say, Phillip Roth or Orhan Pamuk?
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