"Monkey 23" by The Kills.
Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Cult Thursdays: Death Race 2000 (1975)
I wonder how many points I would be worth. At least thirty, I would hope...
Song-A-Day: Once Upon a Time in the West
"Once Upon a Time in the West" by Ennio Morricone, from the film - wait for it - Once Upon a Time in the West.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Classic Tuesdays: Dark City (1950)
In which Chuck Heston teams up with the Dragnet boys for a little tale of revenge and regret…
Monday, June 25, 2012
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Sunday Review: Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Nazis, Texas oil barons… Is there really that much of a difference?
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Song-A-Day: Across the Universe
"Across the Universe" cover by Fiona Apple, from the movie Pleasantville. The video was directed by Apple's then-boyfriend Paul Thomas Anderson, fresh off his success with Boogie Nights.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Classic Tuesdays: Duck Soup (1933)
Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup for the rest of your life (twitches eyebrows, wiggles cigar)…
Monday, June 18, 2012
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
Song-A-Day: Her Majesty
"Her Majesty" by The Beatles. Listen to this one with headphones: the audio fades slowly from the left speaker to the right, giving off the illusion that it's traveling through your head, from one ear to the next.
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
TV Makes You Stupid: Buffy the Vampire Slayer - "Hush" (1999)
New feature! In which we take a deeper look at favored episodes from classic television series...
Song-A-Day: Holland, 1945
"Holland, 1945" by Neutral Milk Hotel, from their second and last album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - one of the all-timers, in my humble opinion.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Classic Tuesdays: The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
In which Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier teach us the value of working together…
Song-A-Day:You Only Live Twice
"You Only Live Twice" by John Barry, Leslie Bricusse and Nancy Sinatra. I'm still buzzing from Sunday's Mad Men finale, capping off the best season yet of the best TV show currently going - thanks in no small part to it's expert use of songs from the time period. They already used The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows" to great effect, might as well throw another genius montage set perfectly to the James Bond theme from the year the season takes place, 1967.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Song-A-Day: Rock n' Roll Suicide
"Rock n' Roll Suicide" David Bowie cover by Seu Jorge, from Wes Anderson's The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. I feel like Life Aquatic gets overlooked when discussing Anderson's filmography, but it's always been my favorite of his - thanks in no small part to the soundtrack made up mostly of Bowie covers by Jorge.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Sunday Review: Prometheus (2012)
They went in search of our beginning. What they found… was a lot of stuff that went “Boo!”
Friday, June 8, 2012
Song-A-Day: I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Hank Williams, Sr (or, the good one).
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Cult Thursdays: Planet of the Vampires (1965)
An hour and twenty-eight minutes, and not a proper vampire in sight…
Song-A-Day: Bright Lights
"Bright Lights" by Black Mountain, their postapocalyptic masterpiece - it makes a great companion piece to Planet of the Vampires, actually. Make sure to listen all the way to the end!
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Song-A-Day: Moon River
"Moon River" by Andy Williams - Academy Award winning song by James Mercer and Henry Mancini for Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Classic Tuesdays: Suddenly (1954)
“The first men they shoot to the moon in a rocket will take pains, too - ’cause that’s never been done before. Neither has this.”
Song-A-Day: Young Men Dead
"Young Men Dead" by The Black Angels - these guys have another song called "Sniper at the Gates of Heaven," which sums up their whole sound quite nicely.
