Come on, are we really resorting to things like this already?
Cheezburger Night Twins vs. Mariners Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 7:10 p.m.
It's Cheezburger Night with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, June 3! Bring your family and friends to join in all the fun. We will have some awesome pre-game festivities, and if you buy your tickets through this special Cheezburger offer, you'll get a FREE Happy Cat Bobblehead (while supplies last)*. See you all there!
DEADLINE TO PURCHASE:Wednesday, June 2 at NOON.
Game Date:Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 7:10 p.m.
Pricing:
$16 View Reserved (normally $20)
Highlights
Join us pre-game for Happy Cat Hour in the Bullpen Landing (see map) with Chief Cheezburger, Ben Huh!
Receive a free bobblehead while supplies last with your special Cheezburger Night ticket!
*Bobbleheads will be distributed at the event starting at 5:10 p.m
At least at the game this Friday I'll bestowed with the first of 3 Griffey Bobble heads.Sigh.
An "injured" Wayne Rooney tries to sneak a pint while his Man U squad is taking on, and getting defeated, by Chelsea. One smooth fella.
Aside from that funny little bit, I didn't buy the damn Tiny Tim crutches they had Rooney hobbling around in and posing for the media in all week. Sure enough he makes a surprise recovery for the Bayern Munich Champions League match. BS head games I say.
In a seemingly unfair trade off, Public Enemy have swapped days with Nada Surf. This is going to be my return to Sasquatch after a 2 year absence, shit has got too pricey and the bands have been too spread out for my liking. I made the executive decision to go Sunday this year solely for the Pavement reunion, and LCD Soundsystem, this is now just an added treat. I've seen them before, right before Flavor Flav hit a new wave of popularity with the Surreal Life. While I enjoyed the show (and Nas, who followed) I wasn't as well versed in their ways at the time, and couldn't really appreciate it all that much. Having a bit of an aged taste for them now, it is going to be one hell of a show.
Caché Dir. Michael Haneke Star. Daniel Autuil, Juliette Binoche
I think it's safe to say that no single scene in a film has caught me off guard and shocked me as much as the singular act of violence that arises in Michael Haneke's Caché. Haneke is a master of on-screen violence, not the glorifying of it for pure shock value, but rather showing how violence effects people in a very real and unnerving, unsettling light. His 1997 film Funny Games, feels a bit dated to me when I watched it last, but with Caché Haneke ups the ante not with more violence, but artfully packing a hay-maker with one single scene.
The uneasiness of the build to the scene is what makes it so effective. Georges and Anne receive countless eerie video tapes on their door step, the tapes contain footage from a camera that is fixated on the exterior of their home. The film is very quiet, very dialogue driven, and almost voyeuristic. As the tapes keep arriving, sometimes accompanied by strange drawings, tensions build, and the events begin to put a strain on the family's life. That's about as far as i'll go, as I don't want to ruin anything. But as I said, "the scene" made me cringe, reach for a pillow and plant it firmly over my face. The fact that it happens about half way through the film, and aftermath unfolds before you makes it that much more of a trip.
I'm a horror film fan, I occasionally enjoy rather morbid shit, and am rarely weirded or gross out by much. So when something comes along that can truly give me chills, I hold it in fairly high regard. The only thing that might come close to this is Gaspar Noé's Irreversible, and it's initial club scene, and absurdly graphic rape scene, both of which made me turn my head in disgust. While Noé's film is yes, boldy graphic, I feel like its borderline done solely for pure shock. Haneke takes violence, gets under your skin, and makes you feel, very effectively, what witnessing such as shocking act would feel like and how deeply leave an imprint on your life. Its one of those movies that I have a hard time recommending to people for these reasons, but I think its an important film that addresses how we oft use violence in film as a thing of entertainment, and how oh so wrong that notion is.
I have a soft spot for just about everyone and everything spawned from seminal 60's icons The Byrds. From David Crosby, to Gram Parsons, and the Flying Burrito Brothers, the rawkus country rock that was produced by these musicians is a guilty pleasure of mine. I blame my father.** Recently I obtained a copy of Gene Clark's (Byrds main songwriter 64' - 66') 1971 solo outing "White Light." The songs are soulful and subtle, like his laid back cover of Dylan and The Band's grandiose "Tears of Rage."
The highlight for me though is this track entitled "1975." Enjoy.
**My father also really likes Jethro Tull, a taste I did not inherit. I bring this up because when I came home from work today he had music blasting from his office. Upon my inquiry as to what the hell he was doing he held up his Rainier Tall Boy (His love hate relationship with the Rainier Company is a story for another day) and said "Drinking beer and listening to Tull!" Needless to say, I could start another blog solely about his antics. They do have some really cool vinyl packaging though:
My job at Film is Truth single handily saved my interest in film. A hobby of mine that had been lacking for the better part of the last two years was resurrected in the 6 months I spent with the Truth, and I sure am grateful for it. Looking at my last post, which was from when I first started working there, its pretty awesome how much I see that I've learned, and how much my filmic horizons have been broadened. So I present to you, Part 1 of Taylor's Favorite Films of the Post-Film is Truth Era.
The Last Picture Show (1971) Dir. Peter Boganovich Star. Jeff Bridges, Timothy Bottoms, Cybil Shepard, Randy Quaid
Taking the cake for "Most Relevant Film I Could Have Possibly Watched at This Point in My Life," Peter Bogdanovich's film about small town life, is just one of those that had me engrossed an enamored by every single minuet detail. The bond these friends have, their comings and goings, uncertainties and heartbreaks of post-high school / college life , the risk and adventures they take, and just the ulimate realization of the monotony of everyday life, are all things I can relate to tenfold at this point in my own transitional existence. The Last Picture Show is the penultimate precursor to the American Graffiti's, Dazed and Confused's and Kicking and Screaming's that have followed it, and while I love all those films for their visions on the topic, the old soul in me appreciates and latches onto the values, and the wholehearted honesty presented in Bogdanovich's film more then anything. The beautifully nuanced black and white cinematography, and incredible performances by Jeff Bridges, the smokin' hot Cybil Shepard, and my personal favorite, Timothy Bottoms, cap off what is a film I know I'll revisit in the future and will help the sentimentalist in me conjure up all sorts of awesome and painful memories.
Continuing my quest to work just about every job in every field possible, I recently started working at Bellingham's own holy film mecca "Film is Truth." While I don't know if I'm up to par with the rest of the staff on my classics and all the obscure nooks and crannies of the film world, I think I at least have the chops, willingness and excitement about film to make the cut. Yet, I can't help but feel my employee cork board is going to stick out like a sore thumb, what can I say, I enjoy being entertained. Here's my list.
All Time Favorites: The Deer Hunter, The French Connection, Taxi Driver, The Evil Dead, Heathers, Aliens, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Shaun of the Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (78’) and Diner
Favorite 80's Action Trash: Shogun Assassin, Commando, Bloodsport, Cobra, The Road Warrior, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, Robocop, Beverly Hills Cop and Repo Man
Favorite "Horror" (in need a more clever, less generic, category title) Near Dark, Dawn of the Dead ('78), Phantasm, Black Christmas ('74), Freaks, Re-Animator, Sleepaway Camp, Suspiria, Scanners and The Thing
and this one i'm still working on...
Best Film Head Trips: Altered States, El Topo, Eraserhead, Videodrome, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Tokyo Drifer, Jacobs Ladder, Ravenous
Title of the blog is from a Walkmen song. The postcards are my entries; the Tiny Islands, my mind. Wrap your head around that transparent metaphor.
Header picture taken Dec. 09, Ring of Kerry, Ireland. Those tiny islands go by the name of the Aran Islands.
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