It's too darn hot

Just laying here at some obscene hour of the morning sweating up a storm, not being able to get to sleep.

I've almost completely locked in that I'm switching from business to journalism in my university degree for next year which is exciting. Exciting that I could potentially get paid (well) to do something similar to what I'm doing right now. Writing. Which is ultimately what I want to do as a career.

Ella Fitzgerald was a kool kat. Maybe talking about how cool jazz is might just take the heat off this humid, sweaty daze I'm in. But yeah, jazz is fun. Fats Domino, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie - all cool.

Naww, big smile for the camera Ella!

"If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis."

Sleep tight, Bourbonites.

Wiped off the face of the Earth..

A little light rain never hurt anybody...

Where.. have you.. been? If you go... I will surely die.

- Black Francis

Christmas Special #1 : Reindeer's sucking at the power teat

Hey you, Rednosed-shithead. Why don't you make yourself useful and join the circus, ya clown?
- Dasher talking to Rudolph (before Santa let him guide the sleigh)


What you doin' this weekend, buddy? Me and the guys are headin' down to Greenland, dude. Keen?
- Dasher talking to Rudolph (after Santa let him guide the sleigh)

Call me names no more, bitches. I own you.

Christmas time is approaching...

and it's time to get in that ol' Christmas spirit blog-wise. So today, I'm going to take an in-depth look at the cruel, sadistic and often politically incorrect world of the Christmas reindeer.

Once an outcast, Rudolph went from nobody to the leader of the pack in an instant. After doing a bit of research, it's really hard to believe that no one has really covered this story.

As we all know, all the reindeers used to "call him names" (ie. Pinocchio, rednosed-shithead). But why? Because he was a little different? Then one foggy Christmas eve, Santa came to say "Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?". Needless to say, Rudolph accepted the offer, but wouldn't it be fair to say that he was used? The only reason that Santa wanted him to guide the sleigh, is because the fat bastard (put me on the naughty list, I don't care) couldn't see through the fog.

Then, similar to mainstream Hollywood, Rudolph became the toast of the town, a celebrity. Everyone wanted to be his new best friend, simply because the man in the big red suit let him be his #1. These reindeers were phonies; fakes; douche-bags. Being unaccepted by his peers for such a long time though, Rudolph lapped up all the attention. He took on-board having a song written about him, his own Christmas show, even (in more recent times) his own video game. 

Guess not even Christmas is completely pure..

Sadface. :(

These boots are made for Walken

Christopher Walken
Terrific actor. Funny, funny guy. I love the dude. 

I think the reason I like him the most is his versatility. He's been on SNL, he's won an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actor, The Deer Hunter, 1978) and a BAFTA (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Catch Me If You Can, 2002), he's worked with comedy heavyweights Mike Myers and Adam Sandler, he's appeared in a Fatboy Slim video clip. The list goes on.

"They're shoes asshole. What the fuck do they look like?"

- Christopher Walken on what you're looking at.

He could read anything and it would sound awesome.

Imma let you finish...

I'm a fan. Haters are gonna hate, sure. But that doesn't mean that shouldn't observe this as beauty. A piece of art. The attempt of transforming pop culture into high culture. Hate it or love it, it's different... and we should try to embrace difference.

You traded my soul for pogs?!

Remember Alf? He's back.. in pog form

- Milhouse Van Houten

I guess starting school in 98' I must have just missed out on the pogs craze, one of the most popular fads of the 90's. I did used to collect Tazos though, which were extremely similar, so I guess I didn't completely miss out. I mean we had Pokemon cards and Beyblades, but the generation before had pogs. Yeah, little circular cards that you collected. Another one of those lame fads. But back in the 1990s school-yard they were like gold. Anything from Sailor Moon characters to favourite NBA players were 'pog-ified'. It makes me wonder what the kids are playing with these days though.

I think collectibles like pogs and playing cards are a bit outdated nowadays. It seems like their place in pop-culture has been traded for internet memes and Twilight merchandise. Which is sad. No longer do kids care about what toys they get in their Happy Meal's, they're more concerned with what size their meal is. All this talking of toys makes me feel like cracking open a Kinder Surprise.


Ah, to be young again.

Drumroll please.......

Every once in a while there is one of those faces you keep seeing pop up in movies. Or the guys that you keep see on the back of the CD's you buy as a producer. Sometimes these guys are both. I like to call them 'pop-cultural gems', and today, I'm paying tribute to one.


Jason Schwartzman

What a hunk. Right guys?

This guy is cool. Like really really cool. If you're wondering where you've seen him from it's most likely as Ira Wright's (Seth Rogen) cocky C-grade celebrity roommate Mark, from the movie Funny People. If not then it may be from i ♥ huckabees, or even Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. 

If by some unworldly chance you haven't seen any of those movies, GTFO. Nahh, but if you've seen the show The OC (I was a keen follower back in the day), you'll of probably heard the ol' Phantom Planet version of 'California' (ie. the theme song for the OC). He is their drummer. Cool, eh? Well have you heard of a chap by the name of Ben Lee? Remember that super-dooper cool ARIA grabbin' album 'Awake is the New Sleep'? Yeah? Well he was an uncredited producer/ artist on that album. Pretty really cool, eh?

These days, besides acting in his own HBO series Bored to Death (which is an absolute cracker. Like seriously watch it. He's this private eye, that advertises himself on Craigslist, it's also got Ted Danson and that guy who played Alan from the Hangover.. epic lolz. Ok back to the sentence.. now where was I? Oh yeah), he's also got his own solo rock outfit Coconut Records. Where he writes the songs, plays all the instruments, and it sounds really really good. Coconut Records is great. I highly recommend it.

Ok. That's enough now. Enjoy some good music... and may the Schwartz be with you (yeah, I referenced Spaceballs, you mad?).

Celebrate good times

Last exam of the ol' you-knee-verse-city tomorrow, and I'm quite excited to be honest. Good news? I think so.



On a side note, I really really feel like playing Where's Wally? right now.

Hey Julian, I think Dad's got brain damage

I'll never finish this Top 100 movies of all-time. It's silly. I can't do it. Too little time. I will watch movies when I feel like it.

It kind of annoys me, so today I watched something that made me happy.



For some reason, Sam's always been a personal favourite of mine, I 'unno... since I was about 13?
Just remember guys, every time you pull the ring on your fanta can a pirate gets knee-cancer.

Something wrong?

Bernstein: Old age. It's the only disease, Mr. Thompson, that you won't look forward to being cured of.

...or is it?

Megabowl.

Hold it, hold it, hold it. It can't be a foul without touchin' another player and it can't be traveling without first establishing a pivot foot.

Next week, guys. Next week. 

Special note: Citizen Kane review tomorrow.. finally.

KOL ain't cool no more

I used to love listening to Kings of Leon back in the day. They're first few albums we're great. Not saying their new stuff isn't okay, but nothing beats a bit of raw rock action. After hearing their newest single Radioactive (for seemingly the zillionth time), it really reminded me of that untamed edge that they seemed to have, and now lost altogether.

[untitled] over it

ARIAs tonight. So.. here's my favourite Australian song this year. Quality, much quality.

So close to giving up

Kunu: When life gives you lemons, just say 'Fuck the lemons' and bail.

It's been a hard day's night

... and I should be sleeping like a log.

Will: Do you like apples?
Clark: Yeah.
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like THEM apples?

Yeah, long week. No weekend off. Should be sleeping. Instead I blog about apples.


THE END.

McBubble Boy.

Slim: What are you, some kind of astronaut?
Jimmy: No, I'm some kind of bubble boy.


Didn't end up finishing Citizen Kane last night. Solid movie so far. Greatly different to any movie I've ever seen. I won't go into too much detail here, but I will say this, Orson Welles was a genius. To be honest, I actually went out for a few drinks instead, which was cool. Decent hangs. They played a few good ol' songs at the club too, which is good because.. well, I can post them on my blog. Yay?

AFI and Comic Book Guy

Worst blog post, ever!
After watching A Clockwork Orange, it has left a pleasant taste in my mouth. Now, I'm hungry for some more great films. None of this 3D animated bullshit or predictable plots and twists. Just good movies.

With saying this, I'm going to try and knock off the AFI's (American Film Institute's) 100 years... 100 movies. Blogging my way through each one. So tonight, I'll start with #1 Citizen Kane and hopefully sometime before my lengthy uni holidays finish in March, get to #100 Yankee Doodle Dandy.

... and what a fight it was. Suck dick to whoever is sitting behind Batman by the way. Why our good friend Bruce Wayne would wear the ol' batsuit to a boxing match is beyond me..

Where is my mind?

Ally: You want ME to drive?
Daniel: Hey, it's the 80's!

Besides hitting the books pretty hard over the last couple of days, I've somehow squeezed in time to watch a couple of great movies.

Firstly, I watched The Karate Kid. 
I know what you're thinking, "That movie is terrible!", but I like it regardless of it's lame catchphrases and extremely predictable plot (ala Rocky). I dig the 80's soundtrack, and the fact that in the movie, the entire San Fernando Valley is obsessed with karate (which seems more funny every time I watch it). I 'm guessing that this would of sparked millions of youngsters everywhere to take up karate, and parents to con their kids into washing cars and painting fences to help their 'karate skills'.

Special note: The song Daniel by alternative artist Bat for Lashes was inspired by the movie.

Secondly... I watched Stanly Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.

Brilliant movie. Really really good. For those who haven't seen the movie or read the book I won't spoil it here for you, because the best part of this movie is it's shock value, along with it's sense of finding the meaning of goodness in this world.

Admittedly, I downloaded this via a torrent to watch it. Quicktime was running a bit slow, so I decided to check if the movie was legit by skipping ahead 20 mins or so, and I honestly thought I had downloaded a porno instead. Turns out themes like rape are a major part of the film, so I'd hardly recommend it to the faint-hearted. If you're feeling a bit sinister though, grab a glass of 'milk plus' and enjoy!

10/10.

Special note: I am getting so good at making my mix CDs, the ebb and flow is orgasmic. I honestly just sat still in my room listening to the incredible nature of my current mix over and over for about 3 hours. Waste of time? HARDLY!