Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 29th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Beautiful Things” by Andain This is my busy week, so updates have been slow. I do have two movie reviews to toss your way, they will be coming soon, promise. For now, here is a quick book review to keep you busy. I wrote it a while ago and had it [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 21st, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the day: “Escalator” by Tabi Bonney The Inheritors Author: William Golding Genre: Fiction A book unlike anything I have read before, it is a story of survival concerning a small family of Neanderthals who find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly face to face with Homo Sapiens. It is a tale told through the eyes [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 20th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Longest Road” by Deadmou5 How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization Author: Franklin Foer Category: Non-Fiction Unlikely indeed! This book takes an unorthodox approach at examining globalization and its effects (or lack thereof) in the world of soccer. By collecting a number of essays regarding particular soccer teams [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Sister Kate” by the Ditty Bops Vicky Cristina Barcelona Director: Woody Allen Genre: Romance/Comedy/Drama Year: 2008 I know it is probably sacrilege to say this and half of you will probably throw your necks out upon hearing this, knowing how many movies I watch but, prior to this, I had only [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 15th, 2009 2 Comments »
Song of the day: Sonata No.14 in C#M (Moonlight Sonata) by Ludwig van Beethoven Beneath this dome, cerulean and broad, where balletic trees pulsate and swagger, – scintillating verdant stars amassed, keeping time with flurry and murmured mirth; on this broken base, cracked and giving, feigning a lull over chaotic babble harmonic to thoughts; in [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 14th, 2009 2 Comments »
Song of the day: The Late Great Libido by Menomena The Machine Girl Director: Noboru Iguchi Genre: Action/Comedy/Thriller/Horror Year: 2008 Somebody has been putting their dirty little fingers inside my Netflix queue and they are having a blast showing me the weirdest movies. How I ended up with this film in my list – and [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 13th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the day: “I thought that (Boris Dlugosch Remix)” – The Migrants Body of Lies Director: Ridley Scott Genre: Action/Drama/Thriller Year: 2008 On the one hand I love films along this vein, action thrillers, with just enough mystique and shady dealings to keep you on your seat. It seems the genre du jour, which [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 7th, 2009 2 Comments »
Song of the day: “Year of the Rat” by Badly Drawn Boy The Inglorious Bastards Director: Enzo G. Castellari Genre: Action/War/Adventure/Comedy Year: 1978 (1981 U.S. release) I should have known better than to assume that when Quentin Tarantino he had spent all those years working on the Inglorious Basterds screenplay, that he was writing something [...]
Posted in Blog on Apr 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
It has to be said, it really does because I have been keeping this to myself but after yesterday’s performance there is absolutely no way that the Federation could miss the multiple flaws with the Mexican Selection. This is not about Eriksson, it is, as I have always said, beyond that. It is about a [...]