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Joined: 10 Aug 2006 Posts: 43 Location: Yokohama, Japan

thought I'd dedicate this section to any good music, movies, or books you've been feelin at the moment....or in the past, as I am on a endless mission for all!

heres some I recommend lately:

Movies

*Lucky Number Sleven (Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett)
*The Man Who Wasnt There (Billy Bob Thorton)
*Take the Money and Run/ Sleeper (Woody Allen)
*Mo Better Blues (Spike Lee)

Music

*The Dears- No Cities Left
*New Muse and Kasabian
*Devandra Banhart- Cripple Crow
*Blood Brothers- Burn Piano Island, Burn
*Wolf Parade- Apologies to Queen Mary
*Black Mountain- Black Mountain

Books

*"the Devil and the White City" by Erik Larson
*"Naked" by David Sedaris
*"Hollywood" by Charles Bukowski
*"Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh 8way different than the movie)

lemme know!

Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

May as well explain the recommendations too...

Music:

Faith No More: Funky pop/rock/metal that grooves. Quirky, funny, weird. Albums: Angel Dust, The Real Thing

Devin Townsend: Some bipolar, skulleted Canadian dude that happens to make amazing, epic, layered, progressive rock/metal. Sings, plays guitar, keyboards, samples, and produces, and he is a virtuoso at it all. Albums: Terria (If you take heed to one of my recommendations, let it be this album), Ocean Machine, Synchestra.

Explosions in the Sky: Post-Rock based around clean, lazy arpeggios with the usual build up/crescendo/denoument thing. Unforced and pleasant. Album: The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place

Mastodon: Crushing sludge/thrash metal with a little country, jazz fusion, and prog thrown in for good measure. The drumming is ungodly, and the riffs, oh, holy FUCK those riffs. Albums: Remission, Leviathan.

Books:

"In Cold Blood" - Truman Capote. My favourtie book. Nonfiction crime drama; the prose is beautiful. Contains what I think is the most stunning paragraph ever committed to paper.

Anything Ian McEwan, as he has a complete mastery over the written word. He is able to describe the most innocuous, mundane occurences fascinatingly. As does Hemmingway in his simplicity and economy.

"Da Vinci Code" - Dan Brown. Just kidding! This book fucking sucks. Awful prose, childish & cliched writing devices, awkward dialogue. A glorified Hardy Boys novel. Well, that's not very fair; at least the Hardy Boys were fun to read.