Monday, August 02, 2004 Media round-up! In the proud tradition of posts before... Books: Working on AHWOSG, and enjoying it to some extent -- as much as you can, given the circumstances. Not very far into it, though. Mom's just died, and the post-modern antics have yet to resume. But I'm not into a book right now, and that's always disquieting, the uncertainty about what I'm actually going to read when I go to bed. Comics: Astonishing X-Men is still great, and the twists and turns of Birds of Prey make me glad that it's on a biweekly schedule. But the best thing I've read recently was Autobiographix, a fantastic collection of short scripts that made me laugh and think. Really quite lovely. Movies: Recently, my viewing has been skewing pretty male. Last week, mere hours before Comic-Con, I saw Bourne Supremacy, which was high-class action and really well done. Action stripped of all the post-Die Hard goofiness has a real appeal for me, right now. I'm burned out on wisecracks. Oh, and I like Matt Damon, but they totally could have made that movie in the 60s with Steve McQueen -- and it would have been AWESOME. Which leads me to wonder: is Matt Damon the new Steve McQueen? A beady-eyed, dark-haired upgrade, that is. Saw Manchurian Candidate on Friday, which I can't recommend either way because the theater sound completely screwed up during the second half of the movie, to the point where I had to look up the ending on Movie Pooper afterwards because I had NO IDEA what happened. Still don't, actually. But Demme's smoking the good crack, and it makes for an interesting ride. TV: It took about three tries to make it all the way through the pilot of Rescue Me, but I liked what I saw -- it's a bit too caught up in the business of being male, but I'll watch a few more episodes and see if it gets old -- or if it gets better. The 4400 is still interesting. Haven't seen last night's episode yet, but the writing hasn't let me down and most of the characters are really coming together. And I'm kind of in love with the theme song, though tracking it down in electronic form is proving to be nigh impossible. It's performed by Amanda Abizaid. That's all I got right now, though. I thought I was attached to The Jury, but Friday's episode was pretty boring. So the fact that next week's episode is the last isn't really making me sob. Jon Stewart? Still my boyfriend. Art: I saw BODY WORLDS yesterday afternoon. And I will be writing more about it. Music: Franz Ferdinand gets better every time I listen to them, and I listen to them an awful lot right now. Spent a lot of time this weekend writing things for Bookslut and Ostrich Ink while listening to the Goo Goo Dolls and Garbage on repeat -- it's 90s Pop Amnesty Week, I've decided. Tonight -- the Great Expectations soundtrack. Maybe even Alanis! As for modern music, though... I don't know. I have $20 right now in store credit at Amoeba, and nothing I really want to buy. I like Frou Frou all right, Muse is pretty good... But I want something new. Something good. Something I'll never forget. Any ideas? | permalink blog • archives • photos • about • contact This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. All content © 2004.