What are you watching tonight?

[superjohnmcginlay]

The point about clowns is that they are more than funny - so many plays and songs and movies and operas and stories about the tears of the clown, the anger of the clown, the violence of the clown...

Including this, brilliant, get it from LF, download, whatever... mad movie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sEZAB13_o" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think you'll find that the general opinion about clowns is that they're a bit creepy, not funny and that children are mostly scared of them.

Our Bobo being the exception of course!!

I think that sort of agrees with what I said... Though the movie I enjoyed goes a lot further...

I can't see youtube here. Is it Killer Clowns from Outer Space?

[Beefheart]

Watched a bit of Seasick Steve at the Isle of White festival. Always figured him a bit of a novelty act previously but it was actually pretty good, and might turn some younger folk (like myself) onto delta style blues. He even had John Paul Jones on bass/mandolin! Will probably watch the rest tonight.

[bobo the clown]

Watched a bit of Seasick Steve at the Isle of White festival. Always figured him a bit of a novelty act previously but it was actually pretty good, and might turn some younger folk (like myself) onto delta style blues. He even had John Paul Jones on bass/mandolin! Will probably watch the rest tonight.

I've told you before .... put down your toys, drop your games .... Delta Blues is the place.

[William the White]

The point about clowns is that they are more than funny - so many plays and songs and movies and operas and stories about the tears of the clown, the anger of the clown, the violence of the clown...

Including this, brilliant, get it from LF, download, whatever... mad movie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sEZAB13_o" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think you'll find that the general opinion about clowns is that they're a bit creepy, not funny and that children are mostly scared of them.

Our Bobo being the exception of course!!

I think that sort of agrees with what I said... Though the movie I enjoyed goes a lot further...

I can't see youtube here. Is it Killer Clowns from Outer Space?

It's the trailer for a demented Spanish movie called The Last Circus. It's brilliant. Could be called Killer Clowns from Espana with total accuracy.

[Prufrock]

If you loved 'Wilde', and were interested by his life, read De Profundis. A more honest,tortured, book of insecurity mixed with patches of genius you will never read. I love his other stuff so much, his way with language is incredible; but, as a human story De Profundis is amazing. Is basically a letter to Bosie from Reading Gaol about why he is there and what he has learnt about life, all framed in an essay about art and what is beautiful about life.

De Profundis is beautiful. I saw a very moving reading of it by Corin Redgrave three years ago, just before he died.

Wilde was also a powerful advocate of a kind of Utopian anarcho-socialism...

Have you read his The Soul of Man Under Socialism?

http://www.marxists.org/reference/archi ... /index.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My copy of De Profundis includes also the Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Decay of Lying, The Critic as Artist and the Soul of Man Under Socialism. I've read the first two, possibly the fourth, but I don't think I've read The Decay of Lying or The Soul of Man Under Socialism. I'll try to find time to have a look.

[Beefheart]

Watched a bit of Seasick Steve at the Isle of White festival. Always figured him a bit of a novelty act previously but it was actually pretty good, and might turn some younger folk (like myself) onto delta style blues. He even had John Paul Jones on bass/mandolin! Will probably watch the rest tonight.

I've told you before .... put down your toys, drop your games .... Delta Blues is the place.

Preaching to the choir!

[thebish]

a bit late in the day...

but - watched Green Mile tonight... I'd say "nice film" if it wasn't for the gruesome long electrocution and the mouse-abuse! enjoyed it, though...

[jaffka]

a bit late in the day...

but - watched Green Mile tonight... I'd say "nice film" if it wasn't for the gruesome long electrocution and the mouse-abuse! enjoyed it, though...

Great film, really enjoyed it in an easy watching type film.

[hi there, i'm chris]

About to watch the pilot of ABC's new drama Last Resort. It looks very good so I'm hopeful.

[superjohnmcginlay]

The point about clowns is that they are more than funny - so many plays and songs and movies and operas and stories about the tears of the clown, the anger of the clown, the violence of the clown...

Including this, brilliant, get it from LF, download, whatever... mad movie...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8sEZAB13_o" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think you'll find that the general opinion about clowns is that they're a bit creepy, not funny and that children are mostly scared of them.

Our Bobo being the exception of course!!

I think that sort of agrees with what I said... Though the movie I enjoyed goes a lot further...

I can't see youtube here. Is it Killer Clowns from Outer Space?

I looked it up and it sounds batshit fcking crazy. I think I'll have to watch it now.

[General Mannerheim]

Saw Killing Them Softly last night. Hmm a strange one, i thought it was enjoyable enough, the stylised violence was a bit OTT for me, exploding heads etc but then there was an amazing slo-mo scene of a guy getting shot to death that was pretty spectacular. The story is nothing new, familiar old gangster hitman type fayre, with plenty of familiar old gangster actors including half the cast of Sopranos! (one of which is surprisingly overweight) Ive read this morning that it’s based on a true story? this might explain a few utterly pointless sequences, like James Gandolfini's part? As good as it is to see him again, just being a drunk Tony Soprano (and he constantly complains about being typecast) just felt like he’d been written a role and shoehorned in. All in all decent enough, gratuitous, brutal, humorous but a bit frustrating. Wants to be Drive but isn’t even close.

Still to see better than Killer Joe this year.

[Beefheart]

Saw Killing Them Softly last night. Hmm a strange one, i thought it was enjoyable enough, the stylised violence was a bit OTT for me, exploding heads etc but then there was an amazing slo-mo scene of a guy getting shot to death that was pretty spectacular. The story is nothing new, familiar old gangster hitman type fayre, with plenty of familiar old gangster actors including half the cast of Sopranos! (one of which is surprisingly overweight) Ive read this morning that it’s based on a true story? this might explain a few utterly pointless sequences, like James Gandolfini's part? As good as it is to see him again, just being a drunk Tony Soprano (and he constantly complains about being typecast) just felt like he’d been written a role and shoehorned in. All in all decent enough, gratuitous, brutal, humorous but a bit frustrating. Wants to be Drive but isn’t even close.

Still to see better than Killer Joe this year.

I was looking forward to this, the trailer was pretty bad ass, but I've heard mixed reviews. Is it just a movie that wants to be cool? I get that sense with Tarantino flicks, and I've never really understood the hype around his stuff personally.

[General Mannerheim]

definitely worth seeing imo, if your into the genre. But yeah, tries a bit too gard to be cool.

[Bruce Rioja]

Ive another Docu-drama effort for your list, Werner Herzog's 'Into The Abyss' not as cinematic as the last few but its more compelling - not so much haunting, but sobering! i stuck it on late last night, just to see what it was about but couldnt turn it off.

Got it here, now. See you in a bit.

[clapton is god]

Saw Killing Them Softly last night. Hmm a strange one, i thought it was enjoyable enough, the stylised violence was a bit OTT for me, exploding heads etc but then there was an amazing slo-mo scene of a guy getting shot to death that was pretty spectacular. The story is nothing new, familiar old gangster hitman type fayre, with plenty of familiar old gangster actors including half the cast of Sopranos! (one of which is surprisingly overweight) Ive read this morning that it’s based on a true story? this might explain a few utterly pointless sequences, like James Gandolfini's part? As good as it is to see him again, just being a drunk Tony Soprano (and he constantly complains about being typecast) just felt like he’d been written a role and shoehorned in. All in all decent enough, gratuitous, brutal, humorous but a bit frustrating. Wants to be Drive but isn’t even close.

Still to see better than Killer Joe this year.

I was looking forward to this, the trailer was pretty bad ass, but I've heard mixed reviews. Is it just a movie that wants to be cool? I get that sense with Tarantino flicks, and I've never really understood the hype around his stuff personally.

Went this afternoon and glad I did. A good story well told - but could have been a lot better, I thought. Brad Pitt plays his role really convincingly but as you say it looked as though Gandolfini was just a lecherous old hit man given a film role for past services to the genre. The Political stuff going on on every TV screen was a bit of a downer. Thought it was just to help anchor the film in a time slot for us but it continued on and on. Johnny Sachs must be the ex-Soprano you mention (above and beyond Gandolfini himself, that is). Good stuff in parts, atmospheric and well worth seeing but only 3/5 for me

Some good reviews on before the film too. Now waiting for End of Watch and I suppose Taken 2 as well. There was a third that looked good too about the US Iranian hostages.

[Beefheart]

Finally going to watch an orchestra tomorrow. Something I've wanted to do for ages. So since I work next to the Bridgewater Hall now, and there were student tickets going for 3 quid, I figured I'd go for it. The Halle orchestra playing Stravinsky (my main reason for wanting to go), Holst and another that I can't remember. Looking forward to it.

[TANGODANCER]

Finally going to watch an orchestra tomorrow. Something I've wanted to do for ages. So since I work next to the Bridgewater Hall now, and there were student tickets going for 3 quid, I figured I'd go for it. The Halle orchestra playing Stravinsky (my main reason for wanting to go), Holst and another that I can't remember. Looking forward to it.

Superb venue. Been to a few concerts there and seen the Halle twice; once for a mixed classics night and the other a Spanish evening. Nothing stuffy there, the conductor wore a red waistcoat with a bull on it for the Spanish concert and the atmosphere was brilliant. None the less for them playing Ravel's Bolero of course.

[clapton is god]

^ Got tickets for the Halle at the Bridgewater in November. Mine were cheeper than yours though

[boltonboris]

The Hallé do a Halloween gig.. As sad as it sounds, it's absolutely tremendous.

[Beefheart]

Got to say. It was pretty amazing. I was left thinking 'wow, Orchestra's, where have you been all my life?' Which puts them in an exclusive club with Gin & Tonic and Guacamole which have caused a similar response. Will definitely be going again soon I think.