tidbits

does anybody read this?  i don't think i would.  i think i mostly post about stuff of interest to me, and it's very random and not very reliable and i don't post very often.  yeah, i probably wouldn't read it.  but if you do, that's awesome and i hope someone does.  or else why is this on the internet taking up precious bandwidth?

here is some news:

-according to darkhorizons, tom cruise and john travolta want to remake butch cassidy and the sundance kid with cruise as sundance and travolta as butch.  WHAT.  please stop it you guys.  the original movie is one in which i wouldn't change a frame, a work of great beauty and originality and something that shall not be fucked with.  when is someone like me going to make it to hollywood and get some original ideas flowing into town?  why so many remakes?  i know, i've made this argument before.  so this post is sorta a remake, with butch cassidy in place of last house on the left/rashomon/etc/etc/etc.

-tuesday is tomorrow and so is my birthday.  music comes out from: neil young, bat for lashes, the thermals, lady sovereign, and VERY EXCITING is the crystal antlers.  allegedly the last touch & go release in the foreseeable future?  they don't have anything else listed (although there is that jesus lizard box set for record store day) so i hope we get some announcements of new stuff from them soon.  from enon, how about.  or ted leo or the ex.  or another exciting new band.  someone.

-home video comes out tomorrow too: doubt, mirror noir (arcade fire concert film), and some other stuff.  i dunno. i just got lazy.

hey remember last year when i wasn't lazy?  i made this post about my birthday and those with whom i share a birthday.  but i missed a few.  here are some additions to the list:

-Spencer Dryden, drummer for Jefferson Airplane.  Not The Greatest Drummer, but great nonetheless.

-David Frost: the famous David Frost, subject of one of The Greatest Films of 2008, Frost/Nixon.  The Greatest Nixon Interviewer, that's for sure.

-Florian Schneider: founding member of The Greatest Pioneering Electronic Band, Kraftwerk.

more and more and more

here are some more things i've been meaning to blog about over the past couple days.  it's a shame i didn't have internet during the oscars, or when all those great movies were coming out.  now it would be pretty irrelevant to discuss them.  but i think i'll do a tuesday tomorrow thing also (another entry) just because so many of them are coming out on dvd/blu ray this week.

-ok, i read another review of watchmen and i forgot about one more complaint about the movie.  the needless violence.  it was basically more of that 2008-style-moviemaking point i was getting at, but man.  you don't have to show so much.  just sayin.

-i am a little sad about virgin megastore closing.  see, i have a strange relationship with that store.  i kinda consider it a corporate as hell media store...but it does have a fantastic selection for a corporate as hell store.  and they always had a different batch of cds and dvds for $10 (or sometimes $8 or even $5) each out of which i'd always find a handfull of stuff i wanted.  i was looking forward to, one day, blu rays being $10 there.  it was basically the relationship i had with tower records before they went out of business.  i always was kinda expecting virgin to go under, but i hoped it had a couple more years in it.  it's not nearly as bad as when my haven wax trax of boulder went out of business, and god forbid wax trax denver or twist & shout should go under (that would make me very very sad).  but still, i was hoping to continue to beef up my collection before they left.  and now i'll be getting tons of clearance items, as i always do when this happens (like how it just happened with circuit city!), but it just makes me a little sad.

-guys guys guys girls and guys and everybody.  very few, if any, readers will like this band but my god am i obsessed with mi ami.  go to their blog for a free mp3.  if you remember black eyes, that crazy dischord band with two drummers and a saxophone, mi ami includes former members of black eyes.  the last black eyes album is one of my favorites, even though very few of my friends appreciate its particular brand of free-jazz-core-deconstructionalism.  so this album basically takes up where that album (cough) left off.  that wasn't a cough, that's the title of the album.  it's shrill, it's obnoxious, it's loud, and it makes me feel alive to listen to it.  

-the strangest thing of all, though, is how off i was on my first impression of an older gentleman (probably in his late 50s) at wax trax when i was buying above album.  i saw him wandering around the new rock section, thinking, man, he should probably go to the used section because here most of the new rock is hardcore and punk and weird stuff.  just thinking stuff like that.  then he saw me with the mi ami album in my hand and he walked up to me, asked if that was the mi ami album, and said that it was, so far, his number one album of 2009.  seriously.  and he was describing it and why he loves it, and man, he is the coolest guy ever.  anyone that age that can appreciate such radically strange music of 2009 is ok in my book.  i hope i'm like that when i'm that age, if i'm that age.

-i am sad that the first season of spectacle, the elvis costello series on sundance channel, has ended.  i do hope a second season is made.  it was the best show for anyone that loves music.

-hey!@! i just found out the dana carvey show is coming out on dvd!!! in may, so not in time for my birthday!

-actually i'll just do a mini tuesday-tomorrow thing.  

music:

*cursive - mama, i'm swollen (note: vinyl doesn't come out until may 19.  however, if you pre-order the vinyl from the saddle creek webstore you get a download instantly! mine is downloading right now!) 

*bishop allen - grrr...

*propagandhi - supporting caste

*handsome furs - face control

movies:

*milk

*rachel getting married

*synechdoche, ny

*howard the duck

*let the right one in

*cadillac records

*battle in seattle

*another day in paradise (blu-ray)

and that's it for the first 10 pages of amazon.  seriously though, i am getting the cursive album legit RIGHT NOW.  i wonder when they started, because i just checked.  watch for a review soon, maybe.

Danielson Alive!!

there is a free danielson ep you get get at emusic.  6 live tracks.  hint: click on each individual download link for each track.  if you click "download album" and you're not a member, they try to get you to sign up.  but they don't bother you about it if you do each track individually.  also: 2008 is The Year Free Music Broke Out i believe.  there's been free music forever, but this year there is a lot.  i like it.

Hey guys, it's tuesday!  i hope you got these albums last week:

TV on the Radio

Dr Dooom.

Dr Dooom is actually very very awesome.  if you hated the return of dr octagon, like most people did, you will love Dr Dooom 2.  Basically he's like, "i killed dr octagon, and y'all are bringin him back?  fuck that.  he's dead.  i'll kill him again."  

and of course tv on the radio is album of the year material.

anyway, this week.  lots of stuff:

*Mercury Rev

*Murs

*People Under The Stairs

*Madlib (but the vinyl is out on oct 14)

*Ani DiFranco

*Ben Folds

*Polysics (but shoot, i already got that on vinyl a long time ago!)

*Roots Manuva

*Jennifer Hudson (yeah i dunno.  she's a great singer but it could have annoying production or songwriting and it might end up not being great.  i'll hold off for now.)

and reissues of

Creedence Clearwater Revival (basically all of their albums now with bonus tracks!)

The Jesus And Mary Chain (box set of b sides & rarities)

oh and IRON MAN on dvd!

and THE BEACH BOYS AND THE SATAN on dvd!

oh guys, i never told you so you might not know: there is a charity digital EP from Ted Leo & the Pharmacists available at touch & go records.  it's called Rapid Response and it is awesome.  it's a response to what happened at the Republican National Convention.  very quick, dirty recordings made in like a day or so.  like punk rock is supposed to be.  you should get it.

quickies

the internet is working! a little bit.  here's what's up.

*i've missed the last few tuesday tomorrows, but if you didn't know, CALEXICO and OKKERVIL RIVER both released amazing albums last week.  this week there was DRESSY BESSY but i didn't get that one.  

*very sad news that Norman Whitfield passed away.  some of my favorite whitfield compositions were:

--Can't Get Next To You

--I Heard it Through The Grapevine

--War

--He Was Really Sayin' Somethin'

What about you?  It seems he was one of the proponents of the best parts of Motown in the late 60s/early 70s (psychedelia and funk) as opposed to the annoying disco-esque stuff that they put out in that era.  So basically I have him to thank for Motown not being too annoying in that era.

*i'll probably miss this coming tuesday tomorrow, but just know that TV ON THE RADIO is releasing dear science, this tuesday.  so stoked.  also, JONKATBAND (featuring jon from the mekons and kat from the ex) released their debut album together.  i saw them together at the touch & go fest thing a couple years ago and it was lovely.  so i'm anticipating it to be one of those sleeper hits for me (due to it being released the same day as TVOTR) and something that totally misses the indie radar.  that's too bad.  so i'm suggesting right now that you check that one out.  also dr dooom 2 comes out next week.  huh.  i hope it's not as annoying as the return of dr octagon.

tuesday tomorrow

tomorrow is tuesday. i am in my new place. i don't really have great internet here. i am on my girlfriend's laptop. or it is on me. on my lap. my local sportscaster is trying to be jim rome right now. these are the thoughts that qualify me to be a blogger.

music is out tomorrow!
polysics - we ate the machine/karate house. vinyl of their last 2 releases, which hadn't hit the US yet. polysics are AMAZING.
original silence - the second original silence. this is something. thurston moore, jim o'rourke, terrie ex, and some more folks, it's just a bunch of noise/jazz brilliant minds making some noise/jazz.
the verve - forth
bb king - one kind flavor
eva cassidy - somewhere
dragonforce - ultra beatdown
v/a - motown collection. some 10 disc box set, i don't know if it's rare stuff or what.
matthew sweet - sunshine lies. vinyl comes with 4 bonus tracks AND a free cd of the music

dvds are also out tomorrow!
*salo, or the 120 days of sodom. so messed up. so, so messed up. but oh so essential. criterion.
*cannibal holocaust
*the nightmare before christmas. some fancy edition.

tuesmorrow

so, what's hitting stores that you can buy tomorrow and be cooler than all your friends?

i don't know! let's find out!

MUSIC

*Men Without Pants - Naturally.  it's the latest Dan the Automator project!  He teams up with Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins.  dig it.

*Lykke Li - Youth Novels.  is this the first time this album has been available in the states?  I could be wrong but I think so.  Too tired to look it up.

*Brainiac - Hissing Prigs in Static Couture.  vinyl reissue of this CLASSIC AWESOME ALBUM that YOU NEED TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE NOT BEFORE.

*Brian Wilson - That Lucky Old Sun.  I LOVE that this is out on vinyl this week and not coming out on CD for a couple more weeks.  Suck it, non-vinyl-enthusiasts!

*Dandy Warhols - Earth to the Dandy Warhols.  I hope you got the free remix ep thing at your local record store!

*Don Caballero - Punkgasm.  They are still good, aren't they?  Even though Battles is better?  Don Cab bring something to the table still, don't they?  somebody tell me!

*GZA - Pro Tools

*Ice Cube - Raw Footage.  on Amazon people are saying it's "terrible" so yeah, don't bother I guess.  I dunno, I'm not gonna bother.

*Jim O'Rourke - Long Night.  2 1/2 hours of electric drone work!  can you handle it?  can you EVEN handle it?  He produced this back in 1990 but this is its first release.  I don't know if i can even handle it, to tell you the truth.

*Shwayze - Shwayze.  ha ha.  i TOTALLY met him at sxsw last year.  sorta.  filmed an interview with him, met him, same thing.

*George Jones -  Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets.  nice.  nothin' like a classic country duet.

*The Walkmen - You & Me.  Pitchfork is way into this album.

*Lagwagon - I Think My Older Brother Used To Listen To Lagwagon. EP.  best title of the year.

*The Uglysuit - The Uglysuit. quarterstick!

damn. that's a lot of stuff this week.  did i miss anything in my hunt?

DVD

*House season 4

*Dexter season 2

*Twenty-Four Eyes

*The Small Back Room

*Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day

good stuff.  

tuesday morrow

reverse order.

video: 

*Brand Upon the Brain! (criterion) - this looks friggin awesome.  i don't know much of anything about it, but i certainly should.

*ninja cheerleaders - what?

*smart people

*south park - season 11

musicality:

*songs for tibet

*the complete motown singles vol. 10: 1970

*janelle monae - metropolis: the chase suite ep - she was the standout on the mostly-disappointing outkast album idlewild.  she was AWESOME on that.  anyway, this is her debut, produced by big boi.  nice.

*inara george & van dyke parks - an invitation

is that it?

hey guys, check out crystal antlers if you haven't already.  they are the newest band on touch & go.  i like it a lot.

tuesday tomorrow is tomorrow

i've been working lots of overtime this week, and i am looking forward to a big ol' paycheck in about a week and a half.  which is good, because i'll have to pay off quite the credit card bill due to stuff coming out tomorrow!  it's mostly vinyl issues of albums that were already out, but that's how i like my stuff.

MUSIC

*conor oberst - s/t.  this is more something my girlfriend would like, but it should be noted.  also on vinyl.

*DeVotchKa - a mad and faithful telling VINYL.  i have been putting off getting this album, just waiting for the vinyl.  it took long enough!

*the faint - fascination.  yes it's on vinyl too.  i'm not sure about this one, i'll have to read more reviews and such before i decide.

*nas - untitled VINYL

*CSS - donkey VINYL

*jonathan richman - because her beauty is raw and wild VINYL

*smoking popes - stay down.  i'm confused, is this already out?  i know it came out on itunes already, but that doesn't count because itunes music store is bs.  anyway, if it's not already out, it's out tomorrow, it's their first album since they got back together, and the reviews are very positive and if you love the band like i do, you already know you are getting it (or you already have it).

D-V-D

*pete seeger: the power of song.  this was playing forever at the new local awesome theater right when it opened, and i always meant to see it but i never did.  and here it is.

*starship troopers 3: marauder  bad reviews!  but who knows.  i never saw the second one either.  do the reviewers that hate it so realize it's supposed to be campy?

*the counterfeiters. won an academy award for best foreign language film

tuesday tomorrow: minimalist edition

lost boys: the tribe

shine a light

dark city (director's cup)

no music.  maybe alice cooper

tuesday

a day late on this, mostly because i work now and am currently house sitting.

now that i work friday through monday (i'm having a hard time adjusting to that), one awesome thing is that new albums come out on what's essentially my saturday. i don't have to work, i get to go to the record store at my leisure (or early in the morning if i am super excited), and have three days off of work to enjoy the new albums.

anyway, what's out this week? it's tuesday...today.

MUSIC
*beck - modern guilt (vinyl). i held off on this for the vinyl release. so now i'm excited. it comes with the free download, you know. and it's 180 gram virgin vinyl! yes! as far as the musical content goes, i haven't even really listened to it and you probably have, so you tell me.
*paul weller - 22 dreams. dude's the man! also includes guest contributions from noel gallagher and graham coxon. i recommend getting it here.
*brian jonestown massacre - just like kicking jesus ep
*david bowie - live in santa monica '72
*css - donkey. you know, i really am getting in the mood for some party music so...

VIDEO
*high and low - kurosawa + criterion
*vampyr - dreyer + criterion!
*spaced - the complete series. this has been on my netflix queue for awhile. the team behind shaun of the dead and hot fuzz! i'm pretty excited about this one.
*21. no idea if this is any good but i need to rent it for the lcd soundsystem song.

that's it. there's plenty to be interested in here. top picks are spaced, high and low, and beck. although i hear good things about the paul weller.

my first tuesday of being employed means a tuesday i might spend some money on.  what's out this week?

tuesday tomorrow:

MUSIC!

*The Hold Steady - Stay Positive.  I could like these guys, but I've never given them a fighting chance.

*Nas - (untitled).  I wish he'd kept the title to this but I can understand.  Plus I don't think that'll have an impact on the sure-to-be-provocative material on the album.  This album is a big deal.  It's gonna be.  Nas may be the most important figure in hip hop today.

*Wire - Object 47

*Hellboy II Soundtrack - gotta love those Danny Elfman scores.

*Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - The Motown Years

VIDEOS

*Reno 911 - Season 5.  I stopped getting these after season 3, mostly because they seem to recycle the same jokes.

*Trafic (Jacques Tati film).  nice.

tuesday t'm'rr'w

hi.  stuff out.  now i can buy it if i want.

music releases:

*beck - modern guilt.  hell yeah! produced by danger mouse.  preview video thing here.

*willie nelson & wynton marsalis - two men with the blues.  live recording of two greats!  also available as a double lp.

*patti smith & kevin shields - the coral sea.  another live recording of two other greats!

*saul williams - the inevitable rise and liberation of niggytardust!  it gets a physical release!  if you didn't get it for $5 (or free) last year, now you can get it otherwise.  it has a few bonus tracks that weren't on that original digital release.  great album any way you obtain it.

*melvins - nude with boots

*ron sexsmith - exit strategy of the soul

*ratatat - lp3

*chromeo - fancy footwork. deluxe edition!

*nick cave & the bad seeds - dig, lazarus, dig! damnit, a fancy version comes out like 2 weeks after i finally get this.  this one comes with a hardcover book.

*cocorosie - god has a voice, she speaks through me. 7" picture disc.  mine arrived in the mail today!

*3Oh!3 - want. local! i'm holdin it down in the 303.  it was funny to see them on the myspace front page.

*v/a - life beyond mars: bowie covered.

digital versatile discs (video specifically)

*the future is unwritten. joe strummer documentary.  so want to see this.

*mon oncle antoine.

and a bunch of bullshit.

tomorrow is tuesday apparently

there's not much of note coming out tomorrow on little plastic discs.

ooh, my cds are due back at the library tomorrow! i almost forgot.  it's july 1st tomorrow.  oh crap rent is due too!

while i'm on a tangent, have you seen the myspace page with travis barker? he's working with the game?  how does one make the long drawn-out transition from aquabat to gangster?

from this:

to this:

i guess blink 182 and stuff had something to do with it.  and mtv and the transplants.  etc.

ok.  it's tuesday tomorrow.

little cds:

*alkaline trio - agony & irony.  i totally dug these guys back when they were like, good.  during their days on asian man records.  then they signed to vagrant and put out the very bad album from here to infirmary.  their next one good mourning was better, but the damage was done.  i am over them.

*deltron 3030 - deltron 3030 (reissue).  sorry if i made you think the new one was out.  not yet.  patience.  we all have to have patience.  this is a reissue of the first one.  it has 3 bonus remix tracks.  apparently the original issue is out of print now?  i did not know that.  nor do i know whether these new remixes are worth it.  regardless, if you don't own this, now you must get it because it's AMAZING.

*willie nelson - stardust (30th anniv. reissue).  willie visits the classics on this classic album.  covers of standards.  this one comes with a bonus disc of more covers of classics.  yes.  i might pick this one up, as i don't have the original.

*tickle me pink - madeline.  not my thing.  BUT my sister is friends with this band.  so i was happy to see this on page 10 of the amazon new releases.  yeah fort collins!

*the white stripes - entire catalog.  it's all getting reissued tomorrow.  i guess v2 had to stop putting out old albums? or something happened?  i remember when v2 stopped putting out new stuff, but i thought they would continue pressing their old stuff.  who knows.  but these new versions don't have any bonus tracks or anything.

little dvds:

*criterion: Mishima: a life in four chapters

and Patriotism.  don't know much of anything about these.

*my blueberry nights.  wong kar wai!  i wanted to see this one, ok netflix?

*city of men

*batman - the movie.  the original 1966 version!  YES.

*aria.  a collection of 10 pieces by different directors.  this is 20 years old but i believe this is the first time the dvd has come out.  includes two of my favorite directors, robert altman and jean-luc godard.  also bruce beresford, bill bryden, derek jarman, franc roddam, nicolas roeg, ken russell, charles sturridge, and julien temple.  minimal dialog.  pieces are set to opera soundtracks.  looks awesome.  i'll get back to you.

*robert frank: the complete film works vol. 3.  amazon gives no details, but i'd love to see this.

tuesday

i haven't gone to bed yet so tuesday is totally "tomorrow."

music comes out on tuesdays:

*sigur ros - meo suo i eyrum vio spilum endalaust

*be your own pet - get damaged (banned songs!)

*blondie - parallel lines (deluxe edition!)

*liz phair - exile in guyville (totally fancy deluxe edition)

*watson twins - fire songs

but more importantly this week, so do dvds:

*persepolis - i never saw this but i really really want to.

*futurama - the beast with a billion backs.  not super stoked after the first futurama movie disappointed me, but i still MUST see it because maybe it could be better this time around.

*honeydripper - i've written about this twice but i still haven't seen it.  

*in bruges - probably a good time.

AND a couple criterions:

*before the rain

*the furies

it's that day again

yes, monday means it's tuesday tomorrow and what a tuesday it is.

music out 6/17/08

*dennis wilson - pacific ocean blue: legacy edition.  this has been out of print forever.  but now we have it, as well as demos from the unreleased album bambu.  essential essential essential.

*diana ross - everything is everything: expanded edition. her sophomore solo album!

*wolf parade - at mount zoomer. 

*silver jews - lookout mountain, lookout sea

*reggie & the full effect - last stop: crappy town

*the war on drugs - wagonwheel blues. i wasn't a big fan of the free ep that came out awhile ago, but judge for yourself.

i don't know what else.

dvds out 6/17/08

*be kind rewind. i never saw it.  is it any good?

*joy division

*burn notice - season 1. never heard of this show.  but bruce campbell is on it? and people say it's great? what do you think?

*classe tous risques.  criterion.  i don't know much about it but it features jean-paul melmondo "fresh off his star turn in Breathless."  so you know, he is awesome.  maybe this one's good too.

i know i am not helpful.

tue-morrow

hey! economy is down! support the economy! buy! buy! buy!

music out tomorrow*:

+Emmylou Harris - All I Intended To Be.  I am not as well-versed in her recent material as I should be, but she has one of the loveliest voices in music.

+Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III.  I still don't get what the big deal is with him.

+Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too.

+N.E.R.D. - Seeing Sounds

+My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges

+The Charlatans - You Cross My Path.  You know, in case you wanted to pay for it instead of getting it for free.

+Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Jeremy Michael Ward - s/t. I don't know much about this one.

+Robert Pollard - Robert Pollard Is Off to Business

video out tomorrow*:

+John Adams - I was always curious about this.  And I'm a big fan of both Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney.

+High Noon (2 Disc Collector's Edition).  This is a great film.  This edition is fully restored from the original negatives.  Previously released versions used a not-so-great print.  Totally worth it here.

+Boondocks: Season 2

that's it.

*that which is of interest to me

tuesday

tomorrow is tuesday! it is june! rejoice!  it hit 90 yesterday!  it really is june!  summer music and movie seasons are in full swing!  including home media!

music:

*she & him - volume one ON VINYL.  i know there was a reason i waited so long to pick up this album!  the vinyl comes with a free download of the album on digital.  suckas!

*ladytron - velocifero. electroclash-ish  yet it remains relevant in 2008.  kudos to that! ladytron is awesome.  you know that, i know that, everybody knows that.  

*the futureheads - this is not the world.  you know, i never got into them really.

*animal collective - water curses ep ON  VINYL.  i will probably get this now.

*weezer - red album.  i really want this to be great.  but after seeing the pitchfork review, i am worried again.  not that i always agree with pitchfork.  it's just discouraging is all.

*jean grae & 9th wonder - jeanius. can't go wrong.

viddy:

*weeds season 3. i still haven't watched this show but i feel like i should.  starting with season 1 of course.

*control. i smell netflix!

*the onion movie.  i really wonder if they can pull this off.  or if they did, rather.  3 years ago.  i know i have to see this.  i just hope it's good.

tomorrow is my dad's birthday!

hooray for my dad.  great guy.  if we hadn't had his celebration today, there are some things i could've gotten him, because it's also tuesday tomorrow!

music:

*al green - lay it down.  my top release of this week for sure.  i haven't listened to much of his recent gospel stuff and haven't been really interested, but i've heard a little bit of THIS album, and it sounds just great.  ?uestlove produced the thing and it's got john legend and corinne bailey rae.  i know lots of new albums by old artists feature new talent and all that, but this one really seems special to me.

*cyndi lauper - bring ya to the brink.  ow ow!

video:

*cassandra's dream.  very curious about this one.  i missed it when it was in theaters (for the whole one week it was here!).  it seemed to get very little hype.  but i enjoy even recent woody allen works (especially match point), and i have to at least see this one.  netflix here it comes!

*absolutely fabulous - absolutely everything.  it's EVERYTHING!

*the thief of baghdad. criterion.

the big one is al green.  the rest are filler.  unless cassandra's dream turns out to have been an overlooked gem.

is it tuesday already tomorrow?

so since i stopped doing that one show that i used to do on the internet where we'd talk about all those new albums that came out and all that, i have stopped doing much research about stuff coming out in the distant future.  so most of these are pleasant surprises to me.  a bunch of artists i'm allllll about are putting albums out tomorrow, and i didn't even know they were even in planning! or i may have forgotten. either way, pleasant surprises (except for my non-income means i can't really afford to get these).

music coming out to you and me:

*free kitten - inherit.  free kitten is kim gordon's other band.  it's been over 10 years since they put anything out.  i didn't know they were gonna put anything out again.  but guess what? this is out tomorrow!  it's only $8.99 on amazon so hopefully that means it's cheap everywhere.

*islands - arm's way.  return to sea was a great sleeper album for me.  most critics and such praised it though, i believe.  but i personally didn't listen to it much but i remember when i did, i loved it.  this one isn't so much a surprise as an "oh yeah, these guys!"

*jim o'rourke - tamper.  this is a re-release of his 1991 album.  he is amazing.  i did know about this but forgot when it was coming out.  still, here it is.

*mudhoney - lucky ones.  legendary, they are! i even got to interview them (or run a camera for an interview with them) a couple years back.  this is their 8th album.

*the dresden dolls - no, virginia.  i half-like them.  this seems to be outtakes from yes, virginia.

*mates of state - re-arrange us.  they are pretty damn cute, i tell you what.

*scarlett johansson - anywhere i lay my head.  everybody knows about this one.  if you've read a blog in the past few months, you've known about this one.  i personally don't care much.  i heard that one song and it was pretty boring.  i'd rather just listen to tom waits.  it's disappointing because dave sitek produced the album, and i love tv on the radio.  ah well.

there's not much notable out on dvd.

*night of the living dead.  40th anniversary edition.  remastered and "loaded with all new special features."  i don't know what these special features are.  but this is one of the greatest films ever.  and according to an amazon review, george romero never put a copyright on the original, resulting in lots of public domain dvds of it.  this is the one put out by him, the "official" version that will actually support the artist.

*square pegs - the complete series.  sarah jessica parker's show before sex & the city.  it's pretty cute from what i remember.

james stewart - the western collection.  he is my favorite "old timey" actor.  this collection includes destry rides again, winchester 73, bend of the river, the far country, night passage, and the rare breed.  all for $30, a pretty good deal.  these are all already available, but still a nice collection.

tuesday tomorrow

i have been so bad at blogging lately.  well actually i've been busy.  after actually working the week before last, i almost got a job or two last week, and i also went on a road trip (to chicago and south bend, yeah! with my parents!) for the weekend.  so i've been busy.  but it's all back to normal now.  unless i get another possible job.  two are up in the air right now.

so anyway, it's monday so that means it's...

tuesday tomorrow!

there's stuff coming out for you to buy...

music:

actually nothing i'm really interested in.  that new death cab album comes out, but i don't really care for death cab.  am i missing something? or is there really nothing?

EDIT: ok Kidz in the Hall have a new one out, maybe it's good too.  it's called The In Crowd.

video:

a lot better this week:

*la chinoise - golden era godard.  i have not seen it yet.  to me, 60s godard films are the greatest works ever created.  so i will get this even though i don't have a job and i haven't seen it.

*le gai savoir - ANOTHER 60s godard film.  i will break the bank!

*the lovers and the fire within - criterion collection.  two classic louis malle films being released by criterion on this day.

*saturday night live - complete season 3.  i need to watch these more in depth, i do.  i have season 1 somewhere low on the queue on netflix and then it will be 2 and now 3 is out as well.  oh boy.

*indiana jones trilogy - some sort of special edition.  good timing.

*some frank sinatra collections are out too.  so that's pretty cool.

basically, i cannot recommend those godard films enough, even though i haven't seen them.  that's my confidence in how on-fire he was for a full decade.  everything else...well, if i've mentioned it it's probably worth looking into.  but music sucks this week.