...i've been both busy and non-social as of late - so the knack for posting here has been minimal...i finally got a new job...i'm excited but cautiously optimistic...ask me again in six months...strange as it sounds - it feels good to working again...the novelty of having so much free time wore off quickly and i'm back to having that essential bit of structure to my days again...
...i'm just now about finished with the Belushi bio - "Wired"...i can't believe it took me this long to get through it...i started it around the time i quit the old job two months ago and despite my buckets of idle time available to me while jobless, i never used it for reading at all...odd...the book is excellent and it's given me a completely new perspective on Belushi...an amazing raw talent...a burnt-out comet of comedy, music and high times...and a virtual monster in his final darker days, driven right into the ground by white madness...
...took some time to explore the musical catalog of Daniel Johnston in great detail...having seen the bio-doc on him a few months ago, it took a little while to work up the courage to step into the mind of Danny through his music...his cannon of work is enormous...most of it is largely unlistenable after repeated listens...but the dozen or so songs i have latched onto i've grown strangely attached to...at first, i was hesitant to like any of it for fear that to dig it would mean that i was loose marbles too...after concluding that we are all a little nuts here and there in our own little way, my fear dissipated and i embraced my inner bi-polaricity...if nothing else, his music conveys a brutal sense of honesty and innocence that is both jarring and refreshing to listen to...
...my Pittsburgh Penguins are in the first round of playoffs against the Ottawa Senators...(do they even have senators in Ottawa? i always thought that was a US Gov't thing...it's be like calling an American team - the Cleveland Hosers)...semantics aside, i'd just like to give a hearty - LET'S GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...i'm still undecided weather or not YouTube is a tool of the devil or not...until i bring my various theories and ideas into a solid conclusion, i'll continue to utilize it to waste vast amounts of time...my most recent bout of YouTuberculosis had me searching out all the old skateboard videos i used to watch back in my street skating heyday: Blind - "Video Days", New Deal - "1281", H-Street - "Hokus Pokus", Life - "A Soldier's Story", Planet Earth - "Animal Farm", World Industries - "Rubbish Heap" and the Powell Peralta vids - "Public Domain", "Propaganda", "Ban This" and "Celebraty Tropical Fish"...skater names like Ed Templeton, Ray Barbee, Frankie Hill rushed back into my memory...i'm half tempted to go out and buy myself a board right now but the realistic side of me prevents me from making such a tragic move which would surely end up with me in some sort of cast or brace within days...but goddamn - in my prime, i could ollie impossible like a mofo...
...saw the new Rolling Stones concert film "Shine A Light" this past weekend...opted for the very intense, larger than life IMAX film experience for this one and was not disappointed one bit...Scorsese shot a beautiful film that captures every true essence of that time-tempered band - from the 60 year-old plus wiggle of Mick's pelvis to the darkened, steely eyes of the broodish Keef...amazing visual and aural candy for the senses - an overload at times but perhaps only due to the sheer epicicity of the IMAX experience...given that Marty had already shot one of the finest musical documentary/concert films of all time 30 years ago with "The Last Waltz" and has since made a fine living creating poetry as film with such movies as "Raging Bull", "Goodfellas"
and "Casino" to name a few, it's simply amazing that he still can tap into his more musical sens abilities and bang out a quality picture like this one...
...and while i'm on the subject of Scorsese - i highly recommend his 1999 film "Bringing Out The Dead"...this one kinda flew under the radar of critical acclaim and has never received the proper attention is so deserves...great acting by Nick Cage, Ving Rhames, John Goodman and Tom Sizemore...hypnotizing cinematography and a captivating pace throughout...and yet another perfect Scorsese soundtrack to enjoy, from the opening notes of Van the Man's "TB Sheets" to the more aggressive Janes Addiction, some eclectic REM, a little R&B groove and even a sprinkle of Rat Pack...good times...
...laundry awaits...
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