I gave in. I'm such a hypocrite.
Y'know, it wasn't that long ago that I posted something about not wanting to follow the societal norms of the profile section. Then the comments (few as they were) dried up. Now, it's 1:45 am, they're about to turn the lights on at the bar, and I'm talking to the 45-year-old in serious need of a dentist, a dietician and a better dye job. I'm desperate, people. I know my last few posts have strived for analytical clarity and faux profoundness when analyzing some rather good films, but those days are over! I'm getting proactive now.
So what does that mean? I whored myself out to the profile section. You can now see that my favorite movie of all time is Out of Sight. Yes, that one with J-Lo. Yes, I think it's that good, even if it has J-Lo. That is a post for an entirely different time, though. What have I learned by placing that in my profile? I guess that a whole bunch of other guys my age and approximately 2 females like that movie. Betcha Fight Club pulls up like 300,000 people. I bet all of them are under 30. I bet 4 of them read the book before the movie came out. That's right, I'm calling you people out. Read the fucking book, already, even if the movie's ending works much better. Throw on The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind" on repeat if it helps you out.
You can also find out that I like DJ Shadow, who produced the best album of the '90s, Endtroducing... Again, another post for another time. You can also find out that a chick named Stroker Ace likes him, too. Great name, by the way. I could rattle off a whole bunch of other music I like, but I had to cut myself off before I bored even myself. You should see my iPod, though. It takes like 10 minutes to scroll through all the artists on it. There's plenty of stuff I'll openly admit is crap, but I don't care because it's fun crap. I'd rather listen to Deee-Lite over some angsty indy band with a clever name any day.
So yeah, check out my profile or something. And comment, DAMMIT.
7 Comments:
i have nothing intelligent to say.
thanks for liking my blog. i got tons of hits from your link so even though they're not commenting i know people are here, lurking.
I don't know if that's cool or creepy that they're here. I'm gonna go with cool for now.
Thanks.
Hey Beavis - you said Stroker Ace. (In my best Butthead voice.)
You know Stroker Ace is all about the Burt. Maybe she really is Burt. YOU NEVER KNOW ON THE INTERNET.
I know I've said it before, but how the hell did we as a species allow Burt Reynolds to become the biggest star in the world back in the '70s? I blame it on acid flashbacks. Bad acid flashbacks. Gotta manage the pain somehow... There's also the fact that there weren't people like me around to say, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING?"
And I changed my mind. Lurkers are creepy.
Don't believe anything she says. LIES! ALL LIES!
New Forms is indeed wonderful and groundbreaking in its own way, but the problem is that it's too damn long. Every song is good, and it's incredible to work out to, but I find myself skipping straight to "Destination" after "Brown Paper Bag" if I'm not in the right mood. Sometimes I don't even get to the second disc. It just gets a little too similar to me.
Endtroducing... never gets old to me, and never makes me want to skip ahead. Each song has its individual flavor, but they all feel like part of a common whole. Hell, even if the album was just "Changeling" and "Midnight In A Perfect World" it would rank up there with the tops of the '90s on the strength of those two tracks alone. I haven't heard anything that sounds quite like this album since, and I'm really not sure if I ever will again. I guess it's just one of those albums that really "clicked" for me. I only rank Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue higher for all-time favorite albums ever.
Yes, this is the abbreviated version of a much, much longer post that I'll get up on here sooner or later...
Touchy. I'd rather not say anything. I don't know what's serious and what isn't. I'm becoming lost and I'm not blind. I just can't see clearly sometimes.
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