Archive for June, 2009

“The Krays: Flesh and Blood”

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

The Krays: Flesh and Blood, a documentary about London crime bosses Reggie and Ronnie Kray, is on YouTube in its entirety, for the curious and strong-stomached. NSFW (Recreated violence. Srsly, someone gets a Glasglow grin, like, 30 seconds in.) You know, this Monty Python sketch would’ve made a lot more sense to me as a [...]

“The Long Good Friday” trailer

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

In the mood for a British gangster flicker after that? How about The Long Good Friday? Bob Hoskins as the psychotic, Cockney king pin, Helen Mirren as… oh dear G_d, I forgot how smoking hot she was.

“The Return” trailer

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

More movies you might’ve missed: The 2003 Russian film The Return. Beautifully shot. Dark, dark s***.

“Kafka” trailer

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

Movies I missed: 1991′s Kafka, starring Jeremy Irons, Ian Holm, Joel Grey, and Alec Guinness, directed by Steven Soderbergh. Irons, Holm, Grey, Guinness, and Soderbergh?? What the f*** are you waiting for??

A potpourri of Guy Maddin trailers

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

I’ve seen one Guy Maddin film, The Saddest Music in the World. I loved it. But when I read the back of the boxes for his other films I wonder if someone’s playing a joke. Vampires? Incest? Icelandic hospitals?? Trailers for all the Maddin films I’ll rent once I make sure he doesn’t work for [...]

“Cartoon Dump” featuring Dumpster Diver Dan

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

I hope this satisfies your insatiable need for saucy puppet shows, Matt: a clip of “Cartoon Dump” live, featuring Frank Conniff as Moodsey the Clinically Depressed Owl and Joel Hodgson as that little, wooden-jawed horn dog Dumpster Diver Dan. It is *so weird* to hear Joel swear…

Egyptian Airlines

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

My frequent flier friends’ll like this: Bob Mills reveals that ancient Egyptians had… airports. Make sure you watch part two all the way to the end, lol.

They ain’t no Chickenfoot

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 by Aabra

Matt, you didn’t believe me, so here it is: Chickenfoot, a “supergroup” consisting of Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony, Chad Smith, and… *shudder*… Sammy Hagar. The song’s titled “Learning To Fall”, but I swear I read it as “Learning To Fail”.

Goodbye, blue linkies

Sunday, June 28th, 2009 by Aabra

* Spike Lee remembers Michael Jackson and the doors he opened for African-American musicians: “Back then, MTV was lily white.” RIP, you magnificent dancer… * America on the verge of being minority Protestant. * Ouch: “I have to admire the residents of Iroquois territory for assuming that they have a right to determine where Jews [...]

Photo Friday

Friday, June 26th, 2009 by Aabra

* Keith Knight on Iran’s revolts: * Beautiful, demolished train stations is all sorts of depressing… * Pete Hoekstra is a meme. * Matt Drudge is an idiot who knows nothing about gardening. One month’s growth. Suck it like a hot house cuke, Drudge. * If Sarah the Red was just too silly for you, [...]


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