This just in: second season of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic just added!
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol, we were looking at the first season of that, wondering if it'd be ok for our kid to watch. crazy! what happened to the little ponies' faces?
― tylerw, Friday, 11 May 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
Botched plastic surgery.
― Hellhamster 2: Hamster Smashed Face (J3ff T.), Friday, 11 May 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
Tiny Furniture
― o. nate, Sunday, 13 May 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7092/7186329742_caf3c59612_o.jpg
― get wolves (get bent), Sunday, 13 May 2012 05:31 (twelve years ago) link
for real tho, i just watched the black sabbath paranoid installment of classic albums. could barely understand a word ozzy said!
― get wolves (get bent), Sunday, 13 May 2012 05:33 (twelve years ago) link
I watched the "Face Value" one and it was pretty good!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 May 2012 12:07 (twelve years ago) link
Dark!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 May 2012 12:08 (twelve years ago) link
I liked in the Sabbath one where they play Ozzy's nonsensical but classic working vocal from 'Paranoid'
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
i believe that face values is dark! i hope they interviewed michael mann for it.
― tylerw, Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
I watched the Sabbath thing too! It was surprisingly interesting. I loved the old footage and Geezer talking about how he was into hippie shit.
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Sunday, 13 May 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
I saw that yesterday! Geezer comes across as the most genuine human ever. And when they solo out his bass track... wow.
― Lil' Kim Philby (Call the Cops), Sunday, 13 May 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
so far the steely dan aja is my favorite from that series (but i would say that).
― get wolves (get bent), Sunday, 13 May 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, my friend Stripey is all about this series and loves that episode as well.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 13 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
re: the Sabbath one - I had no idea about the skinhead connection w/Fairies Wear Boots.
The Tom Petty one is p good too
― Darin, Sunday, 13 May 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
I totally misread the sabbath discussion and ended up finding this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuzuWlUeMwo
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 14 May 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
But here's what was mentioned (at around 4:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJSUrPLHA_Y
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 14 May 2012 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
best moment in any classic albums
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUKCQfLY7nQ
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 14 May 2012 00:58 (twelve years ago) link
All of the Up movies are on streaming. I'm rewatching in preparation for 56 up
― remy bean, Monday, 14 May 2012 01:36 (twelve years ago) link
Tom Petty one was ok, I guess I just don't get the big deal about that album. Nice to learn Jim Kelter played uncredited shaker on "Refugee."
The best bit of "Aja" is when you hear all the different guitarists and solos that didn't make the cut for the album.
My faves may be Fleetwood Mac and the Band, but I'm not sure either is streaming.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, take it back, "Rumours" is there.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2012 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
a few months back i watched "salsa: latin pop music in the cities", a doc on salsa in nyc from 1979 - intimate performances and interviews with fania peeps, sociopolitical angles, the palmieris teaching some grade school kids, it's pretty great
Cannot recommend enough. Remarkable footage and Felipe Luciano as narrator is perfect.
Seems like these days the ol' Netflix account exists primarily for docs. The fictional content keeps getting worse.
― Playoff Starts Here (san lazaro), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
That reminds me that I mean to watch that salsa doc -- three reminders = just enough apparently.
― former personal denim advisor to the mayor, (La Lechera), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
the bbc's SNUFF BOX
― fauxmarc, Monday, 14 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio. I was worried, especially after watching "Rango" in altered form.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 14 May 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
That's the M. Douglas joint? I'd watch that.
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Monday, 14 May 2012 18:20 (twelve years ago) link
fincher too
― President Keyes, Monday, 14 May 2012 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Refn's Drive now available. We all watched it tonight; I liked it well enough, but my wife and daughter were fed up pretty quickly. Taking note of the nonstop teal and orange was kind of entertaining.
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Sunday, 20 May 2012 02:31 (twelve years ago) link
drive was my favorite film of last year
― akm, Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
for some reason, I was able to suspend disbelief for the action scenes in Drive, but not the love story.
― Darin, Sunday, 20 May 2012 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
we get free instant movie-watching with our Amazon Prime membership
last night I watched In The Loop, and Time After Time :D
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 May 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
Amazon Prime doesn't let you queue things up though, does it?
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
It doesn't seem to. But I've only just started using it.
Anyhoo: Friends Of Eddie Coyle!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 20 May 2012 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio
YES, I thought I was the only one who held this deeply challenging opinion
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 20 May 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, May 14, 2012 2:19 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
WHAT WHY
is it 4:3??!?!?!?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
why do they even MAKE versions of movies at that aspect ratio these days??
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
You asking about Rango? Rango was closer to 1.85, but to be fair, a lot of CGI animated films aren't pan and scanned but digitally recomposed for 1.85, which is a much better option.
"Game" was glorious Scope.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 May 2012 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
oic.
ya, i find a weird number of films on netflix are 4:3 p&s, what kind of lazy asshole studios send over those versions? because it's for tv? what's wrong with people?
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 21 May 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
So, I just watched The Baby… That may be one of the flat out creepiest movies I've ever seen. What is wrong with people?
― The Devil's Panini Machine (J3ff T.), Saturday, 26 May 2012 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
That's in my queue to watch!
― Jeff, Saturday, 26 May 2012 10:24 (twelve years ago) link
Just saw the Helvetica doc. Neat. But also kind of creepy!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 12:53 (twelve years ago) link
Driver was really great though they overstepped the 80's feel with the music a bit. Otherwise, total gem. Love the fonts!
― jump them into a gang - into the absurd (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 26 May 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
You guys...525 minutes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. What up, jr. high.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 26 May 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
Huh, Michael Mann's "The Keep" is streaming. That's not even on DVD, I don't think.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh, and "Everyday Sunshine," the great Fishbone doc!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
watched gainsbourg: a heroic life this week. pretty terrible! dude who played serge was ok, but the rest was cliche biopic cringe-a-minute.
― tylerw, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
Watch the Fishbone doc!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
the keep is bad, i couldnt get through it
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 26 May 2012 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
It's terrible! Nice to see it there, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
the keep could've been great, but iirc there was a lot of pressure on mann to keep the runtime down. it has this languorous rhythm, feels like it should've been 2.5 hours long and been a thoroughly immersive experience. movie also suffers from weak monster design, it's clearly not mann's forte, or he hired the wrong ppl. that said I still enjoy watching it from time to time and imagining what it could have been.
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Saturday, 26 May 2012 16:08 (twelve years ago) link