I’m Just Saying.
I miss yall! And so, I am going to inundate the blog with some random bits of joy.
But seriously.
We should all probably plan on that african reunion in the bar sometime soon.
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Musical Questionaire
18
Jan 2011
I have something for y’all. What do you make of the Zac Brown Band’s version of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down?”
You can preview the song on itunes or buy it there, but the videos they have of it on Youtube are bad recordings.
*also you could download it….illegally…….and then immediately delete it.
My initial thoughts are that it is sensational (in the sense that it’s played like most pop/country songs. The song retains a lot of the feeling and it stays true to the original pretty well, and even makes it sound a little better musically, but it seems to loose its edge a bit. I like it a lot, don’t get me wrong, but I’m looking for a version that pulls the stops out musically, yet retains the energy and (anger?) of the original. This might be the closest version I could find. Any help? thoughts?
Eating thin gruel in the morning,
PB
Barcelona. See it.
16
Jan 2011
If you haven’t heard of director Whit Stillman yet, then you should remedy that. Whit Stillman has 4 movies out: Damsels in Distress, The Last Days of Disco, Metropolitan, and Barcelona. I recommend them all, but if you had to see any one of them and not the others, then I would encourage you to see Barcelona (the other two are fantastic, and if you see one, then you’ll be craving more).
Barcelona (1994) is a comedy about two young idealistic male Americans in Spain (not like Anthony Garret in Spain) at the end of the Cold War. As is the case in all of his movies, one of the things that Whit Stillman does so well is dialogue. Stillman has a keen sense of the amalgamation of high and low (something Sercer enjoys). He deals with deep themes, incorporates works from the Canon, portrays the frustration, naivety, Romance, willfulness, and ecstasy of youth without being cliche. He captures some aspect of the philosophic query into the nature of love, and he does this while making you laugh. He invites you to yourself fall in love with the characters and all of the richness of Spain. I really want to go to Spain after seeing this movie!
So, if you’re looking for a great movie that won’t leave you feeling entirely depressed about life then go and see Barcelona by Whit Stillman.
Warmly,
Lord Bloch
Category: America, Barcelona, It Is What It Is, Jerry, love, Movies, Naivety, Philosophy, She was HOT too, Whit Stillman
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