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Thursday , September 2, 2010
We're Obsessed: The Trailer for "Black Swan"
If there's one thing that's true about me, it's that I absolutely cannot resist a movie like Black Swan, which is the new Darren Aronofsky film about the toxic world of professional ballet, out in theatres this December. I know that's a long time away, but dudes, WATCH THIS TRAILER, IT'S SO GOOD. You could seriously take lessons from this trailer on how to put together a teaser for a movie:
It was like this movie was reverse-engineered out of a "Things That Kat Loves" list:
1. BALLET! Especially Swan Lake, my favorite ballet of all time. Ballet is generally an art form obsessed with the purity of its aesthetics, and Swan Lake's are the purest of them all. It's always a sheer visual delight to watch, even if you're watching the all-swan-dude Matthew Bourne version (which is, by the way, gorgeous.) Loads of beautiful white feathers, gorgeous headpieces, amazing makeup...how could you go wrong with such visuals?
2. Demented ballet dancers played by doe-eyed brunettes!
3. A Winona Ryder cameo!
4. Darren Aronofsky directing! One of the most visceral dude directors around--quite excited to see what he does with the feminine world of ballet. Word has it this project was developed at the same time as The Wrestler, so I'm curious to see the kinship between the two films.
5. My friend JUST saw it at Venice Film Festival and emailed me to say that I was "going to adore the shit out of it." She also said that Mila Kunis is "fantastic," the costumes are "stunning," but she wouldn't give up the goods on the Mila Kunis-Natalie Portman makeout scene. COME ON DAMN IT!
6. Black Swan is supposed to be akin to Polanski's early movies. Now, I'm not too keen on a child rapist, but it's kind of undeniable that his early films like Knife in the Water, Rosemary's Baby, and Repulsion are brilliant. I love a good psychological thriller.
7. The performance costumes were co-designed by Rodarte! It's perfect that they're doing ballet costumes, especially for aforementioned demented ballet dancers!
8. I'm not a huge Natalie Portman fan, but it looks like the film takes advantage of her limitations as an actress and screen presence (perpetual little girl voice, even if she's playing FUCKING ANNE BOLEYN, perpetually tightly-wound) and transplants them perfectly into the darkness of the character.
9. I'm also a fan of any film with a vague Single White Female-type thematic focus. Female transference = YES.
10. And did you get that last bit in the trailer, the stuff with the red eyes and crazyface? I gotta know WTF that is all about.
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Tuesday , August 31, 2010
Have You Figured Out How Amazing "Monster" Is Yet?
Because it is.
"Monster" is so brilliant that it even manages to transcend the extreme stupidity of the lyric, "Have you ever had sex with a Pharaoh? Eguuuhhhhh I put the pussy in a sarcophagus." The rest of the Kanye verse is pretty cool, though. I get the impression he's in the midst of a total emotional breakdown these days, which is working really well for him. I hate when Kanye gets all glossy and fratty (fratty= like a frat boy). Speaking of emotional breakdowns, what the fuck is going on with Hov? I thought his scary breathey monster voice was just a gimmick employed to highlight the age/wisdom dichotomy of Jay vs. Drake in "Light Up," but apparently not. Apparently Jay-Z just sounds like a dragon all the time now, and that's something I have to accept about him. But, no, I don't know. I don't know if I can do that. The part where he talks about how his Achilles heel is love? It makes me feel uncomfortable, and kind of pity Jay. Why am I pitying Jay-Z? Jay-Z is emotionally manipulating me. But that's just part of the impressiveness of "Monster." I'm down to be emotionally manipulated by Kanye and Jay. By the way, if Jay-Z and Kanye West were John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who would be who? Please help me figure this out.
But really the whole point of "Monster" is the Nicki Minaj verse, and everybody knows that. Nicki Minaj is a genius. I don't know anything about Rick Ross or Bon Iver, so I have no opinions about their contributions to this song. Nicki Minaj is my hero.
Tags: ancient Egypt, emotional manipulation, genius, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj
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Monday , August 30, 2010
We're Obsessed: Yardley of London Ads from the Sixties
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Tags: Flickrs we love, vintage ads, Yardley of London
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Tuesday , August 17, 2010
We're Obsessed: All The Beautiful Movie Posters at Janefondova.tumblr.com
This is my new favorite place, because everything there is beautiful, especially all the cool posters for movies I have or have not seen - like this German one, for Repulsion. Don Draper loves Catherine Deneuve.
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Tags: Don Draper Loves Catherine Deneuve, Jane Fonda, posters, Tumblrs we love
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Wednesday , June 30, 2010
We're Obsessed: Paul McCartney Trivia!
("Shhh...don't tell anyone these cool secrets about me," says Paul)
Ten Top Trivia Tips About Paul McCartney!
1. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Paul McCartney!
2. Women shoplift four times more frequently than Paul McCartney!
3. Paul McCartney will become gaseous if his temperature rises above -42 degrees Celsius.
4. Paul McCartneyolatry is the mindless worship of Paul McCartney.
5. In Japan it is considered rude to talk with Paul McCartney in your mouth!
6. If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn into Paul McCartney!
7. Paul McCartney will often glow under UV light!
8. Wearing headphones for an hour will increase the amount of Paul McCartney in your ear 700 times!
9. The patron saint of Paul McCartney is Saint Eugenie.
10. Koalas sleep for 22 hours a day, two hours more than Paul McCartney!
(via The Mechanical Contrivium)
Tags: Paul McCartney, trivia
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Tuesday , June 22, 2010
We're Obsessed: The Misfits Room of Jem's Hall in Land of Mystacor, L7 in Sassy
A little while back, whilst researching that book Laura and I are writing, I happened upon castaspella_mystacor.tripod.com, which is probably the greatest website in the world. That's a lie. But the Misfits Room in Jem's Hall in Land of Mystacor contains some of my favorite sentences ever Internet-posted, including the following.
"JETTA IS A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR FROM ENGLAND WHO PLAYS A MEAN SAXOPHONE."
"[ROXY GREW UP IN A ROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND DIDN'T LEARN HOW TO READ UNTIL SHE JOINED THE MISFITS. BECAUSE OF THIS, SHE FIT RIGHT IN WITH THE GROUP."
"STORMER IS THE NICEST OF THE MISFITS. SHE IS THE ONLY ONE WITH ANY REAL TALENT IN THE GROUP. HER LOW SELF-ESTEEM, THOUGH, KEEPS BRINGING HER BACK TO THE MISFITS."
Some cold shit, all of that. And remember when I was 14 and first started listening to Edgy Music and used to go around saying how L7 are just like the Misfits? That was dumb and untrue: L7 is vastly superior to the Misfits. I'd forgotten how stupid-rad the "Andres" video is:
Also recently I dug up my copy of the July 1994 issue of Sassy, which has a kinda-lame feature on L7. Mary Ann's all "L7 were mean to me so now I'm gonna devote this whole article to my personal opinions on their intelligence and talent" - what shoddy journalism, Mary Ann! Plus I think it's cool that L7 used rhyming dictionaries. Oh hell, let's post the whole article, shall we?
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Tags: being bitchy about illiteracy, Choose Your Own Adventure, L7, nachos, pathologically lying saxophonists, shoddy journalism, the other Misfits
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Saturday , June 19, 2010
We're Obsessed: Jokes About Batman & Boners The deal is that yesterday Gawker posted this creepy-hilarious Dennis The Menace cartoon, and a commenter commented with the above jpg, and I LOL-ed my face off. Apparently "boner" is meant to be used as a synonym for "error"? Or something? That's what I gleaned from this website, from which the following panels were ganked:
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Tuesday , June 8, 2010
We're Obsessed: Watching Devendra Banhart Skate
Skip the first 39 seconds and then get to Venice Beach and DEVENDRA, who is such a delightful little goofy-footed scamp and looks so good when he wears his t-shirt as a scarf. Raver babies and beer cats! The goth juggler! Zodiac boofers and whatgrass wampers! The other day I remembered that my nogoodforme secret ID is "Skate-Hippie Enthusiast," and I was so proud of myself.
Tags: beer cats, Devendra Banhart, skateboarding, t-shirts as scarves, Venice Beach
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Thursday , May 27, 2010
We're Obsessed: Drunk History (Or: I Guess Crispin Glover Will Just Never Stop Being Hot)
You know the premise, yeah? Ordinary people get drunk and recount historical events, and then famous people reenact said events, as portrayed by the aforementioned drunk people. Right now my fave's the one about Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, which is told by a decently hot dude who's just drunk a six pack of beer and a shit-ton of absinthe. Totes watch but BE WARNED!!!!: the dude throws up at 4:14 and it's so gross, and you should definitely cover your eyes and maybe even block your ears, if puking sounds eek you out.
P.S. WHY IS CRISPIN GLOVER SO HOT??? WHY DOES HE NEVER EVER AGE??????
P.P.S. I also really love the girl who hosts the Will Ferrell/Don Cheadle/Zooey Deschanel one about Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass - especially the part where she can't remember if she's wearing pants.
Tags: absinthe, Drunk History, Nikola Tesla, not being able to remember if you're wearing pants, the enduring hotness of Crispin Glover
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Sunday , May 2, 2010
We're Obsessed: Pigs That Look Like Sheep
Capybaras are so last year!
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