Hey guys,
I saw a bit about Simon Pegg tonight and that led me to want to watch Shaun of the Dead again... I did. What a great film... Not just a zombie flick... It has really something much more. I mean the humor, the writing, the pop culture references... Really, just go check it out...
Anyway...
A U.K. television series that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright (two of the fellows who had a hand in Shaun of the Dead) did called Spaced has recently been released in the U.S. Not having the dough to run out and buy it on DVD, I searched the web to see if I might take a peek at it... I found several episodes on YouTube and I watched the first one... Not quite as funny as Shaun of the Dead (yet), but still pretty good and the same brand of humor... Either Simon Pegg or Edgar Wright, in an interview I was reading a while back, say that Shaun of the Dead could basically be seen as a spin-off from Spaced...
SO...
I'm gonna put the videos up of the first episode below...
Hope you guys enjoy it... I did...
Spaced, Episode 1 (Part 1)
Spaced, Episode 1 (Part 2)
Spaced, Episode 1 (Part 3)
I'm off to watch another one!!!
Peace...
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
SHAKE YOUR KULA!!!
Hey guys,
I was sitting around reading comics last night and I started thinking about Grant Morrison. Thinking about Grant Morrison led me to think about The Invisibles and thinking about the Invisibles led me to remember a charcacter in that marvelous series (was it Jack or King Mob?) talking about listening to a band called Kula Shaker...
Now even when I was reading that series, when I saw the name Kula Shaker, one of the band's singles, entitled "Tattva", rolled through my head for days...
SO...
I was looking at Kula Shaker stuff on the internet last night and I've decided to put up as close as I can get to a full videography for the band... You'll notice a big gap in the dates on the vids as the band broke up a while back, but are now back at it and even (I think) working on a new album...
This is definitely a band I'd really like to get into now. The music's cool, some of it even reminds me of earlier Radiohead (but much happier!) and it was REFERENCED IN THE INVISIBLES!!! What more could a geek like me need?!
Some notes on the tunes...
*-"Tattva" was the song that I remembered from this band and is still rolling in my head. This song (like many of the band's songs) was perfect for reference in The Invisibles. It has a kind of Brit-pop sound sprinkled with all kinds of sounds that sound like they're from some sort of mystic's prayer... The Invisibles has that Euro-British type feel to it, but is laden with all sorts of references to the occult... It's like someone should set The Invisibles to music with Kula Shaker providing the soundtrack... (The drummer's even wearing a t-shirt with Che Guevara on it in the video!!!)
*-"Govinda" may even be a better song for an imaginary soundtrack to the Invisibles...
*-Most of you will recognize the song "Hush". It's a cover of an old country song written by Joe South, but I'm sure you've heard the Deep Purple version if you've ever turned on classic rock radio for any length of time... Kula Shaker's is more like the Deep Purple rendition... And hey, did you know that the little vocal part with no lyrics (the "na na-na-na na-na-na na-na-na" part) was inspired by the Beatles tune "A Day in the Life"... Take a listen...
ANYWAY, here are the videos in chronological order...
As always, the titles of the songs are posted above the videos...
Enjoy...
Grateful When You're Dead (Feb. 1996)
Tattva (Mar. 1996)
Hey Dude (Aug. 1996)
Govinda (Nov. 1996)
Hush (Jan. 1997)
Sound of Drums (Apr. 1998)
Mystical Machine Gun (Jan. 1999)
Shower Your Love (May 1999)
Second Sight (Aug. 2007)
So there they are, guys... The video that I posted for "Govinda" is obviously NOT the official one. All the official ones are "embedding disabled by request"... If you wanna see that official video, go to YouTube and search it. There are plenty there...
Hope you enjoyed...
Acintya bheda bheda tattva...
...and peace...
I was sitting around reading comics last night and I started thinking about Grant Morrison. Thinking about Grant Morrison led me to think about The Invisibles and thinking about the Invisibles led me to remember a charcacter in that marvelous series (was it Jack or King Mob?) talking about listening to a band called Kula Shaker...
Now even when I was reading that series, when I saw the name Kula Shaker, one of the band's singles, entitled "Tattva", rolled through my head for days...
SO...
I was looking at Kula Shaker stuff on the internet last night and I've decided to put up as close as I can get to a full videography for the band... You'll notice a big gap in the dates on the vids as the band broke up a while back, but are now back at it and even (I think) working on a new album...
This is definitely a band I'd really like to get into now. The music's cool, some of it even reminds me of earlier Radiohead (but much happier!) and it was REFERENCED IN THE INVISIBLES!!! What more could a geek like me need?!
Some notes on the tunes...
*-"Tattva" was the song that I remembered from this band and is still rolling in my head. This song (like many of the band's songs) was perfect for reference in The Invisibles. It has a kind of Brit-pop sound sprinkled with all kinds of sounds that sound like they're from some sort of mystic's prayer... The Invisibles has that Euro-British type feel to it, but is laden with all sorts of references to the occult... It's like someone should set The Invisibles to music with Kula Shaker providing the soundtrack... (The drummer's even wearing a t-shirt with Che Guevara on it in the video!!!)
*-"Govinda" may even be a better song for an imaginary soundtrack to the Invisibles...
*-Most of you will recognize the song "Hush". It's a cover of an old country song written by Joe South, but I'm sure you've heard the Deep Purple version if you've ever turned on classic rock radio for any length of time... Kula Shaker's is more like the Deep Purple rendition... And hey, did you know that the little vocal part with no lyrics (the "na na-na-na na-na-na na-na-na" part) was inspired by the Beatles tune "A Day in the Life"... Take a listen...
ANYWAY, here are the videos in chronological order...
As always, the titles of the songs are posted above the videos...
Enjoy...
Grateful When You're Dead (Feb. 1996)
Tattva (Mar. 1996)
Hey Dude (Aug. 1996)
Govinda (Nov. 1996)
Hush (Jan. 1997)
Sound of Drums (Apr. 1998)
Mystical Machine Gun (Jan. 1999)
Shower Your Love (May 1999)
Second Sight (Aug. 2007)
So there they are, guys... The video that I posted for "Govinda" is obviously NOT the official one. All the official ones are "embedding disabled by request"... If you wanna see that official video, go to YouTube and search it. There are plenty there...
Hope you enjoyed...
Acintya bheda bheda tattva...
...and peace...
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Manga, MANGA!!!
Hey guys,
I've not blogged in a while...
Just wanted to drop in to say that I've been reading some Manga... Those are backwards-ly written (to the American) Japanese comics, if you didn't know...
You might say, "Lloyd... Why have you gotten into another form of media (geekdom)?"
I say, "Well guys, it's just another place to get more stories, which is what I'm all about..."
The name of the book that I've been reading is Deathnote. It's about a teenage boy who finds a notebook that belongs to a Shinigami (a Japanese death-god). If he writes someone's name in the notebook, they will die...
He's decided to rid the world of crime using this Death Note and there are certain people who think these actions abominable and are trying to stop him...
The story goes from there and it's really quite smart and intriguing...
Just lettin' ya know one of the things I've been spending my time on...
More may follow soon...
As always: Peace...
I've not blogged in a while...
Just wanted to drop in to say that I've been reading some Manga... Those are backwards-ly written (to the American) Japanese comics, if you didn't know...
You might say, "Lloyd... Why have you gotten into another form of media (geekdom)?"
I say, "Well guys, it's just another place to get more stories, which is what I'm all about..."
The name of the book that I've been reading is Deathnote. It's about a teenage boy who finds a notebook that belongs to a Shinigami (a Japanese death-god). If he writes someone's name in the notebook, they will die...
He's decided to rid the world of crime using this Death Note and there are certain people who think these actions abominable and are trying to stop him...
The story goes from there and it's really quite smart and intriguing...
Just lettin' ya know one of the things I've been spending my time on...
More may follow soon...
As always: Peace...
Friday, August 1, 2008
Act I
Hey guys,
Did you listen to the tracks below leading up to the actual stuff by The Dear Hunter? Do you want to? Go ahead, I'll wait...
Anyway... Even if you didn't, I don't know if it matters... I'm about to post some videos from YouTube featuring stuff from the first release by the band, titled The Lake South, The River North... Most of the stuff that I found really doesn't do the album justice, so you may want to go somewhere and hear the actual tracks if you're interested. BUT... The Dear Hunter didn't shoot any videos from this EP, so this is what I've got. Most of the stuff is poor sound quality, but some of it is a nice live take on what they do...
Enjoy below...
As usual, I'll put the titles to the songs ABOVE the videos...
Battesimo del Fuoco
City Escape
The Inquiry of Ms. Terri
The Pimp and the Priest
His Hands Matched His Tongue
Battesimo del Fuoco and His Hands Matched His Tongue are probably my favorites of these clips. Battesimo del Fuoco sounds pretty much like it does on the CD and I've always been a sucker for that a cappella stuff... The video of His Hands Matched His Tongue is a nice acoustic rendition of the tune and it's one of my favorites from the actual album...
Hope you guys enjoyed all these. If you're interested in these guys, they're playing at Diesel in Pittsburgh on August 19th... Those of you who are my close, personal friends and family, let me know if you wanna come to the show... I'm probably gonna try and make it...
I need to listen to the second Dear Hunter release a little more and then I'll probably post a little something about it, too...
Keep readin' the Llog and feel free to let me know what you think about all these things and whatever's on your mind...
Peace...
Did you listen to the tracks below leading up to the actual stuff by The Dear Hunter? Do you want to? Go ahead, I'll wait...
Anyway... Even if you didn't, I don't know if it matters... I'm about to post some videos from YouTube featuring stuff from the first release by the band, titled The Lake South, The River North... Most of the stuff that I found really doesn't do the album justice, so you may want to go somewhere and hear the actual tracks if you're interested. BUT... The Dear Hunter didn't shoot any videos from this EP, so this is what I've got. Most of the stuff is poor sound quality, but some of it is a nice live take on what they do...
Enjoy below...
As usual, I'll put the titles to the songs ABOVE the videos...
Battesimo del Fuoco
City Escape
The Inquiry of Ms. Terri
The Pimp and the Priest
His Hands Matched His Tongue
Battesimo del Fuoco and His Hands Matched His Tongue are probably my favorites of these clips. Battesimo del Fuoco sounds pretty much like it does on the CD and I've always been a sucker for that a cappella stuff... The video of His Hands Matched His Tongue is a nice acoustic rendition of the tune and it's one of my favorites from the actual album...
Hope you guys enjoyed all these. If you're interested in these guys, they're playing at Diesel in Pittsburgh on August 19th... Those of you who are my close, personal friends and family, let me know if you wanna come to the show... I'm probably gonna try and make it...
I need to listen to the second Dear Hunter release a little more and then I'll probably post a little something about it, too...
Keep readin' the Llog and feel free to let me know what you think about all these things and whatever's on your mind...
Peace...
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