Here’s a segment from the film “Black Dynamite” that opened up at my neighborhood’s arthouse theater this weekend.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk6Zy1xC4JM&NR=1[/youtube]
You can watch the trailer here. Obviously, I plan on seeing it as soon as the football game concludes tonight. How am I, an uber-white person, supposed to react to this film in a public setting? I have no idea what proper etiquette calls for in this situation. All I know is that there’s nothing as innocent and pure as hearty laughter, so I’m going to laugh hysterically. I can’t be faulted for that. If anyone gives me shit I’ll just start yelling at the screen to show them what truely offensive behavior looks like.
The Belcourt, the theater referenced above, has a full liquor license. I’d never expereienced this before going to see “It Might Get Loud” there in the fall. Anyway, I got way too excited, drank way too much, and had to leave during the film to take a piss. Only in hindsight did I realize how predictable that course of events should have been. Despite this, I’m still a little miffed that they refuse to sell you more than two drinks at a time. A two drink limit might be appropriate for a middle schooler but not for this dude. Get with it Belcourt!
Switching gears, I just picked up one of the most critically acclaimed country releases of 2009, Buddy and Julie Miller’s “Written in Chalk”. Nashville has more or less universally praised the effort and it isn’t hard to see why. Check out the track below.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeLbsdcfUEs[/youtube]
I’m still sinking my teeth into the album but I highly recommend it for anyone sympathetic to singer/songwriter stuff and looking for an in-road into the country genre. Buddy Miller’s guitar work, although not highlighted in the above captioned track, really is phenomenal. Keep in mind that if none of you guys positively respond to my country suggestions you will FORCE me to post a 10,000 word opus called “In Defense of Country Music”. You don’t want to read that, I don’t want to write it, so just get on board for fuck’s sake.
Finally, this story in the NY Times about cavemen is awesome. I’ve never been one to fall for diet fads but this lifestyle just screams Rural Minority. The peice is two pages long but you really need to read the whole thing. It starts off totally bad ass, increases in bad assery, gets a little weird for short bit, then quickly returns to bad assness. Anyway, I’ll take the plunge if you do.
