Saturday, August 27, 2011

Do Yourself a Favor

Right into it my friends...

1) Do listen to this song by Jack and White. To say nothing about the lady's lovely voice, I love that she sings so truly about love and desire in this cellphone obsessed generation. Our phones have become the repositories of our faith, the gateways to Love, the instruments of our heartbreak and we can't do anything about it. We're all addicted.

2) This is a new discovery. Never heard of them, but played it tonight, on a low night and felt uplifted and renewed. Then I played it again. And again. Enjoy, What the Water Gave Me by, Florence + The Machine.

3) Whatever you do, DO NOT watch the new Conan movie. What absolute, and egregious drivel. How dare they get my hopes up by promising to retell a wonderful character's story on the big screen, and slap me across the face. Robert E. Howard is turning in his grave fellas. You took his lifetime of work and pretty much wiped your soiled bits with it. Good job.

4) Do yourself a favor, take the woman you love and kiss her long and kiss her slow. And don't pull away even when your lips do. And whisper you love her. That you'll do better, even if it's a lie.

5) Watch this trailer. I've been reading fantasy novels and comic books since I can remember. All my secret dreams happen in worlds with no technology, the crack of the reins, the feel of a horse, the weight of a sword, and the gossamer smile of a forbidden woman. So for me this shit right here, is like drugs to an addict. The Immortals, can't bloody wait. They better not do a Conan on me.

6) A lot of hip-hop heavyweights have released albums this past couple of months. A lot of hype and a lot of chest-thumping. All to mostly disappointing results. Let's really face it, Watch the Throne was a disappointment, The R.E.D. album is too damn safe and thus sub-par, and the Carter IV is just plain doo doo. So do yourself a favor and get your hands on Kendrick Lamar's mixtape/album "Section80". Here's a man who has a completely unique sound, and a wonderful lyrical gift, and the ability to talk about more than the number of girls obsessed with his penis, or the cars he rents and pretends to own, or the jewelry he gets on referral. The two songs I recommend you hear first are Keisha's Song, and Poe Man's Dreams. Enjoy...

7) And lastly here's a enticing new TV show that starts airing by the end of September. If you loved Human Target and similar shows this one shows promise. And it's got Jim Caviezel who is bad-ass. Check it out here.

1 comment:

  1. Metaphyisicals,stream of conciousness, figurative metaphors... You seem to have been born out of your time. From many ages. This reminds me of Woolf, others of Neruda,Donne or Yeats. Hemingway sometimes.. Bless you for your words..

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