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Benicio
Got pretty toasted last night in the bar, running up a $100 bill on pizza and (mainly) glacier beer. No chemicals and (less) hangover... A full on free for all on the stage was underway, with a pretty good cover band getting things started.
“Do you know any Creedence?”
“Sure, which one?”
“Lookin’ Out My Back Door?”
“All right, comin’ right up.”
Smokin.
Various psyched up crowd members then proceeded to come on stage to do vocals (Benecio Del Toro look-a-like does Mustang Sally - not bad), with some dudes even bringing their own guitars and so on for covers of Purple Haze…
We then hooked up with a multi national group of ski instructor types who were looking to ‘party’. 20 minutes of English style coarseness and swearing managed to whittle the group down to 3 (including 2 chimps) - and no beer.
13th Jan 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Break alright Break alright
Break alright Break alright Now we're ready for your town
Dismantle away Dismantle away The just one rule we'll obey
Conclusion of the duration is comin'up, Concrete is losin' its unity
There are the delayers of buildin' our peaceful days Break'em out!
NIHON Break KOGYO Smashin' steel ball Da Da Da
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Any houses! Any bridges! And any towers can't stop us in any way!
Going ahead! Going ahead! NIHON Break KOGYO
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Wooden frames, mortared walls and pencil-formed over tall buildings
Have you ever seen mighty skills to treat pile heads, rough clenched fists to support you
By the justice, like a hammer, Yumbo swung to raise!! Break'em out!
NIHON Break KOGYO Shinin' diamonded cutter Da Da Da
NIHON Break KOGYO Compressor roaring loud between the earth & the sky!!
Any houses! Any bridges! And any towers can't stop us in any way!
Going ahead! Going ahead! NIHON Break KOGYO
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3rd Jan 2004 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Castle
(dir. Rob Sitch)
"With Presets?"
"Yeah. And Megabass!"
"Wow! I can't wait to go to Bangkok"
For those who like their comedies simple of plot and rich in quotes, the Castle is going 'straight to the Pool Room' ('a special place for mementos and things that remind you of things' (See Below)). In a nutshell; the Kerrigan family are told to leave the family home, making way for a Big Corporation's plans to extend the nearby airport. Kerrigan Dad, Darryl, disagrees and takes on the Company in the courts.... that's it.
Family/Neighbourhood = good, Faceless Companies = bad and a sweet victory for the little man (no hidden twists here). But the jokes and one-liners are packed hard and fast and the characters, whilst simple souls, are there to be rooted for. In places it's a fast show school of gags - keep them simple, then repeat "two-fifty! For Jousting Sticks! Tell him he's Dreamin'!". Other lines are as inspired as they are dumb "Dad, I don't know what the opposite of letting someone down is, but you've done the opposite!" There's just too many of them - watch it a couple of times then annoy your friends by quoting upcoming lines..."Dad, I dug another Hole!" Also features an appearance by Eric 'The Hulk' Bana, as the Kickboxing Brother-in-Law - "The food was an absolute credit to the airline".
I'll give the quotes a rest now, before transcribing the whole script. Just watch it. Then Laugh.
29th Oct 2003 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Kick Out The Rock.
Don't miss London's premier Westcoast - and - mid - nineties - American - rock night tomorrow night (Friday 3rd), at the:
PUSH Bar,
93 Dean St.
London
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2nd Oct 2003 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Core
(dir. Jon Amiel)
The core of the earth has stopped revolving. A crew of experts/astronaut types are recruited to fly a nuclear powered train type-thing with laser headlights into the centre of the earth to set off some nukes, kick start the earth and save 6 billion people.
Total action by numbers movie that can be best summed up as Armageddon vs. Journey To The Centre Of The Earth. The only problem with that is no Bruce Willis. Or Steve Buscemi. Instead we have Aaron Eckhart (that dude from Erin Brockovich) and Hilary Swank. Not that that means its actually any worse, just that it makes you wonder who would put $50 or $80 Million into it. And in fact that's part of the problem. Movies like this need $100M, not $50M, for stars and hype and publicity - to generate enough interest to cover the gaps in the plot and the execution.
It's not unwatchable however. Add a few unbelievably heroic personal sacrifices, a pinch of Hollywood luck and 135 minutes of your day have drifted by easily enough.
1st Oct 2003 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Crimony
EP
Creeping under the wire at only 6 songs I managed to pick this EP up in a bargain bin for only £1.99. Recording together now and then, one time brothers-in-law Paul Roessler and Mike Watt put this out in 1988. Paul Roessler wrote all of the songs on this record, and he also sings. His voice, and also the atmosphere of the songs - in particular the opening Life's Too Short - remind me of a slightly less geeky version of John B. Sebastian. And not in a bad way. The EP is a easy listen, with Vampire Party being a pretty cool track. Maybe this sounds a bit like Ben Folds Five.
Pick it up if you see it, but don't bust a gut tracking it down.
29th Sep 2003 - Add Comment - Tweet
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