Spooky
In some parts of the country, Halloween is considered a kid's holiday. Happily that isn't the case here is South Jersey. In preparation for Fright Night, we watched two "scary" movies on Saturday night. The first was the Ring II, which was not scary and mostly just lame. I liked the first Ring, so I was disappointed. Rob had already seen it, and he left after we watched it, so he missed the BEST MOVIE EVER, which came next. I think it was called "Undead," and it was an Australian B-movie with zombies AND aliens. Zombies are my favorite horror movie bad guys, and the addition of aliens just made it that much better. Plus there were decapitations! And attacking zombie fish!! People, my life is complete.
We were talking about this on Saturday: XPN finally finished its top 885 albums. Five of the top ten were the Beatles, and I think the only one in the top twenty that had been released in the past twenty years was Radiohead's OK Computer (I think #14). The DJs were trying to say that there wasn't a "generation gap," but I can't agree.
Mike has decided that his new idol is Iggy Pop. Is there any possible way that could be a good thing?
Pay attention, pop5'ers, here's a pop quiz (answer in the comments, if you please):
1) Top Three Movies You've Seen This Year (must be released this year)
2) Top Three Albums of All Time
Comments
Top 3 Albums of All Time?
A)Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
B)Sketches of Spain - Miles Davis
C) The Band (Brown Album) - The Band
Posted by: Rama | October 19, 2005 8:33 PM
i'm sure they missed the following:
Massive Attack: Blue Lines
Pet Shop Boys: Behaviour
the ROOTS: things Fall Apart (The best hip-hop album EVER.)
Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche
Jill Scott: Who is Jill Scott?
Doves: Last Broadcast
I could go on and on...
Posted by: Rob | October 20, 2005 12:35 PM
I am having a hard time answering my own pop quiz.
Five favorite CDs from the 00s:
1) Rufus Wainwright - Want One
2) Gillian Welch - Time (the Revelator)
3) Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
4) The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
5) The Gorillaz - The Gorillaz
Three favorite classical CDs:
1) Glenn Gould - Bach Goldberg Variations
2) Gil Shaham - Barber and Korngold Violin Concertos
3) Solti conducts Mendelssohn Symphony 4 and Shostakovich Symphony 5
Three best movies so far this year:
1) Sin City
2) Batman Begins
3) Kung Fu Hustle
I can't even remember seeing another really good movie this year, so that list wasn't hard at all.
Posted by: Victoria | October 20, 2005 1:09 PM
Top 10 cds: (thee is way too limiting)
1) marvin gaye: what's going on
2) stevie wonder: innervisions
3) john coltrane: blue train, love supreme, or johnny hartman and john coltrane
4) duran duran: rio
massive attack: blue lines
5) teena marie: it must be magic
6) pet shop boys: behaviour
7) nirvana: in utero
8) everything but the girl: tempermental
9) doves: some cities
10) a tribe called quest: midnight maurauders
11) the roots: things fall apart
ok, so i listed 11. i think the list should go to 50.
i'll do movies later.
but this year only batman begins, sin city, broken flowers, and 2046 were the best movies this year.
Posted by: Rob | October 20, 2005 4:01 PM
I forgot Broken Flowers! I guess that kicks off Kung Fu Hustle... But I didn't like 2046 that much...
Posted by: Victoria | October 20, 2005 8:34 PM
to 3 movies this year.
1. kung fu hustle
2. sin city
3. howl's moving castle and broken flowers
Posted by: mike | October 20, 2005 10:38 PM
oops
top 3 movies this year:
1. kung fu hustle
2. sin city
3. broken flowers and howl's moving castle
Posted by: mike | October 20, 2005 10:39 PM
i forgot howl's moving castle!
Posted by: rob | October 20, 2005 11:08 PM
Did i see Howl's Moving Castle? I don't think I liked it that much, if it's the one I remember...
Posted by: Victoria | October 21, 2005 8:43 PM
top 10 cd's
1. belle & sebastian- the boy with the arab strap
2. luna- bewitched
3. led zeppelin- led zeppelin I
4. the beatles- magical mystery tour
5. the stooges- funhouse
6. weezer- weezer
7. u2- zooropa
8. wedding present- watusi
9. run-dmc- raising hell
10. jimi hendrix- all 3 albums?
10a. black sabbath
10b. rolling stones
this is a tough list and this order may not be totally accurate for me.
Posted by: mike | November 4, 2005 12:28 AM