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Christmas 2009 – Mehkya is 6 years old, Kennedy is 7 months old Date: Dec 5, 2009 |
The lead up to Avatar
Dec 13
Entertainment Avatar, cool, hype, movie No Comments
So if you haven’t seen the advertisements for Avatar yet, just turn on your TV. You will be inundated with promos for it within 5 minutes or less. That’s the annoying part of big budget films, they over saturate the advertising media with promos. It actually hits theaters on December 18th. Expect to have people waiting in lines for midnight showings.
Avatar
The trailer showing on the official movie site explains a lot about the movie. http://www.avatarmovie.com/ There are some others around, but I think that one surmises it pretty well. If you feel compelled to follow them on twitter you can. http://twitter.com/officialavatar
I’ve been hearing about this movie for about 6+ months for friends and stuff on the web. I’m not sure that it is a movie that will appeal to the masses because of the fantasy aspect of it, but I do think it will indeed satisfy the geek crowd. James Cameron has out done himself on visual effects for this one, besides breaking the bank to make it. It’s supposedly the most expensive movie ever made. Personally, I think it looks damn cool. I don’t think I’m going to be able to catch it opening weekend since I’m moving, but I’m going to try my best to catch it before Christmas.
From what I’ve seen of comments from the early sneak previews is that the movie is compelling and much better than people expected. Let’s just hope that is true. I’m tired of going to movie that are over hyped and don’t live up to what they are billed as (Twilight, Watchmen, G.I. Joe, Transformers). I’m trying my best not to buy into the hype, but you can only hold out so long when you are being bombarded with it.
So here to hoping it’s not a flop.
Cover Songs
Dec 05
Entertainment cover songs, music, renditions 9 Comments
A friend of mine (Craveytrain) and I have been having an on going conversation about great cover songs that we’ve heard. I think it started out with hearing Johnny Cash covering Hurt by Nine Inch Nails. It’s a great song in both rights, but Cash put his distinct stamp on it. Through out this conversation we’ve each pointed out songs to the other one that we had never heard before.
During all of this I’ve also come to realize there’s a difference in the songs. There are the covers, the artist plays/sings the song the same way as the original artist. The renditions, the artist takes creative license and molds the words into a brand new piece of music. I’m finding that I like the cover songs more in general to the renditions. There are exceptions of course, but the covers bring back the memories of the original song. I guess by nature I’m wanting to compare apples to apples. I’m judging the new artist by the standard of the original artist.
I’m guessing that most of these songs were covered by the artists because they meant something to them. At least I would like to believe that over the A&R man coming in and saying this is what you are singing. So here’s a few examples of songs that I have in my collection. (I linked to iTunes as much as I could)
Hurt by Nine Inch Nails
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Abracadabra by Steve Miller Band
Abracadabra by Sugar Ray
Darling Nikki by Prince
Darling Nikki by Foo Fighters
This was never released as a single, due to Prince not authorizing it. It still hit #15 on the charts.
Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal by Alien Ant Farm
Just Dance by Lady Gaga
Just Dance by Gary Go
Turn the Page by Bob Segar
Turn the Page by Metallica
Bizarre Love Triangle by New Order
Bizarre Love Triangle by Frente!
Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones
Paint it Black by Vanessa Carlton
The Boys of Summer by Don Henley
The Boys of Summer by The Ataris
How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
How Soon Is Now by T.A.T.U.
Time after Time by Cyndi Lauper
Time after Time by Inoj
Wonderwall by Oasis
Wonderwall by Ryan Adams
All Along the Watchtower by Bob Dylan
All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows and Vanessa Carlton
Love Song by The Cure
Love Song by Death Cab for Cutie
There are many many more.
What are some of your favorites? Post in the comments.
Crazy Like a Fox
Nov 29
Photography fox, photos, tree No Comments
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There was a Fox in a tree at my Great Aunts house. How it got up there I don’t know, but it was up there most of the night.
Location: Levelland, TX |
