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Pink Floyd: the Wall
Top 5 Movies to Leave Playing While You Commit Suicide 5 - Pink Floyd, The Wall: Because its worldview is even more bleak than your own. 4 - Lisztomania: Since you're going to Hell anyway, why not Hollywood's own version of an Hieronymus Bosch painting. 3 - Chronicles of Narnia, UK TV show version: 'Cause nobody can survive thru to the ending. 2 - Natural Born Killers: It clearly has no respect for the sanctity life OR good film making, so why not? 1 - No Country For Old Men: 'Cause it sucks even worse than you.
— January 31, 2010 6:01 p.m.
Pink Floyd: the Wall
The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking by Floyd mainman Roger Waters would have made for a better film - it's certainly a better ALBUM than The Wall.
— January 28, 2010 10:39 p.m.
Velvet Goldmine
Wilde's life rather than his work seems to be the story template. Curt only becomes (briefly) articulate and dandy-fied after he gets the brooch, and in fact is wearing it at the staged press conference where he and Brian Slade essentially dance a gay minuet, dressed as French royalty and announcing their personal and professional pairing - with a public kiss, no less, Curt now living out Oscar Wilde's unrestrained and indiscrete libido alongside Slade. When a similar sort of public brou-ha-ha landed the real Wilde in prison, that all but broke him for the rest of his life, the same way fading punkstar Curt Wild seems to lose all inspiration and muse, withdrawing from bravado to whimper to "whatever happened to....." I like to think Arthur Stuart ends up with the story of his career after the movie wraps, and that he eventually becomes a well-known and respected writer. If he ends up far more celebrated in death than in life, well, then he will have lived out Wilde's own final chapters --- Arthur was probably buried wearing that effin brooch ---
— January 26, 2010 12:29 a.m.
Velvet Goldmine
"Follow the brooch" to trace "the reincarnated spirit of Oscar Wilde," the world's first pop star - (SPOILERS ALERT) First, Jack Fairy finds Wilde's brooch as a boy, seeming to be guided by Wilde's own tendency toward bawdy bacchanalia and pop creativity. Fledgling rocker Brian Slade steals the brooch from Fairy during a love tryst, and thus takes Fairy's place in the pop culture zeitgeist. Slade gives the brooch to Curt Wild and subsequently finds his own star falling, as Curt takes on the task of epitomizing a modern day Wilde. However, Curt implodes (much like his historical antecedent), and ends up giving the brooch to - who else? - the Writer, Arthur Stuart, in search of what really happened to the glittery-glam world he once thought his generation had (re)created. Would Arthur have returned to his carefree youth and once again embraced the colors and possibilities he enjoyed before the Death of Glam and Glitter? Given how Oscar Wilde's own spirit was all but crushed post-prison, probably not - the brooch was actually more curse than gift. Whether or not those briefly-glimpsed alien starships were responsible for starting it all ---
— January 25, 2010 5:26 p.m.
Dracula's Music Cabinet
The Day I Sold My Albums to Off the Record -
http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/…
— January 22, 2010 5 p.m.
Velvet Goldmine
The Citizen Kane of rock & roll movies, almost literally - even the framing sequence evokes Kane, with a present-day reporter charged with the task of rediscovering the rise and fall of a long-gone Ziggy Stardust-type rocker. Christian Bale is the closeted reporter, seen in the present as living in an almost monochromatic world, while his 8-track flashbacks to the trisexual '70s are painted on a palette of liquid LSD. The story was originally intended as a sort of Bowie bio-pic, but ended up a mix of urban legends cut from tales of Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain, Bryan Ferry, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Jim Dandy, David Johansen, and others. The soundtrack mixes classic glam tracks by Lou Reed with new songs done for the film, performed by various supergroups with members of Placebo, the New York Dolls, and others. Maybe it's not the REAL story of '70s glam rock, but it represents that scene better than any ten eps of VH1's "I Love the '70s" ---- I've played the entire soundtrack album at least once a month since I saw this flick on its first video release ----
— January 22, 2010 4:23 p.m.
The Notorious Bettie Page
A show well worth peeping. Starring the woman who played lady cop Annie in the U.S. version of the (woefully underrated) Life on Mars TV show, the Notorious Bettie Page is a pretty good movie. It goes into surprising depth RE the increasingly federalized attempts to legislate all aspects of the sex biz out of existence, as well as covering a lot of Miss Page's (very interesting) personal biographical history. Star Gretchen Mol (who seems to specialize in period pieces - the '70s in Life on Mars, and now the '50s) does well with projecting both innocence and naughtiness. I've met part-time pornographer Bunny Yeager and can vouch that the movie's portrayal is fairly accurate, if a bit superficial - much more could have been done with the motivations behind choosing such an "outlaw" endeavor, in an social-status era when jail wasn't anywhere near the worst thing that could result. All in all, tho, a well-done flick --
— January 21, 2010 1:16 p.m.
Back to Where You Once Belonged
One of the best five working bands in San Diego - I love these guys! Here's hoping they get the success they deserve --
— January 20, 2010 5:12 p.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Not so much "replacing journalism with free content," as it is an entry level platform for both paid columnists and creative loafers. The staff stays about the same, nothing is being "replaced" - instead, more and more diverse and increasingly professional content is being contributed by freelancers, the best of whom get both a paycheck and a print publication byline. What's not to like about a thriving writer's market? In the best of journalistic tradition, more people writing = more people reading. So what if the ads-slash-Google help pay for all this? That's also how it's always worked ---
— January 17, 2010 12:07 p.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Getting back to the issue of the Mayor's office "boycotting" dialogue with the Reader, that's something they can do with impunity, even if such a boycott seems to belie official stated policy about being open with news media. Government officials have always picked and chosen who in the media they'll deal with. The reasons behind the boycott may be legion, may be well-founded, or may be entirely specious - Carolyn's instinct is correct, in that those reason are themselves probably quite story-worthy. My advice is for Carolyn to write up a set of written queries and submit through city hall's media desk, with an invitation to respond either in writing, or via an interview limited to only the written queries. Many, if not most, reluctant interviewees will find this acceptable and will change their mind about clamming up. By showing them the queries in advance, they know you won't be blindsiding them ---- if you DO then get a one-on-one intvw, by all means stick to the queries you submitted. Both parties are operating under a truce, and both must behave trustworthy ---- Yeah, you're going to get carefully considered responses as opposed to conversational dialogue, especially if they respond in writing, but you WILL be getting official responses. As to how Carolyn introduces and/or represents herself when submitting written queries, that all 'pends whether she has an editorial greenlight from the Reader or if she's "on spec" - in this case, since city officials already associate her with the Reader due to her initial contact, she'll probably need to clarify one way or the other before getting a couple more toes in the door ----
— January 15, 2010 7:12 p.m.
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Pink Floyd: the Wall
Top 5 Movies to Leave Playing While You Commit Suicide 5 - Pink Floyd, The Wall: Because its worldview is even more bleak than your own. 4 - Lisztomania: Since you're going to Hell anyway, why not Hollywood's own version of an Hieronymus Bosch painting. 3 - Chronicles of Narnia, UK TV show version: 'Cause nobody can survive thru to the ending. 2 - Natural Born Killers: It clearly has no respect for the sanctity life OR good film making, so why not? 1 - No Country For Old Men: 'Cause it sucks even worse than you.— January 31, 2010 6:01 p.m.
Pink Floyd: the Wall
The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking by Floyd mainman Roger Waters would have made for a better film - it's certainly a better ALBUM than The Wall.— January 28, 2010 10:39 p.m.
Velvet Goldmine
Wilde's life rather than his work seems to be the story template. Curt only becomes (briefly) articulate and dandy-fied after he gets the brooch, and in fact is wearing it at the staged press conference where he and Brian Slade essentially dance a gay minuet, dressed as French royalty and announcing their personal and professional pairing - with a public kiss, no less, Curt now living out Oscar Wilde's unrestrained and indiscrete libido alongside Slade. When a similar sort of public brou-ha-ha landed the real Wilde in prison, that all but broke him for the rest of his life, the same way fading punkstar Curt Wild seems to lose all inspiration and muse, withdrawing from bravado to whimper to "whatever happened to....." I like to think Arthur Stuart ends up with the story of his career after the movie wraps, and that he eventually becomes a well-known and respected writer. If he ends up far more celebrated in death than in life, well, then he will have lived out Wilde's own final chapters --- Arthur was probably buried wearing that effin brooch ---— January 26, 2010 12:29 a.m.
Velvet Goldmine
"Follow the brooch" to trace "the reincarnated spirit of Oscar Wilde," the world's first pop star - (SPOILERS ALERT) First, Jack Fairy finds Wilde's brooch as a boy, seeming to be guided by Wilde's own tendency toward bawdy bacchanalia and pop creativity. Fledgling rocker Brian Slade steals the brooch from Fairy during a love tryst, and thus takes Fairy's place in the pop culture zeitgeist. Slade gives the brooch to Curt Wild and subsequently finds his own star falling, as Curt takes on the task of epitomizing a modern day Wilde. However, Curt implodes (much like his historical antecedent), and ends up giving the brooch to - who else? - the Writer, Arthur Stuart, in search of what really happened to the glittery-glam world he once thought his generation had (re)created. Would Arthur have returned to his carefree youth and once again embraced the colors and possibilities he enjoyed before the Death of Glam and Glitter? Given how Oscar Wilde's own spirit was all but crushed post-prison, probably not - the brooch was actually more curse than gift. Whether or not those briefly-glimpsed alien starships were responsible for starting it all ---— January 25, 2010 5:26 p.m.
Dracula's Music Cabinet
The Day I Sold My Albums to Off the Record - http://www.sandiegoreader.com/weblogs/bands/2008/…— January 22, 2010 5 p.m.
Velvet Goldmine
The Citizen Kane of rock & roll movies, almost literally - even the framing sequence evokes Kane, with a present-day reporter charged with the task of rediscovering the rise and fall of a long-gone Ziggy Stardust-type rocker. Christian Bale is the closeted reporter, seen in the present as living in an almost monochromatic world, while his 8-track flashbacks to the trisexual '70s are painted on a palette of liquid LSD. The story was originally intended as a sort of Bowie bio-pic, but ended up a mix of urban legends cut from tales of Iggy Pop, Kurt Cobain, Bryan Ferry, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Jim Dandy, David Johansen, and others. The soundtrack mixes classic glam tracks by Lou Reed with new songs done for the film, performed by various supergroups with members of Placebo, the New York Dolls, and others. Maybe it's not the REAL story of '70s glam rock, but it represents that scene better than any ten eps of VH1's "I Love the '70s" ---- I've played the entire soundtrack album at least once a month since I saw this flick on its first video release ----— January 22, 2010 4:23 p.m.
The Notorious Bettie Page
A show well worth peeping. Starring the woman who played lady cop Annie in the U.S. version of the (woefully underrated) Life on Mars TV show, the Notorious Bettie Page is a pretty good movie. It goes into surprising depth RE the increasingly federalized attempts to legislate all aspects of the sex biz out of existence, as well as covering a lot of Miss Page's (very interesting) personal biographical history. Star Gretchen Mol (who seems to specialize in period pieces - the '70s in Life on Mars, and now the '50s) does well with projecting both innocence and naughtiness. I've met part-time pornographer Bunny Yeager and can vouch that the movie's portrayal is fairly accurate, if a bit superficial - much more could have been done with the motivations behind choosing such an "outlaw" endeavor, in an social-status era when jail wasn't anywhere near the worst thing that could result. All in all, tho, a well-done flick --— January 21, 2010 1:16 p.m.
Back to Where You Once Belonged
One of the best five working bands in San Diego - I love these guys! Here's hoping they get the success they deserve --— January 20, 2010 5:12 p.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Not so much "replacing journalism with free content," as it is an entry level platform for both paid columnists and creative loafers. The staff stays about the same, nothing is being "replaced" - instead, more and more diverse and increasingly professional content is being contributed by freelancers, the best of whom get both a paycheck and a print publication byline. What's not to like about a thriving writer's market? In the best of journalistic tradition, more people writing = more people reading. So what if the ads-slash-Google help pay for all this? That's also how it's always worked ---— January 17, 2010 12:07 p.m.
Sorry, Citizen Journalist
Getting back to the issue of the Mayor's office "boycotting" dialogue with the Reader, that's something they can do with impunity, even if such a boycott seems to belie official stated policy about being open with news media. Government officials have always picked and chosen who in the media they'll deal with. The reasons behind the boycott may be legion, may be well-founded, or may be entirely specious - Carolyn's instinct is correct, in that those reason are themselves probably quite story-worthy. My advice is for Carolyn to write up a set of written queries and submit through city hall's media desk, with an invitation to respond either in writing, or via an interview limited to only the written queries. Many, if not most, reluctant interviewees will find this acceptable and will change their mind about clamming up. By showing them the queries in advance, they know you won't be blindsiding them ---- if you DO then get a one-on-one intvw, by all means stick to the queries you submitted. Both parties are operating under a truce, and both must behave trustworthy ---- Yeah, you're going to get carefully considered responses as opposed to conversational dialogue, especially if they respond in writing, but you WILL be getting official responses. As to how Carolyn introduces and/or represents herself when submitting written queries, that all 'pends whether she has an editorial greenlight from the Reader or if she's "on spec" - in this case, since city officials already associate her with the Reader due to her initial contact, she'll probably need to clarify one way or the other before getting a couple more toes in the door ----— January 15, 2010 7:12 p.m.