Archives for: July 2009
Live Music - Sky Saxon tribute
07/28/09 17:04, by jamesey, Categories: Movies , Tags: music, psychadlia, punk, sky saxon, smashing pumpkins, the echo, the seeds, ya ho wa On Friday night, the Echoplex hosted a tribute to a musician I knew very little about, Sky Saxon. If it wasn't for Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins involvement, I would have never gone.
Sky Saxon, as explained to me by one of the musicians who ou… more »
Music for July
07/23/09 13:57, by jamesey, Categories: Music , Tags: goth, metric, music, new wave, silversun pickups, synth, the horrors I swear I wrote a recommendation for these bands and some others, but I can't find it. I have a hunch that I typed out a post, and then closed my browser without hitting save.
Back in April I posted about the Yeah Yeah Yeah's new album having a lock… more »
Beckham Timeline Cheat Sheet
07/21/09 13:00, by jamesey, Categories: L.A. Galaxy, USA National Team, Everyone Else , Tags: football, la galaxy, soccer 2006 - captains England in the World Cup, doesn't do well
2006 - loses captaincy, is told he'll never play for England again
early 2007 - Signs deal with the LA Galaxy, Madrid coach benches him, but not for long
early 2007 - Becks plays key role in tu… more »
Why I despise David Beckham
07/17/09 20:26, by jamesey, Categories: L.A. Galaxy , Tags: beckham, futbol, galaxy, scumbag, soccer I gave David Beckham many chances. When the Galaxy schedule was fixed in 2007 so that 12 of the last 14 matches would be away, I assumed it was only the LA ownership being stupid. When stupid friendlies in the middle of the MLS season were arranged I ass… more »
Movie Review - Moon
I initially wasn't going to see Moon. Watch this trailer.
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It's natural to think Moon is some sort of 2001: A Space Odyssey rip-off. Fortunately I saw some comments and reviews that convinced me it wasn't. That was enough… more »
Movie Review - Bruno
I'm a fan of Sasha Cohen's work as Ali G, Borat, and Bruno. He's brilliant at pretending to be clueless, and as a result he can get great results from candid interviews. I loved Borat and made it one of my favorite movies of 2006. I was excited to see Br… more »
Last week was for yellow Israeli Soccer Shirts
07/12/09 09:41, by jamesey, Categories: L.A. Galaxy , Tags: futbol, haifa, israel, maccabi, soccer, tel aviv In one week, I received two new yellow Israeli soccer shirts.
First, my friend Donna from work went to Israel for her sister's wedding. She brought me back a yellow Maccabi Tel Aviv shirt on Monday. Thanks again Donna!
Second, on Thursday I re… more »
Movie Review - Beaches of Agnes
07/09/09 19:58, by jamesey, Categories: Movies , Tags: agnes varda, autobiography, film, french new wave I love French New Wave films. Their style is so cool, they're never too literal, but also never too symbolic that you can't follow what's going on. It's just a cool genre.
I can't claim to know all of major influences and geniuses of the genre, but I… more »
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