OT: Art, Music, Literature, Media, and More! Part 1

Post #1081 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Sat Apr 8, 2017 1:13 am

The New Pornographers' new album is out, and it kicks major ass (as usual). Highly-intelligent earworms is their calling card. (And Neko Case's voice, of course.)

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Ed Pinkney · Post #1082 » by **Ed Pinkney** » Tue Apr 11, 2017 5:56 am

Possibly the long (long, long, long) awaited new album?

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ZeroTolerance · Post #1083 » by **ZeroTolerance** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:28 am

Another rock legend has passed.....Boston's own J Giles has passed away at the age of 71......

The J Giles band will always be remembered as the house band for the infamous Boston Tea Party where he and his cohorts got their start as the opening act for you name em.......from the Allman Brothers to Led Zeppelin....

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/j-geils-of-1980s-j-geils-band-found-dead-in-his-groton-mass-home/ar-BBzJMZH?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=AVRES007

truth18 · Post #1084 » by **truth18** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 2:31 am

ZeroTolerance wrote:Another rock legend has passed.....Boston's own J Giles has passed away at age of 71......

The J Giles band will always be remembered as the house band for the infamous Boston Tea Party where he and his cohorts got their start as the opening act for you name em.......from the Allman Brothers to Led Zeppelin....

http://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/j-geils-of-l1980s-j-geils-band-found-dead-in-his-groton-mass-home/ar-BBzJMZH?li=BBnb7Kz&OCID=AVRES007

Spoiler:

And ****. Super sad news.

I used to see Peter Wolf regularly in Harvard Square. Dude was always rocking all leather clothes.

Everyone blast Centerfold for Geils.

Writebloc · Post #1085 » by **Writebloc** » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:26 am

Anyone watch Legion? Whoa talk about mind ****.

Post #1086 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:39 pm

One of my favourite voices in music, Allison Moorer, belting it out live with her sister Shelby Lynne. Her voice is always in perfect pitch, no need for digital post-processing.

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Andrew McCeltic · Post #1087 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 12:14 am

Writebloc wrote:Anyone watch Legion? Whoa talk about mind ****.

Thought it was great, and visuals told a sort of subliminal story that held it all together. Interesting look at mental illness/suffering, and another 'mature' superhero series that underplays the fantastic stuff, or here blends it into the style.

Writebloc · Post #1088 » by **Writebloc** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 12:22 am

Andrew McCeltic wrote:
Writebloc wrote:Anyone watch Legion? Whoa talk about mind ****.

Thought it was great, and visuals told a sort of subliminal story that held it all together. Interesting look at mental illness/suffering, and another 'mature' superhero series that underplays the fantastic stuff, or here blends it into the style.

Aubrey Plaza was incredible. For the first three episodes I legit didn't know what was real and what was fake. The angriest little boy was super scary! An excellent interpretation of scource material.

AlCelticFan · Post #1089 » by **AlCelticFan** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 9:47 am

SuperDeluxe wrote:One of my favourite voices in music, Allison Moorer, belting it out live with her sister Shelby Lynne. Her voice is always in perfect pitch, no need for digital post-processing.

Watch on YouTube

Generally, I have a hard time getting into country music, but this almost veers into a rock n roll feel, and I love hearing women rock out as vocalists in rock and roll bands.

This my show off my country music ignorance, but this song gives me a bit of an old Johnny B. Goode vibe.

Pacino62 · Post #1090 » by **Pacino62** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:26 pm

Writebloc wrote:
Andrew McCeltic wrote:
Writebloc wrote:Anyone watch Legion? Whoa talk about mind ****.

Thought it was great, and visuals told a sort of subliminal story that held it all together. Interesting look at mental illness/suffering, and another 'mature' superhero series that underplays the fantastic stuff, or here blends it into the style.

Aubrey Plaza was incredible. For the first three episodes I legit didn't know what was real and what was fake. The angriest little boy was super scary! An excellent interpretation of scource material.

Haven't seen Legion and now I'm interested.

Side note-Aubrey Plaza. God I love her.

Writebloc · Post #1091 » by **Writebloc** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:38 pm

Pacino62 wrote:
Writebloc wrote:
Andrew McCeltic wrote:
Thought it was great, and visuals told a sort of subliminal story that held it all together. Interesting look at mental illness/suffering, and another 'mature' superhero series that underplays the fantastic stuff, or here blends it into the style.

Aubrey Plaza was incredible. For the first three episodes I legit didn't know what was real and what was fake. The angriest little boy was super scary! An excellent interpretation of scource material.

Haven't seen Legion and now I'm interested.

Side note-Aubrey Plaza. God I love her.

Caution, if you love Aubrey Plaza, who as an actor is incredible in this series, you will definitely see her in a whole new light.

Andrew McCeltic · Post #1092 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 3:56 pm

can't think of a better "villain" performance off the top of my head. Up there with Ledger and Nicholson's Jokers, really complex and inspired

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #1093 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:15 pm

Just watched Fate of the Furious...........I thought it was mediocre, and this is coming from a guy who absolutely loves this franchise.

London2Boston · Post #1094 » by **London2Boston** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:34 pm

I don't really take the Fast series seriously too much. I think most of them I have watched on Planes and they done the job of being fun enough to make time go by. I don't think I can tell you much of what happened though aside from the awesome Brazil scenes.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #1095 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 4:39 pm

London2Boston wrote:I don't really take the Fast series seriously too much. I think most of them I have watched on Planes and they done the job of being fun enough to make time go by. I don't think I can tell you much of what happened though aside from the awesome Brazil scenes.

Yeah. That's the key to the Fast and Furious series - can't take them seriously. I dig them for the cars, action, and unintentionally funny dialogue. Vin Diesel is hilarious when he tries to be serious.

Post #1096 » by **SuperDeluxe** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:34 pm

AlCelticFan wrote:
SuperDeluxe wrote:One of my favourite voices in music, Allison Moorer, belting it out live with her sister Shelby Lynne. Her voice is always in perfect pitch, no need for digital post-processing.

Spoiler:

Watch on YouTube

Generally, I have a hard time getting into country music, but this almost veers into a rock n roll feel, and I love hearing women rock out as vocalists in rock and roll bands.

This my show off my country music ignorance, but this song gives me a bit of an old Johnny B. Goode vibe.

Yeah, I can't make myself listen to traditional country music nor pseudo-country pop manufactured in Nashville. I do like the alternative country stuff (Jayhawks, early Wilco, Flying Burrito Bros., early Ryan Adams solo work, or indie artists like Gina Villalobos).

Speaking of which...

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bucknersrevenge · Post #1097 » by **bucknersrevenge** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 5:58 pm

Legion is just a weird, weird show. And I don't mean to make that sound like it's bad because it definitely isn't. That it's a Marvel show though just makes it incredibly unique. Kind of a ground-level mutant show in the way that Jessica Jones or Daredevil is ground-level. I was not familiar with the source material whatsoever so I find it kinda wild and refreshing to take on the story of a mutant with DID and show us something completely different from anything that we've seen in the comic book genre. I think Jessica Jones comes a little close but still very unique. I kinda had to wrap my mind around the fact that I had to approach this show differently than I did other Marvel properties or else I would miss its particular genius and that took a while.

Pacino62 · Post #1098 » by **Pacino62** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:16 pm

CeltsfanSinceBirth wrote:Just watched Fate of the Furious...........I thought it was mediocre, and this is coming from a guy who absolutely loves this franchise.

I just did as well. What a let down after the last one. I didn't even think it was mediocre. I thought it sucked. Although, Statham KILLED. The Rock is always solid as well. I'm a big fan of the series and wish Wan directed this one.

Pacino62 · Post #1099 » by **Pacino62** » Sat Apr 15, 2017 8:19 pm

Andrew McCeltic wrote:can't think of a better "villain" performance off the top of my head. Up there with Ledger and Nicholson's Jokers, really complex and inspired

Don't even know the villain that you're talking about, but (and this is NOT a knock on you) I feel like saying Ledger and Nicholson's Joker's were the best villains has become such a lazy statement.

I mean, by villain are we just saying comic book movies or all movie villains in general? Great topic for discussion, if nothing else.

Andrew McCeltic · Post #1100 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Sun Apr 16, 2017 2:11 am

Pacino62 wrote:
Andrew McCeltic wrote:can't think of a better "villain" performance off the top of my head. Up there with Ledger and Nicholson's Jokers, really complex and inspired

Don't even know the villain that you're talking about, but (and this is NOT a knock on you) I feel like saying Ledger and Nicholson's Joker's were the best villains has become such a lazy statement.

I mean, by villain are we just saying comic book movies or all movie villains in general? Great topic for discussion, if nothing else.

Yeah, true, I was just reaching for common reference points. Plaza's character, without spoiling anything, is a little bit comic book villain and has a little of that 'demonic' quality at times - but it's a quicksilver, complicated performance, and because of the genre, she's able to do things as an actress that you can't really do if you're, like, a Bond villain. I'm really at a loss to describe it- and it's also a performance that melds with the visuals of the show in interesting ways - so it's not, like, the kind of acting available in other films.

Actually a good film nerd reference might be this one:

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