06.19.07

Some Things I’ve Been Ingesting

Tags: Posted in Book Suggestion, Movie Suggestion, Music Suggestion at 5:12 am by Mat

Hello all.  I’ve made mention of quite a few books, movies, and will make mention of some music below.  Since it is summer, I seem to be taking in quite a bit and have been fairly impressed with pretty much all of it.  It must be my immaculate taste. 

 Movies:

Breach–quite fantastic with Chris Cooper playing a crooked FBI agent

Knocked Up–stoner humor and a very disgusting shot of Katherine Heigl crowning

Shooter–with Mark Wahlberg, enough said

Books:

Never Let Me Go–the boarding school/organ harvesting book

The Progress of Love–some pretty darned creepy and ephemeral stories about Canadian Lives

Music:
Two recommendations here, both by the same artist.  Between Here and Gone and The Calling by Mary Chapin Carpenter are above and beyond anything she’s done before.  If you like literate songs that nestle themselves somewhere between folk/rock/country, MCC is always a great choice. 

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04.16.07

Some Titles to Consider

Tags: Posted in Book Suggestion, Movie Suggestion, Music Suggestion at 7:56 pm by Mat

First off, I don’t know if I’m doing this right. Second off, I’ll just attempt it and face considerable criticism next Monday if I am doing it wrong.

Check this wicked shit out:

A Great Movie: I watched Sherry Baby, a low-budget movie about an ex-con mom who just gets out of jail. She has considerable emotional problems, which make this movie edgy.

My New Favorite Read: The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Think creepy. Think poetic. Think end of the world.

Some Good Music: Believe it or not, I’m really digging Bright Eyes new CD Cassadaga–sort of strange, musically, but fun and a little too hip for me, on most occasions.

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