June 14, 2005
So the Takashi Miike movie I was talking about turned about to be not so much a movie but rather the first two parts of a six part mini-series. I was less than happy about not getting closure. As I’ve already mentioned Miike’s films are traditionally pretty damn confusing, and MPD Psycho was no exception, and seeing that it was only a third of the complete story it was even more confusing.
I did some research and found out that the next two parts won’t be released until August which makes me even happier. I need closure damn it!
Well if Miike is the Japanese equivelant of David Lynch, then MPD Psycho is definitely his Twin Peaks, and it seems all the folks on-line are thinking along the same lines. All the reviews I’ve read make lots of comparisons to Lynch and also express their dipleasure at not being able to watch the whole thing.
However I am pleased with what I've seen, the two episodes I watched were entertaining and Miike does some very interesting things with digital video effects that I wasn’t entirely sure were intentional at first. I look forward to watching the rest of the series but I am frustrated at having to wait so long.
Saturday I went to the Noma Gallery in Middletown, CT to view the artwork of Jeff Korp & Monika Malewska. You can check out Jeff’s paintings at jeff.club806.com but I highly suggest going to the gallery to see them in person, the paintings are much more striking when you get to see them first hand. The paintings will be on display until the 24th of July. Noma’s hours are a little sketchy, they suggest calling for hours, as do I. Their phone number is 860-344-0768.
(You may have noticed a distinct lack of segues. It's primarily due to laziness.)
I’ve noticed myself, on occasion, describing an album’s prowess by claiming it would be in my “Top 5". And that led me to wonder: What are my Top 5 favorite Albums? This proved a tougher question to answer than I had originally thought. Trying to narrow it down to only 5 albums was really difficult. But I think I finally narrowed it down. Bear in mind these are in no particular order, I couldn’t bring myself to take it that far. It already had taken me four days just to narrow it down to five albums, sheesh.
Ok so here goes:
1. Faith No More - King For a Day, Fool For a Lifetime
2. Massive Attack - Mezzanine
3. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
4. Prince - Come
5. Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life
There you have it, I don’t know what it’s worth, but there it is.
I think I just swallowed a lemon seed.
I guess that’s all I have to say today.
Peace
Rold
Posted by harold at June 14, 2005 06:53 PM
Comments
Harold,
Thanks for checking out our show and recommending it to your readers. Sometimes, I like to google my own name and see what comes up - I know it's kind of Narcissic, but that's how I came across your page. Good luck with the blogging. Take care.
-Jeff
Posted by: jeff korp at October 11, 2005 12:23 AM