Halb Mensch. Halb Ding.
Blessings of the state. Blessings of the masses.
THX 1138 is certainly not the most accessible film of all time, but for my money it remains not only timeless, but both engrossing and devastating. It’s as uncompromising in its portrayal of a fundamentally alien society as it is in ignoring and avoiding traditional narrative structures and science fiction tropes.
Spent the last few evenings glued to the screen, bouncing from hotel to hotel, trying to find the right fit between price and location for our stays in LA, SF and Vegas. Maybe I’m picky, but that stuff is draining. I don’t know what I’d do without Trip Advisor to be honest.
Originally we had planned to stay wherever, but as our plans started crystalizing, we decided for peace of mind, to book places while in the cities, rather than trying to find something in the stress of it all.
War Stories by UNKLE. I recommend finding the two-disc limited edition, and complete it with the Australian/Japanese bonus tracks Buying a Lie and Mistress. Also, get End Titles… Stories for Film, End Titles… Redux and More Stories. Why it has to be so hard to get the full ‘album’ is beyond me, but it was worth it.
We were seated far, far away from our friends at the Depeche Mode concert (the sound was atrocious where we were seated, so I can’t honestly say if it was a ‘good’ concert, though it seemed pretty rockin’ down on the ground) this tuesday, and as we idled away, waiting for the old geezers to take the stage, we spent the time messaging each other, trying to get a visual in-amongst the thousands of people, because… Well, there wasn’t a lot else to do.
I’m fascinated with the old idea of the mixtape — or the playlist, in our day and age — as more than merely compilations of same-genre music. Instead of transporting the listener around A, I’ve always preferred mixtapes that moved me from A to B.
It took me somewhere between 4 – 5 months to cobble together this one, which was culled down from about 12 hours of material to about 2.5 hours where it stay for a good while, until I finally took the plunge and made it a nice and lean 84 minutes long. If you’re up for it, I suggest that you don’t skim the track listening too much, don your finestest headphones, and enter… The Night (uuuuhhhhh).
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