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[cleolinda]

Snaffled this off eclectica's journal: Recommend...

1. A movie.
2. A book.
3. A musical artist, song, or album.
4. An LJ user not on my [whose? mine, or the original poster's?] friends list.

1. Movie: Hmmm. Something you might not have seen... Picnic at Hanging Rock is awesome. If you've recently seen Master and Commander and want to see more of Peter Weir's work, try this one. I just got it on DVD for Christmas after wearing a tape of it out. It's about some Australian (I think?) schoolgirls who go missing in the outback circa... let's say 1900 or so. Gorgeous and haunting and spooky and... not for people who like tidy endings.

2. Well, I'm reading From Hell right now, and in the last hour have learned Neil Gaiman-approved euphemisms for Victorian sex acts. Can't get much better than that.

3. Oh, everyone knows my musical taste is frozen back before 1998. I'm still proud of discovering Papas Fritas from that Dentyne Ice commercial. (Shut up, man. "Way You Walk" is awesome. Don't lie.)

4. Hmm. I don't know. I'm looking for movie news communities at the moment, to make working on the site a little easier... like lotr_news or dawn_treader. And I pretty much friend anyone I want to keep an eye on, so... who would you recommend?

Comments

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Sean Penn? Well, I'm of two minds.

1. Sean Penn should be able to do/say/think whatever he wants to think.

2. I really, really, really dislike Sean Penn--not for his opinions, but because he's so abrasive about them. I'm pretty much rooting for anyone--ANYONE--to beat him at the Oscars. Even though, intellectually, I know he deserves one. Which is really petty, and unfair, and hypocritical of me.

Hey, I'm petty that way. :D

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Not to turn this into a war/anti-war thing... but I totally understand. Sister Girl's boyfriend is getting shipped off to Kandahar, Afghanistan in a few weeks--he's leaving on Tuesday to train at Fort Benning. It's all very confusing, how I feel about all this--I think war sucks, and I think this war sucks, and I think Bush sucks, but I also think Saddam and Osama and terrorism suck, for lack of a better word. But I do believe that you can completely support the people who fight the war--the soldiers themselves--and think that the people commanding them suck. Also, I want Sean Penn to stop being on my side, because he's making my side look bad (to quote someone's icon). I definitely do not think that an entertainment awards ceremony is the time or place for this stuff, either.

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! Papas Fritas ROCK! I think I actually saw them play in 1998!! (could have been 1997, my years of seeing gigs is all a blur...)

[snowking.livejournal.com]

Disclaimer: You are far better read than me, and have probably seen more films.

1. A movie.

Dog Soldiers, cos werewolves are fun.

2. A book.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom because you can get it for free. (http://craphound.com/down/)

3. A musical artist, song, or album.

Primal Scream - Screamadelica

4. An LJ user not on my [whose? mine, or the original poster's?] friends list.

despotliz does icons, greengolux is a film buff/philosopher.

"Where's Spoon?"

[shoukinkasegi.livejournal.com]

There is no Spoon! (I love that!) :D