I'm desperately in need of an update, but I have oh so very little to say.
Last weekend, we watched Troy. I wasn't really expecting it to be good, but I was hoping for *entertaining.* But I didn't even get that. Which is douche-like. I will say that some of fights (Hector/Achilles) were kinda cool. Brad Pitt's Achilles had a funky, fluid way of moving. He was like a star athlete murderer or something - he made it look *easy* and breath-taking *beautiful.* It was a cool sytlistic choice.
For some reason, a lot of people complained that Troy did not include the gods. That didn't bother me so much. BUT it did get me thinking - I would love to see a modern mash-up version of The Iliad, kind like of like Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet or that Richard III set in World War I. I'm a sucker for this kind of anachronistic story telling, hence my love of steampunk I suppose. It would be like The Warriors meets The Godfather meets Troy. I would set in the East Coast, with gangs from rival cities forming huge coalitions to wage battle. Instead of gods, I would have mayors, senators, and police chiefs doling out favors. I'm not sure if this would work, but it would still be a *fantastic* failure.
On a totally unrelated point...
Sometimes my wife and I like to come up with *business ideas.* The goal is to think of some preposterous thing that rich people would pay for, so we could overcharge and make some bank. Our newest scheme: custom ice cream on the spot! We would do weddings, parties, anniversaries etc. The idea would be that folks would design their *own personalized flavor(s)* for their event, that we would make *fresh* all night long for their guests. For the really high end clients, we'd bring a shitload of small ice cream makers and ingredients and people could come up, place their orders, and 15 minutes later - bam - custom ice cream. We'd charge out the ass. It would be fucking brilliant.
I've been listening to So Alone by Johnny Thunders. I'm also on a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground kick. We need more guys like that around today - sort of treading that line of literary, soulful rock/pop/punk. It's great stuff.
"You can't put your arms around a memory...."
I'm going to go and enjoy my weekend.
Last weekend, we watched Troy. I wasn't really expecting it to be good, but I was hoping for *entertaining.* But I didn't even get that. Which is douche-like. I will say that some of fights (Hector/Achilles) were kinda cool. Brad Pitt's Achilles had a funky, fluid way of moving. He was like a star athlete murderer or something - he made it look *easy* and breath-taking *beautiful.* It was a cool sytlistic choice.
For some reason, a lot of people complained that Troy did not include the gods. That didn't bother me so much. BUT it did get me thinking - I would love to see a modern mash-up version of The Iliad, kind like of like Baz Luhrman's Romeo + Juliet or that Richard III set in World War I. I'm a sucker for this kind of anachronistic story telling, hence my love of steampunk I suppose. It would be like The Warriors meets The Godfather meets Troy. I would set in the East Coast, with gangs from rival cities forming huge coalitions to wage battle. Instead of gods, I would have mayors, senators, and police chiefs doling out favors. I'm not sure if this would work, but it would still be a *fantastic* failure.
On a totally unrelated point...
Sometimes my wife and I like to come up with *business ideas.* The goal is to think of some preposterous thing that rich people would pay for, so we could overcharge and make some bank. Our newest scheme: custom ice cream on the spot! We would do weddings, parties, anniversaries etc. The idea would be that folks would design their *own personalized flavor(s)* for their event, that we would make *fresh* all night long for their guests. For the really high end clients, we'd bring a shitload of small ice cream makers and ingredients and people could come up, place their orders, and 15 minutes later - bam - custom ice cream. We'd charge out the ass. It would be fucking brilliant.
I've been listening to So Alone by Johnny Thunders. I'm also on a Lou Reed/Velvet Underground kick. We need more guys like that around today - sort of treading that line of literary, soulful rock/pop/punk. It's great stuff.
"You can't put your arms around a memory...."
I'm going to go and enjoy my weekend.
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i have a food processor still in its box. if i were to actually unpack it i could chop the ingredients for my salsa in no time at all. but i don't want to take the time to unpack it. . . .
the george foreman grill is way in the back of my pantry. if i were to use it, i could cook food in half the time. sadly, i don't want to take the time to move things out of the way so i can get to it.
see the trend? yeah, i would not me startled at all.
As for music: So Alone is a very under-rated record. I always thought it was a pity that a waste of flesh like Sid Vicious become a cultural icon while Johnny T, who was just as much a tragic poster boy for living-fast-and-dying-young (and was actually a talented songwriter and guitarist), died in obscurity. The emotional vibe of that record is striking: he sounds defiant and deeply resigned at the same time. Unfortunately, my copy of the record has some nasty scratches on it, and it keeps skipping in the middle of "You Can't Put Your Arm Around A Memory".
Hope you enjoyed your weekend!