So what's your 4 current fave listens???

[Davey]

I'm also enjoying Davey's Half Gone mixtape. On the strength of this, I'll probably be picking up every single album from which that compilation is culled.

Yikes, you're a maniac! Hehehe, I didn't see that at first glance but I haven't even bought all the albums "from which that compilation is culled". Culling for comps? Hey, I like that! Have to add it to my mental notebook.

On a completely different topic, I've got the Mothman Prophecies DVD awaiting my pickup at the library and know you talked about the cool King Black Acid songs on the soundtrack, but did you actually see the movie too and if so, how is it? No synopsis required and hold the spoilers since I am gonna watch it, just curious whether you liked it or not.

[DariusNYC]

Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose: Her vocals are so good on this one it's unbelievable. And a great bunch of songs. This one is moving into my tops of the year.

Jay Z - The Black Album: I've been listening to this one on shuffle every morning as I'm stretching after my morning run and then getting ready for work. My favorite song on this one changes every week. Currently it's the Kanye West-produced "Lucifer", which was used to excellent effect during the closing credits of the premiere of HBO's new series "Entourage".

Wilco - A Ghost is Born: This one continues to have a stong pull on me. It's a weird one though; very different from song to song.

Prince - 1999. Pulled this back out recently after seeing Prince live last Monday. I can't get enough of "Lady Cab Driver". By the way, I second everything Worf said about the Prince show he saw; Prince was just an amazing performer, the audience was going nuts, and I was reminded what a great guitar player he was; what a fun time!

[Dusty Chalk]

Yikes, you're a maniac!

I said, "eventually" (and if I didn't, I meant to).

Hehehe, I didn't see that at first glance but I haven't even bought all the albums "from which that compilation is culled". Culling for comps? Hey, I like that! Have to add it to my mental notebook.

Yes, I actually do use the word "cull" in real life. "Shows a working knowledge of the English language."

On a completely different topic, I've got the Mothman Prophecies DVD awaiting my pickup at the library and know you talked about the cool King Black Acid songs on the soundtrack, but did you actually see the movie too and if so, how is it? No synopsis required and hold the spoilers since I am gonna watch it, just curious whether you liked it or not.

Alright, I'll try to restrain myself, but yes, excellent, excellent film. Please do bring it up again (in a spoilers thread) after you've watched it, because I do want to talk to someone about that movie, and no-one else I know has seen it.

And the soundtrack is excellent, too, even treated as a separate entity. Plus, it's two disks for the price of one. Highly recommended, also.

And funny that Jar should mention Bark Psychosis, I'm listening to Replay right now. Great psych/jam/shoegaze noise-fest. I can definitely see why you (Jar, that is, not Davey) would like both them and God Machine.

[Davey]

Alright, I'll try to restrain myself, but yes, excellent, excellent film. Please do bring it up again (in a spoilers thread) after you've watched it, because I do want to talk to someone about that movie, and no-one else I know has seen it.

I watched it last night and it was very good, although it felt kind of like I was watching a good episode of the X-Files. It does really draw you in and I think the music is a big part of the feel. I'm gonna watch it agian tonight cause I have the sense that I didn't absorb it all. Definitely one of the better roles I've seen Richard Gere in although I was kinda glad to see Deborah Messing exit early as she isn't one of my favorites. It's got a very cool feel to it but kind of left me wondering......hmmm, did I like it or not. Guess I must've if I'm gonna watch it again

[Dusty Chalk]

I watched it last night and it was very good, although it felt kind of like I was watching a good episode of the X-Files. It does really draw you in and I think the music is a big part of the feel. I'm gonna watch it agian tonight cause I have the sense that I didn't absorb it all. Definitely one of the better roles I've seen Richard Gere in although I was kinda glad to see Deborah Messing exit early as she isn't one of my favorites. It's got a very cool feel to it but kind of left me wondering......hmmm, did I like it or not. Guess I must've if I'm gonna watch it again

Alright, what I liked about it is that it was played like a horror movie, and yet it wasn't. Including the music.

[Davey]

Alright, what I liked about it is that it was played like a horror movie, and yet it wasn't. Including the music.

Yeah, I liked it a lot more the second time and like you, I would now call it an excellent film. Lots I missed the first time through that made it more meaningful on second viewing and I could relax and enjoy more of those intricate visual details laced throughout the film. All those diagonally receding lights that morph into and out of the mothman outlines and the twin recurring red lights. I'm sure you probably never noticed but I have the movie on my computer so can go over it in detail if I like, and I was watching the opening sequence with credits, and after Debra Messing gets out of the shower and right before she puts on her lipstick, it shows the lipstick tube along with the music credit for tomanandy, and if you look close at the lipstick tube the credit is reflected on it too. Almost like an afterimage. Kinda crazy, but also kinda fun



I still maintain that this might be the best thing I've seen Gere in. I thought he was great in the role, and the whole movie was played in a very understated way. Many things left kind of mysterious along the way, but I liked that. I also liked that people didn't make a bunch of unbelievable intuitive leaps like what normally seems to happen in movies. Gere's character and the rest of the cast don't know what's going on any more than the rest of us viewing it, and that gives it a much more believable feel. And adds to that horror movie feel. Definitely recommended, although I would also recommend at least two viewings.

[Slosh]

I still maintain that this might be the best thing I've seen Gere in.

By no stretch am I a fan of Gere and while Mothman was pretty good, Red Corner was by far the best movie he's been in, IMO.

Nothing to do whatsoever with Dicky Gere, but if you don't mind low-brow comedy Bad Santa was crassly amusing. Those Coen brothers manage to make films that hold my interest even when I'm not very interested in the subject matter at hand and that's pretty impressive.

~Slosh - having an extremely weird weekend

[Davey]

By no stretch am I a fan of Gere and while Mothman was pretty good, Red Corner was by far the best movie he's been in, IMO.

Red Corner, eh? I think that one woulda been better with Steven Seagal. Just kidding, I haven't seen it in a few years and I'll admit that my opinion might be more favorable today, but I think that is one of the Gere "performances" that made Mothman so surprisingly good for me. The sex in the beginning of Red Corner is fun (if not a bit cliche) along with some of the early trial scenes, but I don't remember much after that. Mothman Prophecies had me nailed to the sofa and was much more intriguing...and ultimately better to me. Totally subjective though, just like the music

Of course, the reflection is facing the wrong direction...

Yeah, in this case what I meant by "reflected on" was just that it also showed up on the lipstick. I assumed it to be a link and precursor to that ghost image that Gere feels throughout the movie, the sense that the mothman is near. And in retrospect, we know that he has just been contacted on the phone by that very same mothman and that Messing will soon die as a result of the contact. Or the attempted contact was a warning. Or whatever....I'm still not too clear about the beginning.

[Dusty Chalk]

I'm sure you probably never noticed but I have the movie on my computer so can go over it in detail if I like, and I was watching the opening sequence with credits, and after Debra Messing gets out of the shower and right before she puts on her lipstick, it shows the lipstick tube along with the music credit for tomanandy, and if you look close at the lipstick tube the credit is reflected on it too. Almost like an afterimage. Kinda crazy, but also kinda fun

Cool! Thanks for pointing it out, you're right, I didn't notice, and it's exactly that attention to detail that I like so much in the movies that I love. Of course, the reflection is facing the wrong direction...but then again, I'm going on a still image, so don't know if that may have "worked" in the moving picture version.

I still maintain that this might be the best thing I've seen Gere in.

Certainly the best thing I have seen him, Slosh's other mention notwithstanding (haven't seen it).

Many things left kind of mysterious along the way, but I liked that. I also liked that people didn't make a bunch of unbelievable intuitive leaps like what normally seems to happen in movies. Gere's character and the rest of the cast don't know what's going on any more than the rest of us viewing it, and that gives it a much more believable feel.

(nods violently) Yes, exactly!