Beltmann

I believe such people should rule the planet.

The Banquet / Feng Xiaogang / Hong Kong / 2006 Hamlet by way of colorful wuxia melodrama. Cool.

SOLD.

This Is England has terrific texture, and surprising poetry.

I have a spare for Wilco's Oct. 9th show at Milwaukee's Eagles Ballroom. It's a GA show. Face value, of course. Please send a PM if interested.

Anybody catch The National on Ferguson last night? Played "Apartment Story" and it sounded fantastic.

Great story, Leo! Thanks for sharing!

I found that interesting as well, but I also felt that Kot had preconceived this dichotomy and then filtered everything so that it would fit into that neat literary story--at the expense of accuracy, fairness, and complexity.

I lurve that movie... one of my favorites, and definitely one of Bogart's very best performances. Last night: It was a sold-out screening, which added to the fun. Sitting next to me was a guy with his young son (perhaps ten years old), and it was terrific listening to this man share his enthusiasm for Strummer with his son.

I vote go! I saw them in Milwaukee last Friday, and it was one of the better shows of my year. Lots of highlights, especially the epic version of "About Today," which concluded with a crunching blast of guitar impressionism. I didn't much care for St. Vincent, though--she was too precious, too reliant on cluttered effects and a juvenile slashing aggression. (Am I alone on that? I'll concede that her record sounds much better, at least.)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kevin! Hope to see ya soon.

One of the year's best, I think.

This is depressing.

Haven't seen anything new lately--not much free time--but I did show a few short films in class today: Fallen Art / T. Baginski / Poland / 2004 Segment Mexico [from 11

My favorite part of that is how, near the end, he calmly repeats it: "Police brutality. Rodney King." It even got old for him, and quick.

I once sent a baggie of pubic hair through the mail. Not my own, of course.

Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta! I'm surprised by how often I've been returning to this over the last few weeks... very catchy stuff.

Wow, thanks Kalle! Sounds great... hope they play it in Milwaukee!

I'm worried the same thing is going to happen here... it's playing in Milwaukee right now, but I won't have time to see it for a couple of weeks, at which point it'll probably be gone. Most likely I'll have to catch up with it on video.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to one of VC's most generous people!

Bosnian film about the longlasting effects of war, here illustrated in the strained relationship between a mother and daughter.

When Gephardt retired, everybody assumed Russ Carnahan--who had a familiar family name--would step right in, but this documentary follows the efforts of political unknown Jeff Smith during the Democratic primary season.

The Mendoza Line - 30 Year Low I love this thing. Can't stop listening.