11 Mar 2007
 | Can't believe MySpace has sold out to overlay banners that you can't switch off. Even if it is for Lost. I'm shattered. I've done a housework and gardening marathon this weekend and just had a KFC, so the diet's out the window. Rachael's on the other sofa watching The O.C. Saw Marie Antoinette last night, with Kirsten Dunst in it. Another film that's ended abruptly when it could just have easily carried on and finished the story. Directed by Sofia Coppola, who did Lost In Translation. This film is way poorer, featuring American actors playing austrian-born French royalty without disguising their accents. Another incongruent niggle was a modern soundtrack, nice as it was, but completely out of place and not too dissimilar to LiT. That said, I didn't like LiT the first time I saw it at the cinema, and now it's one of my top ten films. Oh well, another 500 Nectar points well spent in Blockbuster. Tonight we're going to watch Children of Men. Picked up two new albums recently, 'Pocket Symphony' by Air and 'Yours Truly Angry Mob' by the Kaiser Chiefs. I've only listened to the Air album a couple of times, but I have to say I'm really disappointed with it. I loved Moon Safari and still listen to Talkie Walkie, but this seems to be one of their more soundtracky efforts, to its detriment. Track 8, Mer du Japon is the best of the bunch, but it's upbeat groove is sadly out of place in an overwise lo-fi mumbling affair. The Kaisers seem to be a band that people love to hate, possibly because they're successful and not indie enough for most. I actually quite enjoyed most of the tracks of the album, it's far better than most recent difficult second albums I've heard. I love the Angry Mob track, which should go down well in the festival season... More dentist this week. Two appointments in one week. Kids! Don't eat sweets |
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