New video for HEALTH – “We Are Water” directed by Eric Wareheim. Cool song. Incredible video. Beautifully done. Breathtaking even.
Athlete. Artist. Agnostic. Humanist. Skeptic. Unfinished.
Athlete. Artist. Agnostic. Humanist. Skeptic. Unfinished.
New video for HEALTH – “We Are Water” directed by Eric Wareheim. Cool song. Incredible video. Beautifully done. Breathtaking even.
Ryan Newman won last night’s NASCAR race at Phoenix International Raceway. I don’t post on Newman that much because, well, he hasn’t won a race since the Daytona 500 back in 2008. When he took the lead on that last restart with 2 laps to go I knew he wasn’t going to give it up easily. Great job Ryan!
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I just received my brand new Sony PlayStation 3 Slim 250GB. Yes!
I already have NASCAR 09 and Inglorious Basterds on Blu-Ray. By the end of the week I should have Rock Band 2 and Serenity on Blu-Ray as well as the Logitech Harmony PS3 adapter.
Tonight is the last night of Akira Kurosawa day on TCM! Part 4 of the 100th anniversary of his birth. 3 great Kurosawa films TONIGHT:
8:00 PM Dersu Uzala (1975)
A Russian explorer brings the Asiatic hunter who saved his life back to civilization.
Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, M Bichkov, V Khrulev Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-141 mins, TV-PG
10:30 PM Kagemusha (1980)
Japanese clansmen force a poor thief to impersonate their dead warlord.
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenichi Hagiwara, Kota Yui Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-181 mins, TV-PG
1:45 AM Ran (1985)
An aging lord’s decision to retire brings out the worst in his sons.
Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu Dir: Akira Kurosawa C-163 mins
Today is Akira Kurosawa day on TCM! Part 3 of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kurosawa films all day and night; TONIGHT:
8:00 PM Rashomon (1950)
In medieval Japan, four people offer conflicting accounts of a rape and murder. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-88 mins, TV-PG
9:30 PM Seven Samurai (1954)
Japanese villagers hire a team of traveling samurai to defend them against a bandit attack. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Kuninori Kodo. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-207 mins, TV-14
1:00 AM Yojimbo (1961)
A samurai-for-hire sets the warring factions of a Japanese town against each other. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Eijiro Tono, Seizaburo Kawazu. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-111 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
3:00 AM Sanjuro (1962)
A wandering samurai recruits younger fighters to help him battle corruption. Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Tatsuya Hakadai, Yuzo Kayama. Dir: Akira Kurosawa. BW-96 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
I just posted this to my Facebook and just had to put it here on the blog as well:
This started last Tuesday on TCM! 100th Anniversary of Akira Kurosawa’s Birthday. Showing about 5 films a night. Last week they showed Throne of Blood and The Hidden Fortress. Tonight (1:15) they’re showing Red Beard. Next week is 4 INCREDIBLE films, Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo and Sanjuro. The last Tuesday of the month they’re showing Kagemusha and Ran. Be sure to DVR all the films I listed if you haven’t seen them yet. They are not only classic Japanese films but they’re some of the most important films in the history of cinema. I’ve included the link for the complete schedule (only on Tuesday nights). WOW!!!!!
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290029
I just mentioned my favorite of the films that they’re showing, there’s actually a few lesser known ones that I hadn’t seen but I’ve seen the majority of them. I’ve included links to the Wikipedia entries of each film. Rashomon and Seven Samurai are arguably his 2 greatest films so they can’t be missed. I’m really curious how good they look in HD. As far as I know, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kagemusha and Ran are the only ones available on Blu-Ray. This is the next best thing. Do not miss this!
Not too long ago I blogged about a postcard that I received. Yesterday I received the following postcard from the super talented Rachel and Rhodes!
Now, as you know I am a huge fan of Rachel’s work. A couple months ago she made me these awesome cuff links! This new postcard is great but the difference compared to the other one is that she had them professionally printed rather than an individually printed lino cut. This new postcard is great but there’s just something special about receiving that lino cut. With that said, It’s still an incredible and unique postcard that hope to get a bunch for myself to send out. You too can get them and other items at their shop; rrcraft.etsy.com
My good brother Doura got me a sweet new #52 Ray Lewis jersey, pretty badass, right?
Just got in from my regular visit to Canal’s. Purchased a nice assortment of “spring” beers, or at least beers that I associate with spring:
Chimay Blue – 2 350ml bottles
Troegs Nugget Nectar ale – 6 pack
Duvel ale – 4 pack
Stone IPA – 22oz bottle
Stone Arrogant Bastard ale – 22oz bottle
I know, didn’t pick up much this time around, hopefully it will last me a month.