Celtic Cross

Know what gang? For the last week or two, movies are eeking more and more towards the back-burner in my brain. or perhaps more accurately the side burner. Hey, that leads me to a question, why isn’t the term “side burner” more prevalently used?

Anyway…

My thoughts have been on music for more than they’ve been on film, probably helped in no small part by the fact that SXSW is going on right now. As if that wasn’t distraction enough, I was loaned a series of wonderfully thought-out mixes made by Sean Wraight at Everything is Pop. Add to all of that an influx of new albums on my trusty iPod, and you have a Hatter who is far more distracted by what he’s listening to than what he’s seeing.

Fun fact: When I was first considering what I wanted to blog about back in midsummer of 2007, I had to toss a coin between music and movies. I was equally passionate about both back then. In many ways I still am, but I feel more in tune with film than I do with music. In a way, this is a good thing, since music holds a greater capacity to surprise and delight me.

Although, now that I think about it, I’d probably be more in tune with music if I wrote about it
daily.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that the last two weeks have been an avalanche of delights, and I’ve been reaching for my headphones far more often than I have my remote control.

To that end: Heard anything good lately?

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For your listening and viewing fulfilment, I give you…

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I’ve seen a lot of podcasts get their feet wet and then fold up their tents in five episodes or less. Thus, it always gives me a good feeling when a show gets into double-digit episodes. Best Movie Ever got there this week with their tenth offering dedicated to a look back at the career of Jim Carrey.

The film I’m most looking forward to in the coming weeks is Danny Boyle’s latest offering TRANCE. That lucky duck Sam McCosh has already seen it and posted her review.

Fogs might live to regret this, but the man is subjecting himself to the entire Twilight Saga in one sitting. Godspeed Fogarty!

Confession: I’m brutal for bringing food into movies (I’ve smuggled in 12″ meatball subs before). Perhaps I should pay closer attention to Jessica as she goes over the in’s and out’s of movie-going food etiquette.

I’ve had a copy of A ROYAL AFFAIR in front of my TV for months. I’m hoping by linking to Laura’s review, I will remember to pop it in my blu-ray player. I’m also hoping that by linking to Laura’s review, I can persuade her to come hang with us locals at the bar in two weeks.

One of these days, I hope to make it to Tribecca (and Sundance…and SXSW…and Venice…).  Shala has been there once or twice and been nice enough to post tips and tricks to make one’s Tribecca experience a good one.

There have been a few times through the years that I’ve thought that I didn’t like a director, later to do a complete about-face (The Coens and Kubrick come to mind). Courtney Small just had a similar revelation when he realized that yes Virginia, he does like The Duplass Brothers.

Finally, there’s my favorite Jamaican who was once a big fan of anime but these days…not so much.

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The Tweet of The Week comes from Limette, and I’m proud to say that I inspired this. (True story!)…

[blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/Limette9/status/312201709516623872″]

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Enjoy!

11 Replies to “Everybody’s Talkin’ 3 – 15 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

  1. Look at that, I get my own tag and everything! Finally hitting the big time, Aiden…

    Thanks for the plug, homey! Very much appreciated.

    1. The strange thing is that the tag only calls up two posts – I could swear I’ve linked to you WAY more over the years. Perhaps some housekeeping is in order…

      You’re most welcome. Remember that I’m always around if you want to bring in a guest.

      1. CRAZY LIKE A FOX MCNEIL!!

        After this Sunday, it may just be plain old Crazy, but right now its CRAZY LIKE A FOX! 😀

        Thanks for the linkage. 😀

  2. Thanks for the link love, Ryan! Currently transcribing a conversation my wife and I had regarding 2001: A Space Odyssey. Hope to have it up early next week.

    p.s. Are you going to the Hot Docs press conference? If so, I will see you there.

    1. I’m not – there’s that pesky day job I need to be present for. Let me know if something looks especially good though because I imagine the screeners will start coming hard and fast.

      Pity you don’t have a podcast as I imagine a 2001 discussion between you and Dionne would be a great listen.

  3. Interesting tidbit about music and movies. Back in college, I would have called myself more of a music fan than a movie fan. I worked at the student radio station and went to a gazillion shows. I realized at some point that it was really hard for me to write about music. I couldn’t explain my thoughts on a record as clearly as a movie. Saying “it was cool” didn’t get very far. I’m really behind on albums for this year, though. I’ve only picked up a few so far.

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