that's funny... the 80's are now considered retro? I thought we had to wait until at least another generation had passed... really, the 50's are retro, the 80's are just old news. maybe in another 20 years...

oh, and I loved the caption about You Can't Do That on Television... having made Nikelodeon what it is today... what is it today? :)



in other news, Bad Education (or la mala educacion) was... probably not a movie most of you would appreciate... some of you, for sure, but not most. it's really dark, one could easily say that it was glamourizing/sensualizing pedophelia (I'd disagree, but it's a fine line), and there was a lot of stuff to do with homosexuality that makes me want to suggest that unless you're open minded, you ought not to see it. but the acting was really great, the plot twisted in really interesting (yet still intuitive) ways, and Gael Garcia Bernal was fabulous. I also really enjoyed how lispy the Spanish was. but it's very dark. not a date movie at all. and it gets close to being x-rated a couple of times without being overly erotic... lots of tension, without being overly sexual. I think I'm liking these foreign films. far better than the hypersexual american films that we often see.


um... again, foreign film: the Motorcycle Diaries is one of my new favourites. Like Sideways, it's a travel/buddy film where the friends in it end up going in entirely different directions at the end... best quotation to describe the film firmly represents that: that this was a chronicle of two people's lives running parallel for a while. I don't know how much of a romanticization it was of the trip... having read Alberto Granado's travel diary of that adventure, the movie seems to stick pretty close to his remembered history. but it was a phenomenal movie. it stayed clear of overly lauding the two individuals - I think - and entwined a lot of the history and social consciousness that was uncovered during their voyage. Like Y Tu Mama Tambien, this movie really brought a wider social discourse into what could've been a straight-forward travel story (YTMT not so much travel as coming-of-age, but you know, same difference)... aside from the fact that we know who Ernesto Guevara de la Serna turned out to be.... (they only called him 'Che' once - and that was because Argentineans say "che" a lot... who knew? and not because it was his nickname yet)

sorry tay, my bro probably turned off slsk when i was off at my poker game (i wons again!!! yeeeA)

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Hey Par - Can I borrow your calculator again tomorrow?

Okay, yeah... I've just verified that Denali is officially "holy shit!" material. Imagine if Esthero sang for the Black Heart Procession...


No, I'm fucking SERIOUS!

on a perfectly unrelated note: why have I never listened to the Faint until now? Damn.

And I'm currently downloading Denali who I've heard fucking awesome things about.

The Black Dahlia murder was a bit disappointing, but damn... I've never heard a drummer drum so fast on a rock album before. I actually thought it was a drum-machine at first! Maybe they'll grow on me... but I'm not feeling it right now.

After School Knife Fight: lo-fi, but a pleasingly unique take on the otherwise overdone screamo thing.

Since we're listing shows here now, I may as well add this tasty morsel:

APRIL 29th ALL AGES @ Queen Alexandra

CURSED (deathwish inc)

Mare

The wolfnote

Les Tabernacles

The Johnsons

Etown beatdown

10 bucks

doors 6:30 show 7:30



Shit, Cursed and Mare are rad bands... and they're playing a HALL SHOW with a bunch of rad local bands!!! This one is gonna be a must-see.

Death From Above 1979: Wednesday April 6, 2005 - EDMONTON AB - STARLITE

Tickets not yet available through Ticketmaster.

I don't think DFA 1979 is playing with t(i)nc (as sweet as it would be)... which might be what's confusing ticketmaster.

HOWEVER, with that being said, The (international) Noise Conspiracy is playing with And You will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead on Tuesday May 17th, 2005. Unfortunately, the show is at Red's, but it's too good of a show to pass up on that account.

We got our tickets in advance through Ticketmaster online. As far as I know tickets are still available...

Nonetheless, it's probably a good idea to get them soon.

I just finish checking it out!

Fuckin DFA 1979 is comming to the starlight room around the 6th of april.

Anyone interested?