I've gotten into the habit this week of watching a movie each night. Last night was Planet Terror (great, but watching it alone on a small television is nothing like opening night on the big screen); tonight was There'll Always Be an England: Sex Pistols Live from Brixton Academy, which consists of a full concert shot two years ago and interesting documentary-type thing in which members of the band wander through different parts of England and share thoughts and memories. It's the sort of thing I only got because the library allows me to take as many DVDs as I want for free, but most of the good stuff has been reserved for the next three years. Regardless, I enjoyed it.
Even with all the members in band in their fifties (with the possible exception of the bassist, though I really don't care about him, since the real bassist is dead), those boys rock hard. It's insane. Johnny Rotten completely stops singing on multiple occasions after forgetting the words to his own songs, and they still rock as hard as any other band I've ever seen. The people in the audience are all lunatics, and they're delightful to watch, tirelessly jumping around and passionately shouting along to every song. It's fun to watch, and I know it'd be even more fun to be there.
I think what I like best about the DVD, though, is watching Johnny Rotten ride around on a double-decker bus and shout at poor people, yuppies, and architecturally displeasing buildings. It's both hilarious and thought-provoking.
Tomorrow I'll be watching The Phantom of Liberty. I have absolutely no idea what it is. So why'd I rent it. First, obviously, because libraries let me take things I don't care about for free (and yes, I will finish talking about libraries someday), but there's another reason, as well, which I'll reveal tomorrow, but there are bonus points available to anyone who can guess the reason now.
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because chuck norris told you to?
I thought you were the only one who might have any chance of guessing, but I guess the reason is just too obscure.
How about because it's a weekend where people are suppose to hang out with friends and bbq, and you don't feel like doing that. I say do what you do and leave the reasons to the rest of society.
Or not.
That's not it, but as a friendless vegan, staying in was pretty much what I would've done regardless of my desires.
I have tried leaving the reason to society, but apparently you people aren't going to guess it, so I'll have to say it myself later tonight. Man, I'm hyping this way too much. The reason is absolutely stupid and trivial.
In the "film" or as you would say movie, Bunuel attacks society's false pretensions to freedom, and its distorted ideas of liberty
and...
It's memorial Day weekend. The day we are supposed to honor the men and women who died for freedom and liberty.
Whew! That was deep!
Mom
By the way those were not my thoughts or even my words.
I copied that from a film review website. Fro the record, I believe in freedom and liberty. Mom
Fro...
That was not a hair reference.
No, no, I understood. You wanted me to use a vinyl album as a Frisbee, right?
You quack me up.
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