Thursday, August 6, 2009
R.I.P. John Hughes
You know who he is whether or not you realize it. Short list of some personal faves below.
National Lampoon's Vacation (European & Christmas)
Sixteen Candles
Breakfast Club
Weird Science
Pretty In Pink
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Great Outdoors
Uncle Buck
Home Alone (1 & 2)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
p.s. Without Ferris Bueller, this bit of comedy gold would have escaped me.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Some Lovely Lo-Fi
"Lo-fi" has been sort of the indie-scene buzzword of the past few blogoseconds, and I sort of hate it. Lots of times it seems to denote nothing more than a lack of musical complexity, poor production value, and painfully shallow lyrics (see Wavves) rather than an overarching "sound aesthetic." But there are a couple bands/songs out there that due justice to the genre (if lo-fi is even a genre), such as the Smith Westerns.
And these two songs by these two bands.
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