The B-to-the-D List

Currently on Vinyl: 2Pac “All Eyez on Me”

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:33:03 -0500

Currently on Vinyl: 2Pac “All Eyez on Me”

Currently on Vinyl: “The Very Best of the Everly...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:17:57 -0500

Currently on Vinyl: “The Very Best of the Everly Brothers”

electronicsquid: Hollywood Theater, Milwaukee (George Skadding....

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:14:30 -0500

electronicsquid:

Hollywood Theater, Milwaukee

(George Skadding. 1950)

This movie theater closed in 1959 and is a car dealership now, I believe. Always saddens me, to see beautiful old movie theaters turned into mundane edifices.

This guy was [takes off sunglasses] … ahead of his...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 13:25:27 -0500

This guy was [takes off sunglasses] … ahead of his time.

YEAAAAAAAAAH!

is there gonna be another before movie? dont spoil if theres something in the film leading to it. i just thought this was the last one.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:09:09 -0500

There may be. There may not be. They didn’t originally set out to make a trilogy of films. They made the second film for themselves, really. Each of the first two films only made $5 million. But the films got a cult-like following on DVD. And then every time Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, or director Richard Linklater would do interviews or talk with fans, they would be asked about these films. Really, this third film is because of the fans demanding it.

So in a long winded response to your question — there could be another one in another decade, if history is any indicator. Every film has ended where it could be a stand alone or that it could also lend itself to a sequel. That’s been the beauty of them. I could go on and on talking about this series.

In the 1980s, the action comedy was a popular genre. Beverly...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:02:42 -0500

In the 1980s, the action comedy was a popular genre. Beverly Hills Cop. Lethal Weapon. And all their wannabes. But over the years, the formula changed - like New Coke - and it just wasn’t the same. The genre always seemed to go for the action first, but the balance became even more askew and the laughs were second rate and hacky as the 90s attempted their version of the genre.

But I like what Seth Rogan and his pack of friends have done with the genre, in films like “Pineapple Express” and this time with “This is the End” — the laughs are big, and the comedy drives the action, rather than the other way around. It’s over the top. Absurd. It’s rough around the edges, as you can tell that many of the laughs are discovered through improv and just letting the camer and actors run.

And most of the time, it’s absolutely hilarious.

If they keep making unabashedly stupid and hilarious movies like this, I’ll keep paying to see them.

Currently on Vinyl: Vanilla Ice “To The Extreme”...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 08:00:17 -0500

Currently on Vinyl: Vanilla Ice “To The Extreme” (word to my mother for this birthday gift)

Worth it. So stupid. So awesome. (at Marcus North Shore Cinema)

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:03:07 -0500

Worth it. So stupid. So awesome. (at Marcus North Shore Cinema)

Naming our new guest Echo. The rest of the Bunnymen have been...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:37:32 -0500

Naming our new guest Echo. The rest of the Bunnymen have been hanging in the backyard.

I took the day off work yesterday, so I could see the first...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:07:02 -0500

I took the day off work yesterday, so I could see the first showing on the first day of release for Before Midnight.

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are two of my five favorite films of all time. I’ve waited nearly a decade now, since seeing “Sunset” in the theater. We’ve gotten used to waiting nine years between films. But this makes it no easier.

Before Midnight was worth the wait. Since leaving the afternoon screening yesterday, I haven’t stopped thinking about the film. I keep replaying it in my head. This installment is much more real and raw than its predecessors - but it has to be.

After the first film, we’re left to wonder if these two twenty-somethings would meet when they said they would. After the second film, we know the answer to that question, but we wonder if these now thirty-somethings will learn from their decision. Those are fairy tale romantic stories, in essence. So how do you, as forty-somethings who met in the most romantic fairy-tale way, live up to that when every day life sets in?

The film is beautiful in its setting, like its predecessors. This time, with Greece as the backdrop. We get more of the philosophical banter that hooked us in, nearly twenty years ago. We laugh, smile, and cringe the whole time as we see that just as they had to work to meet each other in the first place, they have to do so at this point in their lives.

To think, I’ll have to wait another nine years, probably, to know what happens after the credits roll. I’ll be 44 years old. Their characters will be 50 by then.

I could go on and on. But I won’t, here. I’ll just listen to the (amazing) soundtrack on Spotify and continue replaying the trilogy in my head.

Currently on Vinyl: “The Classic Tom Jones” [I love...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:09:21 -0500

Currently on Vinyl: “The Classic Tom Jones” [I love that Elvis also covered 5 of these 9 songs]

Aimee got me a birthday tree to put presents under!

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:57:46 -0500

Aimee got me a birthday tree to put presents under!

Birthday thoughts…

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:25:16 -0500

Birthday thoughts…

mattdoucette: lulubonanza: Sirens by *Sairobi Now I need to...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:41:26 -0500

mattdoucette:

lulubonanza:

Sirens by *Sairobi

Now I need to watch Clue.

I used to have a tradition of watching “Clue” while putting up and decorating my Christmas tree, each year. No reason. Just a tradition because the movie rocks.

alcoholicgifts: evangotlib: chrismohney: Did u know: Hodor is...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:10:01 -0500

alcoholicgifts:

evangotlib:

chrismohney:

Did u know: Hodor is a DJ

HODORING

#the north remembers TO DROP THA BASS

DJs already have to deal with obnoxious drunks requesting artists or songs all night long. But can you imagine having to deal with drunks coming up and Hodor-ing you all night long, too?!

samwolfeconnelly: ‘Autumn Window’ Sam Wolfe Connelly graphite...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:32:35 -0500

samwolfeconnelly:

‘Autumn Window’

Sam Wolfe Connelly

graphite and carbon

My piece for the ’Otherworld’ show at Roq La Rue, which opened on June 6th.

I asked Aimee if after three days of having your period, if it's then considered having an ellipsis, instead.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:55:36 -0500

She rolled her eyes. But it’s okay, because it’s my birthday week, so she has to put up with my stupid random thoughts.

Currently on Vinyl: Merle Haggard “My Farewell to...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:07:42 -0500

Currently on Vinyl: Merle Haggard “My Farewell to Elvis”

urhajos: A 102 Years-Old Transport Ship Sprouts a Floating...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 18:12:25 -0500

urhajos:

A 102 Years-Old Transport Ship Sprouts a Floating Forest

Homebush Bay in Sydney, Australia is home to the remnants of a ship-breaking yard that operated during the mid 20th-century. Large watercraft that outlived their usefulness were towed to Homebush Bay and dismantled to salvage any components that could be reused or sold for scrap.

One such ship was the SS Ayrfield, a 1,140-tonne behemoth built in 1911 as a steam collier that was later used during WWII as a transport ship. In 1972 it was brought to Homebush Bay to be dismantled, but fate would decide differently….

As the forest has grown inside the SS Ayrfield, the bay is now a popular place for photographers who wish to capture the uncanny sight of this strangely beautiful relic of the bay’s industrial past, not to mention nature’s resiliency.

Yard work beer: the most well-deserved of beers.

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:37:20 -0500

Yard work beer: the most well-deserved of beers.