The anbaric journal of Dan Slevin, gentleman, of Newtown
OK, I know I haven’t fixed the colours but I’ve been away for a few days – the longest sustained absence of Internet in 10 years I realised yesterday (A family wedding in Christchurch if you must know).
But this really is freaky: The Million Dollar Quartet’s 1956 version of Don’t Be Cruel followed by Elvis’ original. With 1745 tracks on that playlist to choose from, iTunes becomes a radio-programming-God.
Apologies for the lack of entries this week. The real world has intervened – but in a good way for a change. This sunny afternoon, preparing to take in my first two Fringe shows of the season, iTunes threw Gary Numan’s live version of Bombers at me, followed by New Order - Shellshock.
What a great way to start the weekend!
I’ll try and squeeze the Hurricanes and Cats in between shows and if I can pull that off I’ll be a very happy man.
Much has been made in recent times of iTunes-random’s ability to pick exactly the right song, at the right time, despite Apple’s insistence that random is completely RNDom.
I’ll come back to this at some point with some more examples of the voodoo at work here, but suffice to say, for the time being, that iTunes following A Fistful of Dollars with Minas de cobre by Calexico is as good a segue as I have ever experienced and (shush), it does this sort of thing all the flamin’ time.
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0.3
"... I have rarely felt so detached from a big screen movie ..."
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2008-06-29 15:15
"Effortlessly switching perspectives and time-frames, Lumet proves that he hasn’t lost that ability to reveal human frailty by piling on the pressure. Totally recommended."
0.3
"... contains plenty of diverting comic moments while never losing sight of the human stories unfolding close at hand, reminding us that Social Workers may well be the heroes of the 21st century."
0.3The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian...
2008-06-22 12:45
"... chugs along at an excellent pace and the whole thing is sprinkled with plenty of wit."
0.32008-06-19 15:30
"The usual cross-cultural misunderstandings occur but the characters all grow on you, much like India grows on our hero."
0.3You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)
2008-06-16 11:00
"There are plenty of jokes per minute and the relentless teasing of Israelis for their love of fizzy drinks, hummus, disco and hacky-sack is pretty entertaining."
0.3
"Clumsily condensed and fussily directed, Brick Lane never quite overcomes it’s own clichés."
0.3
"... I think the reason why Happy-Go-Lucky fails is the lack of empathy for the characters (possibly caused by Leigh not having actors like Brenda Blethyn and Timothy Spall to make the emotional connections for him)."
0.3
"... it appears to be about four women in Manhattan, not too bright, not too nice and not too deep, who are looking for love, success and shoes."
0.3
"... an adorable confection, easy to praise and a pleasure to recommend."
0.3
"... the images are ravishing, the performances are uniformly excellent and you could do a lot worse on a wet weekend."
0.3
“Gosling’s performance is a thing of wonder but it wouldn’t be half as successful without great work from Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson to play off. Kudos to them all. Not to be missed.”
0.3
"I think the key to Dylan is that he is less complicated (and at the same time more complex) than the world would have you believe and he fully deserves a work of art as fine as this one in his name.
0.3
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