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Without the voice of Cecellia Stalin- Koop might not be the same, but the correct events occurred- and they have produced this purely amazing jazz/ electronic music that is unmistakably unique. Cecellia Stalin is the sexiest voice you’ll ever hear, while Koop does everything to accent it (although, they’d be some bad-ass beats without vocals too). Koop “Islands”(recent album) is a beefed up “Waltz for Koop” with a bit of Caribbean influence. Again, the best from Sweden…
Website: koop-islands.com |
| The high ratings for this movie aren’t just a bunch of geysers who are stuck to their old movies and have recently found IMDB. It really is that great. I’m the type that thinks they always know what will happen next, and/or assumes the outcome of a plot, but this one will surprise you - don’t care who you are. Hitchcock would’ve clapped, or maybe he actually did… |  |
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IC! Berlin has been on my “I want this, but I shouldn’t spend so much, but they are so awesome, but they’re too expensive, but I really really want them” list for a few years. They are indestructible - made out of sheet metal. The hinges are made by folds and cuts in the metal - meaning there are no screws and delicate hinge-parts that can be smashed easily. Started by of course - German design students, who ended up splitting, which left IC! Berlin still around, and a new company with the same concept (just different hinges) called Mykita. For the base price range being around US $385, I think they are worth it, but still a big chunk out of the pocket. Suiting if your like me: you always break your glasses, but not if your one who often looses them! Both have some great webistes also:
Link: IC! Berlin website |
| You may not want to see Ornella nude for Playboy Italy from the 60’s after seeing that she was in Playboy in the 60’s, but her music gives you a handful of wonderful Italian dreams: You may be in Lake Como, or with a beautiful Italian Girl, or eating some gnocci, or all three! I first heard her in Ocean’s 12 - the opening scene singing L’ Apuntamento. She’s kind of like the Italian Ella Fitzgerald: you just know her voice - it can’t be confused with anyone else’s. Even her recent albums (almost 50 years of producing them) are great, although they are more modern with synthesized sounds - it’s still Ornella. I guarantee you that you’ll want to get Rosetta Stone and start learning Italian once you get hooked to Vanoni! |  |
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This film is a great mystery horror! Much better than the over-done shit we see in theaters today that scare with excessive gore and surprise loud sounds. Very much like a Hitchcock: the ending is a complete surprise. One of the few mysteries that you really cannot guess the outcome. The main character’s girlfriend is pretty hot too.. |
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Album: Old Sand Mountain Cast King (who unfortunately died 2007) has an amazing album. It’s not just the music, but the fact that he did it in his late 70s! His music isn’t quite country - at least not what we consider to be “modern country” (even though he was a member of the “Country Drifters” in his early life), but has almost a “Johnny Cash if he had lived that long” type of feel. The stories are fun to listen to, and very catchy - as well as very funny. I wish he had lived longer to produce some more, this is definitely on my top album lists. When I’m driving I can’t stop repeating out loud “Everybody crazy about Peggy, everybody loves my girl. Everybody crazy ’bout Peggy, everybody wants my girl…” |
| It is really hard for me to believe that these are done in pencil. It makes me wish I tried harder in my drawing classes through grade school. Beautifully amazing.
Link: T.S. Abe Deviantart |
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Another amazing film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet. It’s kind of like a French harry potter for adults, but better - and without magic wands. If you can’t get enough of Dominique Pinon (from most of Jeunet’s movies), you definitely will in this one! (he’s cloned into tons of his own brothers) The idea of this movie is so unique, even it’s plot: no movie is at all similar. If you don’t appreciate the young nature of this movie - then you will surely love the effects and scenery - it is unbelievable that they achieved some of this all the way back in 1995! I wish I lived in France just to see Jean-Pierre Jeunet movies! |
| This could possibly be the greatest film ever made. It gives every contrast in every aspect of everything, and then - relates and unites the opposites. Just remember to be careful to not hang your underwear on the wrong criminal’s clothesline at the wrong time, because then the Brazilian government will come in and kill everyone. If you can’t say this is the greatest film ever, you have to be able to at least say it is the greatest prison movie. It touches on the guilt of murderers, the love between brothers, the ties of loyalty and respect, and then breaks them all. One amazing part of the movie is how the story of a character is introduced, you have a tie to him - and instantly he is gone. No one cares, and they aren’t mentioned again. Thats it. At first, it is quite confusing to see inmates hopping from cell to cell as if it were an insanely disgusting college dorm house (as if they aren’t actually disgusting) and making | decisions like they are free men. Essentially - they are, except they are surrounded by fences and walls. You are exposed to fear, confusion, happiness, humor, and just about everything else. Just as two men are getting married and you think to yourself “this movie is completely ridiculous” you begin to understand in the form of a question “is it really?” All I can say is that after seeing this, along with City of God, I don’t think I’ll ever be taking a trip to Brazil! But, the sheer insaneness sure as hell makes for some of the greatest films in history. |  |
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It is annoying to me that this artist has not giving his identity, but I am still so glad I found him on deviantArt, great stuff. Very calming and an odd type of funny: you’ll think it is humorous, but you wont laugh.
Link: Pyrzpadek of deviantART |
| Chances are you’ve already seen this since it was out in 2000, but if you haven’t I would strongly suggest that you do as much as I strongly suggest that you don’t. I never thought a movie could actually make me feel pain (and I’m not just talking about holding your hand over your mouth and cringing when graphic scenes come along): this movie makes you feel like shit. You should watch this film because of the amazing editing (that to some seems a bit overdone and annoying) but I think is innovative and realistic, while on the other hand you shouldn’t watch this movie because you cannot handle people going through pain and/or have had a loved-one who has been addicted to drugs. Do not watch this before bed, and try not to watch it alone. Amazing, disgusting and painful all at the same time. |  |