The Hippie Chick

*listens to her playlist on WinAmp*

I have no idea why this wouldn't be one of his top played songs. ♥

Blow Away - George Harrison

Day turned black, sky ripped apart
Rained for a year 'til it dampened my heart
Cracks and leaks
The floorboards caught rot
About to go down
I had almost forgot.

All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.

Sky cleared up, day turned to bright
Closing both eyes now the head filled with light
Hard to remember what a state I was in
Instant amnesia
Yang to the Yin.

All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.

Wind blew in, cloud was dispersed
Rainbows appearing, the pressures were burst
Breezes a-singing, now feeling good
The moment had passed
Like I knew that it should.

All I got to do is to love you
All I got to be is, be happy
All it's got to take is some warmth to make it
Blow Away, Blow Away, Blow Away.

Um, hi. *waves*

I don't get over here to the GJ as much these days, I'm afraid.

I've been enjoying the show and singing along. LOL!! Here's the list, yo. With some commentary and video links where I could find 'em! *ahem* and warning... what's behind the cut is long :

( Like It's The Totally Awesome Songs! )

There you have it. Agree? Disagree? Songs you feel got the short shrift? Like omigawd discuss!

I'm getting antsy. September is rolling to a close (finally... four days left) and my favorite month of the whole year is upon us once again! October! Time for Halloween Month Movie A Night, and I now have my Halloween '06 Playlist in progress for the ol' iPod.

I've been using the same playlist (see it here) the past two years and will probably still have it out as well. But this year, something different struck me. Horror movies! Great horror movie themes, with snippets of great dialogue in between! So get your "Freaks" on and get a look at a sneak peek of my Horror Movie Halloweenapalooza. In progress. Haha!

Here we go!! Oh you're gonna love this one, it's a scream, baby!



The Shining
"redRUM!"
The Shining Theme
Psycho
"A boy's best friend is his mother..."
Psycho Theme
The Silence of the Lambs
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. *hiss*"
The Silence Of The Lambs (Main Theme)
**BONUS Silence of the Lambs content**
"Put the fucking lotion in the basket!"
Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus (song that is playing as Jame Gumb dances in front of the mirror)
The Exorcist
"The power of Christ compels you!"
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (The Exorcist Main Theme)
A Nightmare On Elm Street
"One, two, Freddie's coming for you..."
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Main Theme)
Scream
"You're gonna love this one, it's a scream, baby!"
Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly) - Icicle Works (I believe the SoHo version was the one over the end credits of the film but this is cooler, it's the original.)
Halloween
"He is coming to your little town!" (not included yet)
Halloween (Main Theme)
Night of the Living Dead
"They're coming to get you, Barbara!" (not included yet)
Night of the Living Dead (End Theme)
The Sixth Sense
"I see dead people."
The Sixth Sense (Main Theme)

Any other suggestions? What would you like included? Want a copy when complete? Just comment.


Note! There are two sound bites I'm hunting for and don't have but want badly for this playlist. The Halloween movie one of Loomis... either this one or when he says "Hey, Lonnie! Get your ass away from there!" and the one from Night of the Living Dead where Barbara's brother taunts "They're coming to get you Barbara!". I've had no luck on Lime Wire or Bear Share. If you can help me in any way please comment! I could make them myself, but no longer have a microphone so can't create a .wav file of them.

Turn it on again...



I thought I'd treat myself since I feel pretty good about getting a brand new job, so I visited Amazon. I purchased the 3 CD set Genesis: Platinum Collection. I couldn't pass this one up for it is that cool.

I wasn't really keenly aware of the band, I'm afraid, till the Phil Collins led era, with their really catchy, mainstream stuff and great videos. I did know they'd had something of a cult following as a prog rock phenomenon in the 70s when led by Peter Gabriel. So loving Peter because of his earlier solo hits post Genesis, I thought I'd investigate. I dug up "Supper's Ready" which is really great in that pretentious, long, prog rock kinda way. Clocking in at a whopping 23 minutes, I think it's an incredible piece.

This set is something that I think anybody who enjoys Genesis, even if for just the 80s Phil Collins fronted hits, should own. It neatly ties up the best of everything the band has done since the beginning. A perfect career retrospective. I mean to give an example of just how crazy divided the "eras" were and the fan base each brought in, Phil says in the liner notes that there were fans that came to shows in the 80s that didn't even know he played drums. :)

I mean, everything is here that counts. Well, pretty much. CD 1 includes all that commercial 80s stuff, like No Son of Mine, Mama (which is crazy good, I love it) , Home By the Sea, That's All, and Land of Confusion. CD 2 includes the post Gabriel early Collins fronted transitional period, with songs like Misunderstanding, Turn It On Again, and A Trick of the Tail. CD 3 is all prog rock goodness, with stuff from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and the aforementioned Supper's Ready from Foxtrot among a few others.

The only little niggling I have is that the version of Tonight, Tonight, Tonight on here is edited. That one should have remained in tact, full length IMO, as it's a great song.

I will leave you with some downloadable Genesis goodness. Five songs. Enjoy it. And let me know what you think.

A Trick of the Tail
Afterglow
Supper's Ready
Jesus He Knows Me
Mama

Rupert takes "Driving Lessons".



Here's the trailer to Rupert Grint's movie "Driving Lessons".

Watch here!

He's just adorable. ♥

No announced release date yet.

LOS ANGELES Aug 16, 2006 (AP)— "Bruno Kirby, a veteran character actor known for playing the best friend in two of Billy Crystal's biggest comedies "When Harry Met Sally" and "City Slickers," has died. He was 57.

Kirby died Monday in Los Angeles from complications related to leukemia, his wife Lynn Sellers said in a statement Tuesday. He had been recently diagnosed with the disease."




Damn! Just...

Original trailer for the film "Magic" (1978)

( cut for teh freak out value! )

This one was just brought to my attention reading a board on IMDb and I had to comment on it... blog it.

Mom just a couple of weeks ago came home with the DVD and she and I sat down and watched it last Saturday night.

Mind you, I hadn't seen the movie in a few years. But the second you'd hear Fats say "We're gonna be a staaaaar." Well.... yeah. Creep out time. About that voice. It's indeed that of Anthony Hopkins. On the film, he worked in tandem with ventriloquist Dennis Alwood, who appears in an in depth interview on the extra "Fats and Friends" on the DVD release. Alwood trained Hopkins how to throw his voice and did most if not all of the manipulation of the dummy, where the voice was all Hopkins. Alwood worked Fats and did some of "the voice" on the DVD extra, but you could tell it wasn't the same voice. I've also heard Hopkins talk as Fats in an interview so yes... I know for certain it was him entirely.

I hadn't seen this particular trailer (TV spot) since I was, no joke, 12 going on 13 years old. I remember it SO well. I was staying the night (my parents were out of town for the weekend) at my grandmother's house on the lake (there's boooodies in Lake Meeeeeelody...) in Indiana, and it was the middle of the night. I believe just around or right after midnight.

My aunt and I were watching television and here comes ol' Fats reciting his little poem.

My aunt has had a fear and loathing of dolls since she was little. She was around 19 at the time I believe when this came out. She completely just blanched and freaked out. Me too. We didn't go to bed right away like we'd planned on doing when that commercial aired... ehm... needless to say. *whimper*

Actually this is my second viewing since the one I described above... this trailer is included in "Fats and Friends" at the very end. This ended up being pulled and another one used, as kids all over America were getting freaked and parents were calling in and saying you know what you're scaring my kid change the trailer! LOL!!!

Anyway, yeah. Nice to see you again, Fats old boy. *shudder*

Cute commercial. I ♥ Michael Ian Black.

Although now it's taken on a more serious tone, hasn't it?

TSA has just announced that due to the recent foiled terrorism plot, no liquids are allowed to be carried on to flights. That's water, cola, coffee, shampoo, body wash... none of it.

While inconvenient, I can't say as I mind. I mean, if it's a thing between passenger and crew safety and a little inconvenience.

And really? I'm glad they're limiting carry ons. The overhead bins get overstuffed, people cram all kinds of things in their carry on bags, and it just takes up time while they huff and puff trying to make it fit, and then you have to wait while they drag it down from up there.

If we had everything packed and checked, and only carried on absolute necessesities anyway it would be MUCH better. That's how I travel anyway. I usually only ever have my purse with me on the plane, so it really doesn't affect me that badly I guess.

Snape's worst memory.

Photos of scene from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix being shot. This is linked from ONTD at LJ, but these shots as well as a couple more are also up at Veritaserum.

I have to LOL @ people going "WHAT?! No Alan Rickman?!!" Um... people. Harry has gone through Snape's pensieve here. It's a memory. This is Snape at age 15, played by Alec Hopkins. Take a deep breath and relax... Rickman is still on board. *chuckles*

OotP is confirmed for a July 2007 release.

And it had BETTER be good.

Go here to see more on Movie 5.

This video is all kinds of awesome. "Pink, it's like red but not quite." ♥ Steven!!

And Centaur!Joe Perry... HAWT.

Pink - Aerosmith
Pink it's my new obsession
Pink it's not even a question,
Pink on the lips of your lover, 'cause
Pink is the love you discover

Pink as the bing on your cherry
Pink 'cause you are so very
Pink it's the color of passion
'Cause today it just goes with the fashion

Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light, and
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight

You could be my flamingo
'Coz pink is the new kinda lingo
Pink like a deco umbrella
It's kink - but you don't ever tell her

Pink it was love at first sight, and
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink gets me high as a kite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight

I want to be your lover
I wanna wrap you in rubber
As pink as the sheets that we lay on
Pink it's my favorite crayon, yeah

Pink it was love at first sight
Pink when I turn out the light
Pink it's like red but not quite
And I think everything is going to be all right
No matter what we do tonight

I love this video. There's so much to see and pick out! I thought I'd done pretty well until I saw this list, which is a pretty good chronology of song / rumor / Beatle-esque references found within the video. Realized there were a bunch I'd missed, some you really have to pay attention to catch.

Read the chronology here.

Click the picture to see the video.

Oh. And when the scene comes up with the car accident and the camera pans past the wrecked sports car ... (Paul Is Dead reference here) Paul's... *gulp* corpse is visible! Seriously, it's the smoke 'cause it's gone in an instant, but if you pause the video right there and look, well... "Paul" is slumped over in the car. Oooooooooo. Don't really think it's intentional, as I said, but yeah.

Gakked from MySpace as well as LastFM.

I'll cut to spare your friends pages, 'cos I'm cool like dat. Yeah.

( ...come on up to the lab and see what's on the slab... )

And well... crap. This took me two hours to complete! I'm such a dork. Bwahahahaha!! Lunch time. *runs off to raid the fridge*

It's me, mateys! The bonny lass of the high seas. Bring me that horizon!

Where's the RUM?!

"My teenage angst bullshit now has a body count."

Previously I mentioned the buzz about a sequel to "Sixteen Candles". Well now there's buzz about a sequel to "Heathers", the 1989 black comedy starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. The film has achieved a cult following and status.

As seen in this week's Entertainment Weekly:

"According to Winona Ryder, she and Heathers scripter Daniel Waters--both at work on the dark comedy Sex and Death 101--are drumming up a sequel to the 1989 cult classic. 'I've been [arguing], 'There's Heathers in the real world!' she says. 'We have to keep going.'"

I think a sequel would be interesting and I'd love it, but it's been bandied about for at least the past ten years or so. Therefore I'll believe it when I see it.

As a morbid aside, regarding Kim Walker, who played Heather Chandler (Heather #1). One of Heather Chandler's quotes was "Did you eat a brain tumor for breakfast?". Sadly, Kim died of a brain tumor in 2001 at the age of 32.

Oh Dave Stewart, you clever boy. I *almost* fell for it.

After like the first couple of minutes of this special on VH1 (on as I write this) and seeing Mick Jagger pop up (gotta love the man he does deadpan so well LOL!) I smelled a Rutles type thing allllll over this one. At least in this case, the band is real, they just faked out the back story and placed them in the 70s.

Who Is Platinum Weird indeed.

And ROFL @ Paris Hilton ::insert vacuous look on her face:: "Who's Platinum Weird?"

This is actually kind of entertaining.

*snicker*

ETA:

You can watch the "mockumentary" as aired on VH1 here, via You Tube.

Platinum Weird Official

I saw this movie for the first time in a bit last week, and was reminded how fabulous the soundtrack is! Headed over to iTunes and was uber disappointed because they only have part of the album available. Then decided to go to Amazon and check it out. Mostly, also disappointing. Covers for quite a bit, which in and of themselves are not a bad thing, Marilyn Manson does a really good "Highway To Hell" for instance. But no. It missed the mark in so many ways.

I need the real deal. So headed to the reviews and comments...

Detroit Rock City The real soundtrack!



Thanks to a reviewer on Amazon here's the list, cut and pasted, of all the songs played in the movie, and by the original artists. Now I can get to work and fill in the gaps.

"Love Gun" by KISS
"Funk #49" by the James Gang
"Lights Out" by UFO
"Little Willy" by Sweet
"School Days" by the Runaways
"Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy
"Shout It Out Loud" by KISS
"Frankenstein" by Edgar Winter Group
"The Boys Are Back In Town" by Thin Lizzy
"Rock & Roll All Nite" by KISS
"Iron Man" by Black Sabbath
"Problem Child" by ACDC
"Surrender" by Cheap Trick
"I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones
"Highway to Hell" by ACDC
"Godzilla" by Blue Oyster Cult
"Fox On the Run" by Sweet
"Strutter" by KISS
"Blitzkrieg Bop" by the Ramones
"Calling Dr. Love" by KISS
"Come Sail Away" by Styx
"Whole Lotta Rosie" by ACDC
"Love Hurts" by Nazareth
"Running With the Devil" by Van Halen
"Detroit Rock City" by KISS

Excellent stuff, really. And the movie is really funny and entertaining whether you're a KISS fan or not. Go Netflix or Blockbuster the DVD sometime.

Done with my rambling. I have a couple of songs to get ripped to the iPod before heading out.

Okay until I heard Molly Ringwald hinting at it recently, I had lost hope for a "Sixteen Candles" sequel. Now I'm hearing she finally agrees on a script!

“I’ve turned it down for years. I couldn’t see how it would work,” she said. “Now, it seems right.”

As much as I adore Sixteen Candles, I'm strangely not as excited as I thought I'd be for a sequel. But since there appears to be one in the works for real, called "32 Candles", I have a couple of provisos:

John Hughes all the way. Otherwise, no.

Michael Schoeffling. Jake, that hottie. What's the point without seeing what happened with he and Sam?



Now that Molly has agreed, Anthony Michael Hall *must* be on board. I just have to see what happened to Farmer Ted! Dorks rule!!



And finally.... LONG. DUK. DONG. No Donger, no movie, bitchessss!



Okay, yeah. I'm ready to interface.

P.S.
Boo! What did I do with the Donger icon I had? ::pouts::

GUH. *drools*

Also, I hear tell he was here in Florida. They are adding characters to our POTC ride at Disney World, and one of them is Jack, so Johnny was here for that. I had no idea. If I had you know I'd have been up there stalking him. Oh yeah.

Will it go 'round in circles...




PHOENIX –" Billy Preston, the exuberant keyboardist who landed dream gigs with the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and enjoyed his own series of hit singles including “Outta Space” and “Nothing From Nothing,” died Tuesday at 59.

Preston's longtime manager, Joyce Moore, said Preston had been in a coma since November in a care facility and was taken to a Scottsdale hospital Saturday after his condition deteriorated.

“He had a very, very beautiful last few hours and a really beautiful passing,” Moore said by telephone from Germany.

Preston had battled chronic kidney failure, and he received a kidney transplant in 2002. But the kidney failed and he has been on dialysis ever since, Moore said earlier this year. "

I had no idea! So sad to hear. He really was an amazing keyboardist.

Will It Go 'Round In Circles - mp3