Monday 26 May 2008 at 08:38 am
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Fishing with John is a brilliant fishing documentary series by the actor/author/musician John Lurie (
Down by Law, Stranger Than Paradise). While John knows absolutely nothing about fishing, he still manages to convince his celebrity friends (Jim Jarmusch, Tom Waits, Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper) to come along on elaborate fishing trips. Cheap production values, hilarious and completely irrational narration, and the unforeseen accidents all combine into one of the funniest documentaries ever made, and a true cult classic.
This is the first episode, in which John takes his pal Jim Jarmusch (director of
Broken Flowers, Down By Law, Dead Man fishing for shark. "Jim is on the verge of being pulled in and devoured by the blue shark", says the narrator, as they try to catch the shark with a pistol and a piece of cheese.
I wrote more about the series some time ago at
timo.herd.fi.
Friday 09 May 2008 at 2:40 pm
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Kolme Pukkia - Three Bucks is a crazy animated version of the classic story of three goats trying to cross a bridge guarded by a hungry troll. This is easily the best children's animation I've recently seen, with wicked humour and an incredibly catchy song! Bompiti-bompa bäää-ääääh, bompiti-bompa bäää-ääähhhhh..
Wednesday 07 May 2008 at 11:36 am
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Dig Lazarus Dig!!! is the title track of the new album of the ever-wonderful Nick Cave and the Black Seeds. Great song, and excellent video - Cave obviously managed it with just one take!
I linked to the video on Cave's website, as it's of much better quality than what YouTube has to offer.
Wednesday 07 May 2008 at 11:26 am
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The new album of Nick Cave and the Black Seeds, "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" came out some time ago, and turned out to be excellent. Before the release, there were seven peculiar promo videos posted over at YouTube. They feature Cave and his band at a spiritualistic session, and it's painfully obvious that none of them can act..
Part 1: "Lest I Shiver"
Part 2: "Place Your Hands Upon the Table"
Part 3: "Is There Spirits in the Room?"
Part 4: "Place Your Fingers Upon the Blanchette"
Part 5: Dim the Lights!"
Part 6: "Blindfold Me Sir!"
Part 7: "Can you feel the spirit?"
