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Jan. 30th, 2010 @ 10:02 pm Meh.
I got nothing.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 18th, 2010 @ 12:29 am Long live the new flesh.
That is all. ('tis late, and I just finished watching Videodrome.)
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 12th, 2010 @ 10:40 pm So...
Current Mood: awake
Current Music: Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode
I am watching a recent (or so I think, it might be 4 or 5 years old, I got it from P2P) BBC documentary called Synth Britannia, and Vince Clarke from Yaz is rocking a shaved head with like a reverse ponytail down in his face in the video for "Don't Go". (Yes, it's the first time I've ever seen it.) All I can think is WTF?

E2A - found it on Youtube. Look at this freaking haircut:


Oh, and while I'm E2A'ing, Wolfgang Flur from Kraftwerk totally looks like a slightly chubbier Udo Kier these days.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 12th, 2010 @ 06:32 pm Old School.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 8th, 2010 @ 08:37 pm Impact (part the second).
Pretty much blew goats, basically eliminating the desire to return to watching 'rasslin, especially since TNA isn't staying live, or on Mondays against Raw.

And thank Grodd for that.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 5th, 2010 @ 10:37 pm Impact (part the first).
Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Music: Real American - Rick Derringer
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Opening is kind of meh. They want us to believe that they've been building to this. Taz is on the announcing booth now, apparently.

First thing we see is Bubba the Love Sponge interviewing a bunch of people, all of whom seem to have come from the 90's.

Actual wrestling opens with X division Cage match (advertised in the ad I saw for the show.) I recognize almost all of the people in the match. (That's a strike. If it's all the same people, than nothing's changed really in a year.) Worse, the match ends as a cheesy no-contest. (If this is what they're planning for the whole show, kind of lame.) After the match, who comes through the crowd but Jeff Hardy, no doubt having washed out of WWE's substance abuse policy again. He beefs with Homicide, then climbs the cage. (Big whoop.) Crowd is chanting "This is Bullshit" and Spike has to be happy for the 7-second delay.

Out of the break, they mention that they'll be following Hogan's limo until he arrives. (Big whoop.) Then we get Kevin Nash, who sounds drunk, and rambles on about how he's going to, near as I can follow, make more money because Hogan's gonna make TNA #1, or something.

Next match, Women's championship: Tara (who?) against ODB (who has big blond hair now.) Not much of a match, but title change as ODB regains her belt. After the match, Tara gives ODB a widow's peak, and then puts a spider on her. (Meh.)

I've watched 39 minutes of the show, and it's the same old nonsense, really. And looking at the schedule for next week, this is a one shot live show, and then apparently, it's back to tape on Thursday nights.

Fast forwarding now. Ric Flair getting out of a limo (guess Vince isn't paying anymore), Mick Foley being denied access. Bobby Lashley and his wife yakking (apparently he wants his release because of Hogan). Random T&A. Scott Hall and X-Pac also denied access. Hogan's limo again. Then another limo pulls up and someone else (Bischoff?) gets into Hogan's limo, meanwhile Hall and X-Pac have accessed the crowd.

There's a shit-ton of commercials, BTW. It's almost like they don't know how to fill an hour of live TV. (Don't they have guys that used to work for Vince booking this shit?)

Hogan finally arrives at 8:56, to the NWO music from WCW. (This is a very Nitro thing to do, IIRC. Having something happen just as Raw is about to start.) Hogan talks up TNA. Hall and X-Pac are invited into the ring. Hall and X-Pac want to get paid. Hogan says this isn't like the old days.

(Over on WWE, this is being countered by Hell freezing over, as Shawn Michaels is apologizing to Bret Hart for Montreal and they're f'n HUGGING!)

Nash comes out. Hogan is apparently partners with Dixie Carter, the owner of TNA (this is what you find out when you haven't been watching.) Nash accuses Hogan of being corporate. Hogan says that Hall, Nash, and X-Pac need to grow up, and then out comes Eric Bischoff. Bischoff says that everyone has to earn a spot, and Hall, Nash and X-Pac walk. WTF? Hogan says that everything's been changed, and that everyone has to start from scratch. Bischoff takes the script for tonight's show and rips it apart, and gives them a new script. Hogan says if you can't talk and you can't wrestle, then pack your bags and head north.

And look, Sting's in the rafters!

Okay, I've now watched 75 minutes of this, and I can see where it's headed. (But now I must go to bed, so I will watch the rest of this tomorrow.)
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 5th, 2010 @ 06:12 pm So, apparently the late 90's are in vogue again...
Current Mood: amused
Current Music: Horus - Deathmole
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I have yet to watch it, but I taped TNA last night for the first time in more than a year. Apparently, they are trying to re-ignite the Monday Night War again, but they appear to have decided to do it by literally going back to WCW circa 1996 or so. They were making a big deal about the return to wrestling of Hulk Hogan, but apparently Impact last night featured Ric Flair, Sting, Eric Bischoff, Hall and Nash, and Sean (X-Pac) Waltman.

It will be interesting to see. WWE countered with Bret Hart apparently, but I'll have to torrent Raw, since I was already recording Mythbusters at the same time as Impact.

Let's see if they can draw me back in.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 2nd, 2010 @ 02:23 am 2010 resolutions.
Write more.
Don't be such an anti-social douchebag.

Pretty much it right there.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jan. 1st, 2010 @ 12:07 am 2010.
Gotta be better than 2009 was.
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Laura Nyaah!
Aug. 6th, 2009 @ 07:22 pm Pouring one out for my adolescence.
Current Music: Pretty in Pink - The Psychedelic Furs
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John Hughes is dead.

I was never a popular kid, but I wasn't really Anthony Michael Hall either. I suppose I was one of those nameless kids who populated the background of his films. I did know people who fit the archetypes of the Breakfast Club, but I never really worked in those circles. I do, however, have a soft spot in my heart for the three films that truly are the center of my adolescent years. Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, and especially Ferris Bueller's Day Off are three films that I will always love, no matter how many craptastic Italo-horror and kaiju films I absorb into my battered system. Not a day goes by when I don't quote something from one of those films.

Rest In Peace, John. You left us some great stuff.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 11:35 am Profondo Rosso (1975)
Current Mood: okay
Current Music: Profondo Rosso - Goblin
What can I say about Dario Argento? I've always been of two minds about his work. On the one hand, he is one of the most visually striking auteurs out there. On the other hand, his movies often make little to no sense. Argento's best work was all done prior to the advent of DVD, when his films often came to the US in badly cut and dubbed versions, usually reframed for VHS by someone who didn't care enough to properly place his visuals in frame.

Profondo Rosso, retitled either Deep Red (the English translation) or The Hatchet Murders, is certainly no exception. Shorn of 25 minutes for its US release, the result is a somewhat muddled messy giallo. However, thanks to P2P and European distributors, I have finally seen the full 126-minute version.

Marc Daly (David Hemmings) is a jazz pianist living in Rome. One night, he witnesses the end of the murder of his downstairs neighbor, a psychic. But the police think he is the number one suspect, having found the body. With the help of a nosy reporter (Daria Nicolodi), he attempts to investigate the murder, but the killer always seems to be one step ahead of him. Every time he finds another link that will draw him closer to the solution, the killer casually knocks the link off before Marc can get to them. Will Marc solve the mystery before the police decide that he's the killer?

Profondo Rosso might be Argento's second best film, behind Suspiria. Compared to his later work, the plot makes a fair amount of sense, there are some good red herrings to keep you guessing until the end, and the performances are very good, particularly compared with some of Argento's later films. Hemmings conveys the feeling of someone who's just behind the plot very well, and Daria Nicolodi (Argento's longtime companion/collaborator) plays Nancy Drew quite well. Visually, the film is very striking, and the score by Goblin propels the film along rather well.

Overall, I'd say that as an introduction to Argento, it's probably better than Suspiria if for no other reason than that it makes more sense. If you do get the shorter cut, it's not so bad(provided you get the Blue Underground version and not the terrible public domain version), but if you can get a hold of the Euro version, so much the better. Highest recommendation.
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ZappaFowler
Jul. 8th, 2009 @ 07:45 pm The stupid, it BURNS!
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You know, because I'm posting this from my jail cell in the "guys who downloaded Super Hornio Brothers and scratchy Zappa bootlegs" section of the Piracy Prison.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jul. 3rd, 2009 @ 06:38 pm Holy Crap!
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Ladies, gentlemen, Republicans, your 2012 presidential candidate.

This should be fun.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 08:49 pm Very, very NSFW.
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You have been warned. (SubFab, you're going to want to click play.)

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Laura Nyaah!
Jul. 1st, 2009 @ 07:36 pm Fucking sad.
This is just goddamned depressing. It is the new millennium, right? Isn't this shit supposed to not be happening (so publicly) any more?
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Laura Nyaah!
Jun. 30th, 2009 @ 08:14 pm Interesting reading.
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Here, provided you're not too sick of Sarah Palin.
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Laura Nyaah!
Jun. 30th, 2009 @ 06:23 pm TV News hits a new high.
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Jun. 29th, 2009 @ 04:33 pm Posted without comment.
Current Mood: amused
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Laura Nyaah!
Jun. 27th, 2009 @ 10:54 pm Does it make me old...
that I refer to someone's new CD as a "record"?

Snippet of conversation today at Wal-Mart:

Me: I don't see the Jonas Brothers DVD yet.
L: Maybe it's not out yet. It's probably Tuesday.
Me: Yeah, maybe. Hey, here's their new record. (picks up CD)
L: It's a CD. They don't make records anymore.
Me: It's a record. An album. The CD's just how you get it.
L: Okay, Gramps.
Me: Hey, get off my lawn, you damn kids. (Okay, I didn't say that, but I could have.)
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Laura Nyaah!
Jun. 26th, 2009 @ 05:42 pm Posted without comment.
http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/131545.html
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