2010!!!! (Only two more years left 'til John Cusack really has to go out and dodge those damn natural disasters. Fuckin' Mayans...)


But anyway...

HAPPY EFFIN' NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!

I hope to hell that you all had a great time celebratin' the coming (Hee-hee.) of 2010. I didn't do shit, and had to turn in early 'cause apparently, I'm not on the right page or 'the same page' as I should be with certain people. (Nevermind. Long story. No moral.)



To everyone else, WOO-HOO!!!! And I hope the next 363 days of this year are 'tits' for you and all and your families. (Unless, of course, I hate you. Then in that case, a big FUCK YOU to you and yours!!!)

Sorry. Apologies. That wasn't me... NOT!!!


Flickie Quickie:

Check out:

District 9 - As good as you've heard. The special effects are "something like a phenomenon".

Paranormal Activity - Not as good as you've heard, but probably really effective at home... in the dark... really loud. I'd recommend watching it with the more classically effective theatrical ending. And then watch the much, much, much darker alternate ending as an extra afterwards. I unfortunately saw it for the first time with this ending, and while I usually lean towards darker, I felt in this case, the original ending worked better. Wow. I sure did ramble about that shit. Anyway. Worth a rental. I would have felt ripped the fuck off if I paid to see it the the theater. Suckaz!!!

Public Enemies - Good performances all around (It's fun to peep the great actors that show up in small, small roles.). The action set pieces - jail breaks, bank robberies & tense getaways - are filmed with typical Michael Mann gusto. A little looong at 2 horas y 20 minutos. And I thought, in this instance, Mann should have gone with film over digital. Appreciated the doc feel it gives, but didn't work for me given the time period of the piece. Still say, peep it. Johnny Depp. C'mon!

All are out NOW on DVD and Blu-Ray.

Aaaaaannnnnndddddd...

Here are the last three TALES FROM THE SHUFFLE for 2009:


12/29/09


1. "Rotten World Blues" - Eels - From the four track 'Rotten World Blues EP' included with 2002's 'Souljacker' album.

2. "Dangerous Mindz" - Gravediggaz - The opening track (After the 'Intro' - Hey, it is a hip-hop album, after all. Need those Intros, Skits & Outros...) off of the their second joint.

3. "NYC Everything" - Rza - "Stuck to your ass like a Victoria's Secret wedgie." Rza and Meth trading verses like two champs. Plus, come on, "Stuck to your ass like a Victoria's Secret wedgie." !!!

4. "Rainy Day" - Shuggie Otis - A sick instrumental joint. Cool for just chillin' out on a cold, wet winter's day. (Or fuck it, any day'll work.) Shuggie works the funk.


5. "... Meets His Maker" - DJ Shadow - Off of the 'Private Press'. The companion piece to the album's eariler track, "Mongrel...". Classic Shadow.


12/30/09

1. "Shadows Drown" - Company Flow - From the instrumental album, "Little Johnny From the Hospital". Dark, sonic beatscapes from the dirty underground of New York.


2. " Don't Give Up" - Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush - From Gabriel's 1996 album 'So'.


3. "Two Of Us" - The Beatles - The 'naked' version of this 'lesser-known' (By me anyways.) Beatles song.


4. "Lick Samba" - Bob Marley


5. "Do Your Thing" - Lynn Collins - From the 'Kings Of...' series. This is from the 'Kings Of Funk' compiled by The Rza and Keb Darge. This is a bad ass lil' funk diddy.


12/31/09


1. "Nigga Please" - Ol' Dirty Bastard - The title track off of the late 'Big Baby Jesus' second album. Also what I said at Starbucks when I found out they ran out of Caramel Brulee Lattes (Actually, I didn't say that, but now I wish I did.).


2. "Roygbiv" - Boards Of Canada - A sonic soundscape. Some of this shit will make your mind bleed through your ears.

3. "Pretty" - The Cranberries - Shout out to J. Alex Koss out there in Ireland. Get me some of Delores O'Riordan's panties!


4. "Bbydhyonchord" - Aphex Twin - Another Oi-rish laddie (Although, I don't want any of his panties, Alex.). 'Drukqs' (The double album off which this track comes from.) is definitely a unique listening experience. It deftly blends fierce and furious electronic tinged beats and counters them with some pensive, more reflective string and piano pieces.


5. "Phesto" - Phesto - Off of Bay Area hip-hop collective, Heiroglyphics' 2001 album 'Third Eye Vision'. Just a lil' sumpthin' from one of the founding members of Souls of Mischief.

Thasallfonowfokkers.

Still workin' on the 'corndog' pieces and other nifty things. Trying to get back into using acrylics. I like 'em over the slooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww drying nature of oil paint (Which I was never into when we had to use 'em in school.)

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Art Gallery: "Desert Heat". A photo of a large sketchbook piece. One of my favorites of my older stuff. I was really happy with the varying line weights I got using those Sakura micron pens (Expensive lil' fuckers, but worth it, I think.) You likes?



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