School starts soon — the beginning of another year at college. I’m not sure what to expect. Will I meet the girl of my dreams? Will I win the lottery? Will I find a job that I love? I doubt either, but I certainly won’t turn any of these down. We’ll see.
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Oldboy (2003)
Asian, specifically Chinese, Hong Kong and Japanese, film has recently crept into the American consciousness. Films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon to Hero to the more recent Asian horror films of Ringu and Ju-on [which were remade by Hollywood into The Ring and The Grudge respectively] have made big bucks at the North American box office. Oldboy, directed by Park Chanwook (Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance, If You Were Me), is a South Korean import dripping with music video style.
The Sting (1973)
In life, there is always one big opportunity that we think is waiting out there for us. We prepare all our lives for it. The Sting happens to be that one big opportunity (big con) for Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman).
Brendan Benson — The Alternative To Love (2005)
I must admit that listening to Brendan Benson makes for one very upbeat time. It might seem that pop rock might be making a comeback. With John Mayer as its poster boy and with Gavin DeGraw on the rise, Benson might be joining the two. With the opening track “Spit It Out,” Benson — with his calm vocals and patient rhythms — sounds very much like DeGraw, albeit mellower.
D&L Update
Finally, I’m done updating dorksandlosers.com. It took a while, but all my nitpicking, I think, has paid off. The site looks great and there aren’t any major kinks. Although I think there might be a problem with viewing the site in Internet Explorer. Someone, who uses IE, might need to tell me.
Raging Bull Soundtrack (2005)
Martin Scorsese has always had a deep love for music: “At other moments, they would blend into the scene out my window, or in our apartment, the way a color blends into a palette, changing the tone, the hue. It was as if my life was scored with an on-going movie soundtrack” (liner notes).
Ahmad Jamal — The Legendary OKEH & Epic Recordings (2005)
Listening to Ahmad Jamal is like eating. It’s something that’s needed for survival. Ahmad crafts sophisticated beats and tones into seemingly simple melodies. The tracks are so seamless that, even though this album is a compilation, the tracks seem naturally juxtaposed.