Music & Movies Of 2006

According to last.fm these are the bands that I listened to most during 2006 (of course this doesn’t include what was played on the ipod and ye ole stereo with ye ole cd’s):

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And these are the tracks I listened to most:

The top 5 highest rated movies I saw during 2006 with my rating out of 5 (not necessarily released in 2006):

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A Three Doc Night

I watched three short documentaries last night.

The first film was a documentary about the rise and fall of Rollen Stewart, the rainbow man. You may not recognize the name but if you’re my age or older, you might remember his rainbow hair dancing around at every nfl, nba, mlb game in the late seventies. The Rainbow Man/John 3:16 was a strange dude who also liked to smoke a lot of dooby. His meteoric rise to semi-fame flew straight into a becoming a born again Christian after being groped by a bunch of professional cheerleaders (huh?). At this point he started to hang his John 3:16 signs (For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life) everywhere he went, which was wherever there was a television camera. I remember him more for the giant John 3:16 signs made of bed sheets than and only have foggy memories of a dancing prism with an afro. Like lots of born again’s (George Bush Jr. comes to mind), John’s grip on reality started to slip and he decided that the rapture was just around the corner. Well, desperate time call for desperate measures and he ended up taking a maid hostage in a downtown Los Angeles hotel and smoking more weed (no harm to the maid). He has since been sentenced to life in prison. It was a really interesting film with too much stock footage from Hard Copy tha ultimately ended up being sorta sad.

Rollen Frederick Stewart courtesy of Sports Illustrated

Still Image from the film "The Rainbow Man / John 3:16"

The second film I watched was The Making of ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains’ about the cult favorite Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains which I have never seen but now desperately want to. If anyone knows how to get a hold of this movie please contact me. The original movie starred young 14 year old Diane Lane, and was her first film. Other notable actors included member of The Sex Pistols, members of The Clash, the lead singer of The Tubes, and Black Randy and his band, The Metrosquad. Needless to say, there were all sorts of drugs, sex, and rock and roll happening all over the set. Good times! I’m dying to see Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains. It looks like one of the best and one of the worst movies of all times. Here is a youtube clip I found.

The third documentary I watched was Pie Fight ‘69 which was a weird, eight-minute, documentary about a pretty weird event. The film consisted of footage lost since 1969 of the notorious ‘pie-fight’ incident at the San Francisco Film Festival. Two dozen costumed radicals descend on the fancy black tie & red carpet festival with one fully laden pie truck and six cameras in order to wreak havoc. The coolest thing about this was the term “soft bomb” which seems like the 1969 version of a “flash mob” with political intent (what in the late sixties didn’t have political intent?).

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My Netflix Lists

Sorry guys, it took me a little while to figure out how to get this to work, but this is a continuously (dynamically) updated list of my netflix info. Speacial thanks to Oscar for the plug-in.

Movies I Currently Have Rented:

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Movies I’ve Rented & My Rating Of Them:

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Movies In My Queue:

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Do you have any suggestions?

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This One Is For Me

This is for me. Ok? It�s not for you. You can read it, but remember, I�m the one it was intended for. And it�s not that I don�t like you. I care about you. Lots. Maybe even more than I should at this point. But this one is for me. All of it. It has to be.

I�ve been swamped with work lately. Which isn�t so bad but it means I�ve been working from 7:30 to 7:30 the past couple of days. It�s trying but worth it knowing that I have a short vacation coming up soon. As a result, I haven�t been up to much all week.

My weekend however was pleasant. On Friday I got bored at around 11:00 and went to the hippy bar for a couple games of pool. On Saturday I did a deep clean of my apartment. This included mopping the hard wood floors, cleaning the toilet and making my vacuum cleaner explode. Later Saturday I went over to Leber�s for a cookout. We all ended up having a lot to drink and staying up till almost 5:00 am. As a result, I stayed the night over there. We all slept in real late and Leber made crepes for breakfast. Delish. We then went to go see Troy at the theatres. It wasn�t all that great. I wouldn�t waste your money on it unless you’re sure you can sit in the back row and take advantage of all those Brad Pitt fantasies you�re gonna have (Ok that one was for you. But seriously, everything else is for me). I spent the rest of Sunday taking a short walk and trying to figure out what I was going to eat for dinner. The movie nachos didn�t last as long as I had hoped.

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Rainy Day Weekends

Lot�s of good sleep, good times, and an hour mysteriously taken away at midnight on Saturday seemed to make the weekend fly by.

I headed over to my brothers on Saturday where I found out that our kickball game this Friday was canceled due to rain. I wasn�t that bummed, I just hope there is a make up game. In lieu of sports, my brother and me decided to go out and drink beer and play pool. We had a good time messing with the freaks at the Streets of London and ended up closing down the bar despite our inability to win a single game of pool the entire night.

I woke up on Saturday and cleaned up the apartment a bit. Afterwards I went and met the boys out at Wynkoop for some more pool. All my guy friends are married and their wives were attending a baby shower. So naturally they called me to join they in there afternoon out. When the baby shower ended all of their cell phones started ringing at the same time and it was time to go. I walked home afterwards cause I live close buy.

I grabbed a burger on my way home and settled down to watch Dancer In The Dark. It was surprisingly good. I was already a fan of Bjork�s music (I don�t own any of her music but I like it) but was surprised by her acting ability. I�m usually not a fan of musicals but this one gets my recommendation. Not spectacular, but enjoyable.

On Sunday I unintentionally slept in not realizing it was daylight savings day. I spent the morning watching trashy MTV shows, doing laundry, and finishing my book. Later in the afternoon my brother came over to jump my car because I had inadvertently left the lights on the day before. After that I drove around the neighborhood for a while trying to recharge the battery and looking for houses for sale. Afterwards I met some friends a newly visited bar for dinner and a couple pitchers.

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Pitching Passion

Eight things I didn’t know before watching The Passion Of The Christ last night:

1. Jesus had a brother. I can’t beleive I didn’t know this.
2. The devil is a woman. I guess I kinda already knew this.
3. Somebody helped Jesus carry the cross.
4. Jesus stopped more than three times while carrying the cross to Mt. Golgotha.
5. It was Jesus of Nazareth who first said, “those who live by the sword will die by the sword”
6. Judas hung himself after his betrayal.
7. Jesus invented the chair.
8. Kit Kats bites are delicious.
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So Good It’s Sickening

Today I feel like complete ass. Head cold, tired, plugged up and runny at the same time. You know, The Goomba.

I felt it coming on Friday. But the cold didn�t bother me too much then. I was at work till about 8:30 Friday night due to computer malfunctions in the morning. So after work, I went to the local 7-11, got a gas station burrito. Went home and ate said burrito, then quickly fell asleep. No time to deal with colds.

I woke up early on Saturday and headed up in to the mountains as soon as I could. I met Leber and his wife at Winter Park for a day of skiing. It was another perfect spring ski day and the conditions were great. Tons of sunshine and not enough sunscreen. No burn fortunately. The snow was hard in the morning and slushed up real nice by about noon. It was a hard day though because Leber�s lady wanted to ski the bumps all day. Were not sure what got into her but she was tearing it up. We stopped at the bar afterwards to wind down and drink a few beers. We then headed to their condo in Granby. After relaxing and cleaning up a little, Lebers father in law took us all out to dinner and Deno�s Mountain Bistro were I had an absolutely terrible Chicken Cordon Bleu (however, I�ve eaten here before and had some great meals so all is not yet lost for this place). Afterward we went back to Leber�s and watched Shcool Of Rock which was surprisingly enjoyable. I wasn�t sure if I was gonna be able to handle two hours of Jack Black but it all turned out ok because the movie was only an hour and forty eight minutes long.

On Sunday I woke up early and drove back into Denver. When I got home it was time for me to pick up my brother and head over to my dad�s. From my dad�s we went to �cousin� Liz�s. Liz isn�t really my cousin but everyone in my family calls her that. However, we went over there to visit my actual cousin Kim and her kiddies. They were taking a break in town while moving from washington to oklahoma. Most of the time we went to the park and played with Kim�s 6 yr old, Owie, and 2 year old, Piece. It was tons of fun. I haven�t spent a spring day playing in the park in a real long time.

After visiting with Kim for a few hours we all went to dinner at Jax Fish House witch was wonderful despite having to cancel our order of oysters.

It was a really nice weekend filled with friends, family, food, sport and play. And it made me sick.

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Holes, Queens, & Posers

Have you guys seen Holes? It was kinda cute. I wouldn’t watch it again but it was pretty good for a childrens movie from Disney. I don’t normally like much of the stuff Disney puts out, particularly the animation (excluding Pixar’s films of course). But that is what I watched on Friday. Afterwards I was feeling bored and restless and didn’t want to spend the night with Walt so I went out to the January Replacement bar and sat on a stool talking to strangers all night. I began with one woman whom I talked about Chicago with. Later I talked with Mardi and a couple film buffs. There is no shortage of supply of film buffs at this bar which always makes it interesting. Seems to be quite a few writers and other creative types which makes it that much better. Towards the end of the night some guy bought me shots for quoting lines from True Romance. This was too much and I went home shortly after.

On Saturday night I went over to my brothers for tacos. We went to Barracuda’s afterwards. I always thought it was a gaybar but I guess it’s not. However, it is open all night till breakfast on Sunday when a large after hours crowd supposedly comes in for a late night/early morning meal. We ended up drinking too much to stay all night for that. Thank God.

Instead we opted for the Bump & Grind Cafe’s Petticoat Bruncheon on Sunday morning. It’s a fun time in which all the staff are on the TG bend and “every order comes with a side of fruit”. I got the roast beef sandwhich which was, for a lack of better words, fabulous. Pandy got the Asian tofu which was also really good. I can’t believe this place has been around the corner from me and I never had brunch there. It was always dozens, well not anymore. Afterwards we all headed our separate ways and I went home and slept on the couch till about five in the pm. Then my brother and Pandy picked my up and we headed off to my mom’s for Sunday dinner. She fixed mexican casserole which I think is delish. We also watched SLC Punk which was pretty good “search for identity” type of movie. Because when it comes down to it, we’re all just a bunch of fucking posers anyway.

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My Life Without Me

Last night I watched My Life Without Me (trailer can be found here). What a tearjerker that was. I was a sniffling mess for a while there. I can’t remember who recommend this movie to me, but they said my Big List reminded them of it. Anyway, thanks whoeveryouare, it was really enjoyable. I thought it was a great movie, if not a bit depressing and a little manipulative, it really moved me. There are plenty of bad reviews out there for this movie, this isn’t one of them. I thought Sarah Polley did an incredible job. The stylization was just up my alley and the soundtrack was great to boot. The selfishness of the main character was lost on me till I started reading some negative views.

I also really enjoyed it because it correlated with the book I’m reading right: now White Noise by Don DeLillo. Both stories (the movie and the book) deal with the ever looming spectre of death, specifically terminal illness. They both deal with how we act when our time on earth becomes specifically finite. Neither of the characters (in both the movie and the book) choose to tell their spouses or their children. Is that OK to do? Are we obliged to tell our loved ones if we are going to die in two months? Are we saving them any suffering if we don’t? In addition, both main characters deal with issues of infidelity which draws even more parallels between the two stories. Anyway, I totally recommend the movie (as long as you don’t mind a good cry) and I’ll let you know about the book when I finish it.

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The Weekend In Four Easy To Read Paragraphs

The weekend seemed to fly by for some reason. I left work immediately on Friday. I went home and fixed dinner and started to make plans. I met my brother and Pandy up at the Boulder Theatre for the Hemophiliac show. It was really good, everything I had expected from Zorn and Patton: weird, loud, unpredictable, and very noisy. It was a special show cause there isn’t much of a chance for anyone to hear them. Their album was a one off that only had a pressing of 2,500 copies and the are only playing a small handful of gigs in the U.S. The Knitting Factory is just another reason I want to visit NYC. I tried to record some on my cell phone but it came out real crappy. I did get a few snaps though.

After the show I flew back down to Denver and over to the Rod’s house. A bunch of people were there to see Father Jones off to Atlanta. I was a good night but me and Father Jones and Rod got into a big argument about this gay marriage thing. Thankfully Rod was on my side. Father Jones was against it, and the worst part was he was hiding behind the argument that activists, local municipalities and the court system were demeaning democratic system by bringing the issue forward by breaking the laws. I argued that this is how nearly all civil rights issues are have been fought historically. He finally just admitted that he didn’t want gays to marry. This was a disappointment. Though much of my relationship with Father Jones was is based on differing views, respect towards each others politics, and healthy debate, I couldn’t help but have this argument spoil the evening just a bit. I only wish it could have been a little more lighthearted. Oh well, I’ll miss you Father Jones.

I slept in on Saturday cause I didn’t make it home till around 2:30 am. On Saturday I spent much of the day going to the grocery store, running errands and napping. In the evening I headed over to my pop’s house. We went out to dinner to at Johnny Carino’s. I got the Wild Mushroom raviolis that were pretty good but I wasn’t that hungry cause I had been snacking all afternoon. Afterward we went back to my dad’s house and played a few games of chicken foot.

I slept in again on Sunday cause it took me along time to get back from my dad’s due to snow and forgetting my cell phone and having to go all the way back to get it. I spent much of Sunday in the office which pretty much sucked, but mostly because I had a hard time concentrating on work. I also watched The Matrix Reloaded which pretty much sucked as bad as working on a Sunday, just in a different way. I mean what was of with the lame ass primitive rave scene spliced in with Neo having sex in a pizza oven. Terrible.

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Winter Weekends

Friday I worked a little late into the evening and spent a quiet evening at home. I watched How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days. It was cute, laughable, fodder to wind down my week. I can appreciate an occasional fun chick flick despite how generally contrived and predictable it is.

I was up (relatively) early on Saturday and headed up into the mountains for a day of skiing. I met up with A.P. and his wife and the two kids. We all ate an early lunch together and then went out to the carpet lift to play with the kids and tech them how to ski. The boy pooped out before he even got his skis on but the girls were gung hoe and couldn’t get enough. It was great getting a four year old and a six year old interested in the sport. Both and A.P. agreed the whole secret to getting the youngsters started is just making sure they stay warm and are having fun. Most of the skills and athlectics come later. At first you just have make sure they want to come back. Afterward me and A.P. went to take some turns on our own. We got about four additional hours skiing the ‘S’ lift at Copper Mountain. Traditionally, one of our favorite areas. It snowed most of the afternoon and this made for some good skiing but it also made traffic a bear. It took me two hours to get up to the mountain in the morning and three hours to get back. It was a long day. When I got back into town I went out and grabbed a couple beers. I ended up staying out later than I expected, drunk dialing Jami for old times sake, and waking up on my couch at six in the morning.

I spent most of Sunday running errands, grocery shopping, watching TV, and reading. I was a pleasant weekend for a change.

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Music & Movies Of 2006

A Three Doc Night

My Netflix Lists

This One Is For Me

Rainy Day Weekends

Pitching Passion

So Good It’s Sickening

Holes, Queens, & Posers

My Life Without Me

The Weekend In Four Easy To Read Paragraphs

Winter Weekends

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Artifacting

Music & Movies Of 2006

A Three Doc Night

My Netflix Lists

This One Is For Me

Rainy Day Weekends

Pitching Passion

So Good It’s Sickening

Holes, Queens, & Posers

My Life Without Me

The Weekend In Four Easy To Read Paragraphs

Winter Weekends

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