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February 27, 2005
Lisa's Antics review...
I have always liked my sisters entertainment reviews. She used to review films on her personal website before she got to college but hasn't done any since. She forwarded me her review of Interpol's Antics which follows:
Unfailingly so, comparisons between Interpol's debut Turn on the Bright Lights and their follow-up, Antics, will be made. And I am here to say that it's perfectly okay to compare the two, and yes, the two are not one and the same!
Turn on the Bright Lights was dark and moody, tense and brooding, dealing with the topic of isolation. Antics lets in a little bit of sunlight and the occasional bout of optimism.
Interpol is the first band to really want to make me learn how to play bass. See "Evil" and "Narc." Carlos D's thumping grooveworthy basswork will make you want to dance around or at least ponder doing so. The group's other trademark is Paul Banks's deep monotone voice, still there, a smidgen lighter. After the first listen, you will think that Antics is a huge letdown to the masterful Turn on the Bright Lights, but keep listening. It'll grow on you, slowly but surely. Different doesn't always equal "ew, get it away from me as soon as humanly possible."
The strongest cut, "Slow Hands," sounds like it could have been a hidden track on Turn on the Bright Lights, but you won't find an "Obstacle 1" or "Leif Erickson" on Antics.
Not that it's a horrible thing, but "Obstacle 1" is currently my favorite song of all time, and it was a bit sad to discover no "Obstacle 3" here. There's shimmery guitar work reminiscent of Coldplay in "Not Even Jail" and "Take You on a Cruise," while "Narc" has some disco undertones. An awesome bass solo towards the end of "Public Pervert" saves an otherwise average tune. Opener and closer "Next Exit" and "A Time to Be So Small" are basically filler, like wheat bread holding tasty sandwich contents inside. Or to be more sophisticated (Interpol does hail from NYC), a stuffed grape leaf. Try it.
Goodness that grows on you.
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February 20, 2005
she's back?
So I was down in LA where it was raining like mad all weekend, but there was just enough of a break in the rain to shoot outside and I was fortunate enough to shoot with legendary bodybuilder Nikki Fuller who has only been working as an actress for the last many years. She's considering competing again, and I was lucky to get a shoot in.
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February 17, 2005
RIP - Molly
Today I found out my pet cat Molly died. She died sleeping on her favorite spot laying in the sun. She was very old and I can't think of a better way for her to have passed away.
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February 13, 2005
Love Stings
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February 12, 2005
Dreams
Weird dreams -
Two nights ago or so - dreamt I measured in about 1" to 1.5" from the outer edge of The Last Mile book that my friends Natalie Zee and Jason Wolf wrote to cut out an area on the inside where I could stash stuff since essentially I know I won't actually read the book and I will most likely keep it. So I remembered my friend Dan's hollowed out Bible and thought to make that same thing outta that book. In my dream I can't remember if I finished it but in real life I wanted to do it as well. Then I could say it was a dream come true.
The next night I dreamt somehow I was with Kim Nations and Brenda Smith and Aubrey. We were driving around a dirt area and there was this huge mound of dirt we were circling up. Somehow we couldn't drive further so we were sorta running. Well Brenda was short of breath and suddenly collapsed and was hurting bad and had trouble breathing. Aubrey said she'd stay with her to watch her so Kim and I ran back down to the car and it took us forever to get it going for some reason. Finally we were driving and went back to some town area where it was sorta like an Inn/strip mallish area but that no one was at, right next to a freeway.
I can't quite remember what happened next, but it was definitely a bizzaro dream.
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February 11, 2005
Don't they teach German girls about the Dasslers?
So often when I meet a German chick at some point in the coversation footwear may come up and since Pumas are definitely hot right now, the talk may involve them and/or Adidas. I had heard that the companies were founded by the Dassler brothers (Adi Dassler = adidas and his brother Rudolph who created Puma).
None of the girls I've asked have heard that and I would have thought that they'd teach stuff like that in German schools like they teach us about Henry Ford, Ray Croc and other famous entrepreneurs.
Well, I had to see if the story was true so I Googled it and found a pretty informative page that confirmed what I had suspected.
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February 10, 2005
women
Well, I dunno if it's because Valentine's Day is coming up or what, but this week has been an active one for chatting with my friends who are girls and all their relationship stuff. One of my friends is having drama issues with some of her other friends who won't leave her be, but then those girls do seem to thrive on drama.
Last night this girl I think is pretty cool and very hot told me she had a crush on me for a while and I was kind of stunned that a) I never would have guessed it b/c I would have considered her in a different league, and b) she's hot so I was astonished that she would be into me (OK so maybe those two reasons are actually the same one).
Anyhow, tonight it all culminated as I was covering the Olivia Cruises party at their new HQ. This little girl was approached by Mayor Newsom and she gave him a quizzical looked and asked him directly "who are you?" in a the way a smart kid would ask of a stranger who came up to talk to them. It was classic as he had to explain who he was to her...
and here's her introducing him to her friends with glee, knowing he's the Mayor and not just some weird guy in a suit.
Oh yeah the last female situation was with a girl I went out with a few times and decided it was best not to continue any relationship with. I ran into her at the ballet opening and made a few bad decisions and now she's getting in touch and I have to figure out the best way to tell her that I don't really want to hang out, which is also the situation with a woman I hung out with over the weekend... ugh
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February 05, 2005
it's cool when things are actually as simple as they are supposed to be...
A few nights ago it was so nice and clear out at night that I felt the urge to ride my bike up somewhere to get a few shots of San Francisco. At one particular vista looking over the city it just looked beautiful and I took a few photos across the sweeping view. I thought I'd see if I could put them together as a panoramic and checked out the Photoshop help and it was actually so easy and came out pretty nice...
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