Jeremiah and I saw Donnie Darko tonight. Dude, it was amazing. Review soon. I'm making progress in Less than Zero. There are many similarities to American Psycho, but I disregard them because you can't complain about anything that takes place in the 1980s. You just can't.
Tonight as I started reading Bret Easton Ellis' 1985 novel Less Than Zero, Devanshi, my roomate, under my coercion, read American Psycho in the same room. There were definitely strong Bret Easton Ellis vibes within the room. Less Than Zero is starting off swell. I'm going to rent it when I'm finished reading the story. 80s teen / yuppie satire melodramas rule.
R.E.M.'s newest album, Reveal, is way stellar. It seems to capture better the experimentation that 1998's Up attempted, but still feels detached, unlike their good, good earlier albums Out of Time and Automatic for the People. It's definitely worth a spin.
I learned that the new Hughes Brothers' Jack the Ripper period slasher flick, From Hell, is full of subliminal messages of nudity and random body parts. Hell, even subconsciously, the film's still not interesting to me.
I am severely distraught to report Justine Frischman has officially announced Elastica is no longer. The band only put out two records, but I've been listening to them for six years and have been trying to see them live for years. Oh well - all rockin' things must come to an end. This is a great Elastica site.
"I'm a sonic generator, it's as far as I can take it. Aren't you glad that I can make it, oh oh in the money. Baby put your arms around me, aren't you glad that you have found me? You want it? I've got it...Oh oh on and on it.
I'm a self taught regulator!
Eeny meeny miney moaner, catch a poet by the toga. You want it? I've got it...Oh oh on and on it. I'm a spastic generator, it's as far as I can take it. I was lying!" - Elastica, "Generator"
Want to see something cheesy? This is a concert review I submitted to a Cardigans site about three years ago, and recently discovered it's still on the web. Shudder.
Duran Duran, Pop Trash
Gary Numan, The Pleasure Principle
Cyndi Lauper, She's So Unusual
Alphaville, Forever Young
The Vaselines, The Way of the Vaselines
Juliana Hatfield, Only Everything
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?
The Rolling Stones, Hot Rocks
Frente, Marvin the Album
Destiny's Child, The Writing's on the Wall
The Cars, The Cars
The B-52s, Cosmic Thing
Duran Duran, Arena
The Doors, The Soft Parade Saturday Night Fever soundtrack
L7, Hungry for Stink
The Dandy Warhols, The Dandy Warhols
The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds
Ace of Base, The Sign
The Waitresses, The Best of the Waitresses
Belle & Sebastian, Lazy Line Painter Jane
The Fad, The Fad The New Wave: Pop Music of the Early '80s
Goodbye Girl Friday, Mr. & Mrs.
Naked Highway, Hyperbollocks
Duran Duran, Pop Trash Classic Alternatives: '80s 12" Extended Rare Mixes
Phil Collins, Hits
Genesis, Turn It On Again: The Hits
Ladytron, Light & Magic
Ladytron, 604
The Go-Betweens, Before Hollywood
Beck, Midnight Vultures
Duran Duran, Seven & the Ragged Tiger
Abba, Arrival
The Cardigans, Long Gone Before Daylight
The Psychedelic Furs, All of This & Nothing
Air, Moon Safari
The Knack, Round Trip
Blondie, Parallel Lines
The Psychedelic Furs, Forever Now
The Donnas, Spend the Night
Nancy Sinatra, California Girl
Tatu, 200 KMH in the Wrong Lane
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Organisation
John-Manuel Andriote, Hot Stuff: A Brief History of Disco
Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction
Tom Wolfe, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Jean Kilbourne, Deadly Persuasion
Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation
