I am from NJ Tom, but don't hold it against me. And speaking of, I just saw Garden State and found it disturbing...Maybe because I too am an unknown actor who rarely visits home, and gets odd comments about the work I've done when I do, or it could be my crush on Natalie Portman. Now I've had a crush on her since long before I should have, when she was younger than jailbait, but thats ok. Anyway, here she was in this movie that although I didn't love it, it was good, and she hooked up with the dork from scrubs. My theory is that he wrote the movie with the specific purpose of getting to kiss Natalie, and see her in her wet underwear in that pool scene. Hell, I would! Anyway, McCutcheon once said that she needed to learn how to kiss on screen, and I don't remember what movie he said she didn't do it right in, but there was nothing wrong with her technique in Garden State. Now maybe she didn't slam her tongue down his throat, but he is the guy from Scrubs after all. Anyway, wishing I was that lucky...
Sorry if this was a little incoherent...and I;'m not even Drunk.
I'm hoping to come to the area to visit my parents then take a couple of days in NYC in October, so McCutch and Tom better plan one of those legendary Paxacidus nights for us all.
Heart a flutter
I am from NJ Tom, but don't hold it against me. And speaking of, I just saw Garden State and found it disturbing...Maybe because I too am an unknown actor who rarely visits home, and gets odd comments about the work I've done when I do, or it could be my crush on Natalie Portman. Now I've had a crush on her since long before I should have, when she was younger than jailbait, but thats ok. Anyway, here she was in this movie that although I didn't love it, it was good, and she hooked up with the dork from scrubs. My theory is that he wrote the movie with the specific purpose of getting to kiss Natalie, and see her in her wet underwear in that pool scene. Hell, I would! Anyway, McCutcheon once said that she needed to learn how to kiss on screen, and I don't remember what movie he said she didn't do it right in, but there was nothing wrong with her technique in Garden State. Now maybe she didn't slam her tongue down his throat, but he is the guy from Scrubs after all. Anyway, wishing I was that lucky...
Sorry if this was a little incoherent...and I;'m not even Drunk.
I'm hoping to come to the area to visit my parents then take a couple of days in NYC in October, so McCutch and Tom better plan one of those legendary Paxacidus nights for us all.
Sorry if this was a little incoherent...and I;'m not even Drunk.
I'm hoping to come to the area to visit my parents then take a couple of days in NYC in October, so McCutch and Tom better plan one of those legendary Paxacidus nights for us all.
Wow this is a spectacular thread. Where do I start?
First off, that McLaren Paris record doesn't look familiar to me at all. I'm curious to know what year that came out. I thought his "Waltz Darling" album was actually really cool. Can't remember what year that was either.
I've been thinking of checking out Nina Simone. Too many people mention her all the time and I don't even know what she sounds like.
Tommy - thrilled to hear you've read/are reading that book. McC lent it to me to read and I enjoyed it very much. I agree Ian comes off looking like a real jerk.
Mav, I agree with Tommy - one of the things that struck me right away about your parents was they didn't make me feel ill at ease at all. I always kindof expect that when I meet people's parents. They just seemed pretty mellow and "with it". Not like they were separate from the rest of us, really. That's definitely a different vibe than my parents, so I admired it.
First off, that McLaren Paris record doesn't look familiar to me at all. I'm curious to know what year that came out. I thought his "Waltz Darling" album was actually really cool. Can't remember what year that was either.
I've been thinking of checking out Nina Simone. Too many people mention her all the time and I don't even know what she sounds like.
Tommy - thrilled to hear you've read/are reading that book. McC lent it to me to read and I enjoyed it very much. I agree Ian comes off looking like a real jerk.
Mav, I agree with Tommy - one of the things that struck me right away about your parents was they didn't make me feel ill at ease at all. I always kindof expect that when I meet people's parents. They just seemed pretty mellow and "with it". Not like they were separate from the rest of us, really. That's definitely a different vibe than my parents, so I admired it.
Also I'm making my way through the Sex Pistols book I got for Christmas (especially now that I'm off Nietzsche for awhile) and the first Sex Pistols gig in Manc was 50p, the second one a few months later was a pound!
Good luck Tom - I know all too well what it's like to create a whole dreamworld in your head about someone before you have any idea of what they're like or even if they're available.
Good luck Tom - I know all too well what it's like to create a whole dreamworld in your head about someone before you have any idea of what they're like or even if they're available.
Nina Simone
i think it is cool that tom here is into nina as such. marky of course is always an indicator of things worth listening to, as well.
my interest in nina simone went in three phases. first, i got acquainted when her ditty "my baby cares for me" was a big re-release hit in the 80s. i bought some cds back then, and liked her well enough.
soon however, i was pissed off when i heard how bitter, humorless and, more or less, racist she was in her later life. she could be really annoying in concert with that kind of attitude.
but when i heard that she had, in the 1970s, sold her entire back list for $3,000, i felt a degree of understanding.
i am waiting for phase four to happen -- when understanding turns back into fondness. perhaps tom, who judging from what he writes here is swell and smart guy, can help me with this.
my interest in nina simone went in three phases. first, i got acquainted when her ditty "my baby cares for me" was a big re-release hit in the 80s. i bought some cds back then, and liked her well enough.
soon however, i was pissed off when i heard how bitter, humorless and, more or less, racist she was in her later life. she could be really annoying in concert with that kind of attitude.
but when i heard that she had, in the 1970s, sold her entire back list for $3,000, i felt a degree of understanding.
i am waiting for phase four to happen -- when understanding turns back into fondness. perhaps tom, who judging from what he writes here is swell and smart guy, can help me with this.
marky-that malcolm cd came out in 94. It ain't exactly sex pistols ish....but it's an interesting mix of jazz and experimental stuff. AND-there's always Catherine Deneuve who sings on the 'paris paris' track.
As far as Nina goes....martino-you MUST get into that 4th phase!!!
I'm sure she was bitter...but to the end I heard that she gave great concerts-and was playful and fun with her audiences...in any case-if I stopped listening to artists because they were bitter or racist...hell-there wouldn't be a whole hell of them out there to listen to. Morrissey is a bitter old queen who needs a good shag.
I highly recommend 'wild is the wind' played LOUD with a bottle (or two) of red wine. The way the orchestration builds up to a frenzy of an almost 'wind storm' is amazing. This is one of her best songs.
Then there's always 'ne me quitte pas'. You don't have to speak French (well-maybe enough to know the title basically means 'don't leave me') to feel the emotion in that song.
And lastly-'strange fruit'. Shit. I mean-who else could sing a song about black men hanging dead from trees and get away with it as well as she does. She does it so much better than Billie Holliday.
her voice in that song when she sings "for the wind to suck, for the sun to ROT...for the leeaaavvveeeessss....to drop"
Chills.
Her earlier 'happy stuff' is good (ie-my baby just cares for me'). But it's the darker, moodier Nina that does it for me. Kinda like Etta James-her 'motown-ish' early days were great pop hits....but her later work is brilliant.
Which leads me to change my avatar I think.....
As far as Nina goes....martino-you MUST get into that 4th phase!!!
I'm sure she was bitter...but to the end I heard that she gave great concerts-and was playful and fun with her audiences...in any case-if I stopped listening to artists because they were bitter or racist...hell-there wouldn't be a whole hell of them out there to listen to. Morrissey is a bitter old queen who needs a good shag.
I highly recommend 'wild is the wind' played LOUD with a bottle (or two) of red wine. The way the orchestration builds up to a frenzy of an almost 'wind storm' is amazing. This is one of her best songs.
Then there's always 'ne me quitte pas'. You don't have to speak French (well-maybe enough to know the title basically means 'don't leave me') to feel the emotion in that song.
And lastly-'strange fruit'. Shit. I mean-who else could sing a song about black men hanging dead from trees and get away with it as well as she does. She does it so much better than Billie Holliday.
her voice in that song when she sings "for the wind to suck, for the sun to ROT...for the leeaaavvveeeessss....to drop"
Chills.
Her earlier 'happy stuff' is good (ie-my baby just cares for me'). But it's the darker, moodier Nina that does it for me. Kinda like Etta James-her 'motown-ish' early days were great pop hits....but her later work is brilliant.
Which leads me to change my avatar I think.....
If I'm making any sense, then I haven't made myself clear.