One Sentence Movie Review: Silent Movie
Silent Movie (1976) – The interesting thing here is to watch a silent color film and it just happens that every couple hours or so they throw in a pretty funny gag.
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One Sentence Movie Review: Slaughterhouse Five
Slaughterhouse Five (1972) – Okay, I just can’t seem to think of any clever way to say how knocked out I am by the genius on every level (ie cinematography, casting editing etc.) of this adaptation of the Vonnegut classic.
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Wine Spectator
Here’s an article that I actually love. I think it’s short and sweet (like all great journalism) and sounds like me most of the time.
I have no idea why this didn’t show up on your Goog-a-lert but whatever. The world is such a complicated place and I try to be a Luddite whenever possible.
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They Don’t Make ‘Em Like The Used To: Chet Baker
Ladies and boys hold onto your panties I’m on a Chet Baker thing.
[pro-player type=”MOV” width=”400″ height=”300″]https://www.dandywarhols.com/video/ctt-chet-baker.mov[/pro-player]
I’ve got a record called The Best of Chet Baker Plays. Well I believe it. One of the best records I own. It’s all hits pretty much. What a guy.
He lived in Portland for a while. Guess he liked to shoot dope and be left alone. Played gigs with the local cats out on NE Vancouver. He left his saxaphone with the only white jazz cat, Billy Hood. Oh, actually I guess it was the pawn shop ticket for the sax. Not the sax itself. Apparently his daughter or grandkid still has it.
(If anyone can verify that story, would be nice to know. Thanks.)
Portland has a great dark history. We had the book Portland Confidential while we recorded Oddy or Warlords. It’s all about the creepy old place.
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Courtney’s One Sentence Movie Reviews: Old Joy and A Star is Born
Old Joy (2006) – This is some of the best writing ever and once Will Oldham comes in, this movie explodes out of it’s “hard to watch local/indie” first few minutes.
A Star Is Born (1976 remake) – I laughed a couple times what with the kitch and all but mostly you just almost hurl.
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The Bandit
“Anything big and dead serious is perfect for comedy. The bigger the target and the more it takes itself seriously the better.” – Bill Coker (retired director)
My neighbor was the 1st asst director on the Smokey and the Bandit movies and we were discussing the personal nature of what people think is brilliant comedy when that gem came out of his mouth.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfGgorajsro
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Denver
Well I tried to think of a great Autotuned® song but I can’t.
Anyhoo I’ve been in Denver for a few days and even went skiing for a half day. Nice. Jeez I’m sore. Well Denver was apparently just recently rated the most liveable city in America by someone who knows. Puh leeez. There’s a mall for every neighborhood and they’ve also distributed real big city ghettos so evenly that wheather you’re in a $300,000 or three million dollar neighborhood, you’re always three to eight blocks away from an actual ChicagoDetroitWashingtonDC styley ghetto.
Here’s the only photo I took:
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Autotune
Alright I know how to solve this problem of Autotune® that is tearing this great nation apart. How about we do some songs with autotune and some without? Go ahead, call me crazy, because this is the same jibber jabber that comes from the same part of my brain that believes Dallas and Guadalajara are both cities in Texico. Like Austin. Which as soon as we have the technology will be transplanted to Eastern Oregon where it belongs.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JB2ETgatI
This is one of the greatest songs without autotune. Ever.
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Maple
I think it was FatHead and I who saw this band open for I know not who (it was a long time ago). And they were without a doubt the most singular band I’ve ever seen. By the third song they had dudes yelling “fuck you” at them from the crowd. I guess I just don’t get it. We loved them.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOr_L5BebS0
Oh, I think they were opening for Malkmus. Maybe Dino jr.
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Beach
I went to the beach with a couple of my old friends from high school. Time moves very slowly at the beach and there’s not much to do. Or rather time moves slowly anywhere when there’s not much to do. Yes that’s the Goonies rock. We used to call it Haystack Rock.
So of course we watched a couple movies: Team America and Spinal Tap. You could read my review of Team America but I’ll save you the time… TEAM AMERICA IS THE FUNNIEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wmw8UB4HCU
Now, Spinal Tap on the other hand is not funny at all. It’s very serious. Very real. It also got me thinkin about my time spent in the industry. I did so much bitching about it when i was on Capitol Records but really, the first group of people there were amazing. And I miss it’s ability to get art into the world.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5FwzRBc_Y
For example, these were people who got very good at their own little tweaker things. This can only really be done alone, without the immediate rewards of applause or even a big pat on the back. Generally in teenage bedrooms. Here are three examples from my alma mater:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV74PsUo1dc
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_anbEJsr6s
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The Dandy Warhols
| Date | City | Venue | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tour: 2024-06 | |||
| 06/06/24 | Mexico City | Foro Indie Rocks! (CDMX) | MX |
| Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/07/24 | Queretaro | Foro Indie Rocks! (Queretaro) | MX |
| Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/08/24 | Guadalajara | C3 Stage | MX |
| Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/11/24 | Santiago | Blondie | CL |
| Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/12/24 | Buenos Aires | Niceto Club | AR |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Av. Cnel. Niceto Vega 5510. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/13/24 | São Paulo | Carioca Club | BR |
| Time: 7:00pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/27/24 | Chicago, IL | Metro | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 3730 N Clark St. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/28/24 | Minneapolis, MN | Varsity Theater | US |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1308 4th St SE. Buy Tickets | |||
| 06/29/24 | Milwaukee, WI | Summerfest | US |
| Time: 4:30pm. Buy Tickets | |||
| Tour: 2024 – Europe/UK | |||
| 09/21/24 | Paris | L’Olympia | FR |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 28 Boulevard des Capucines. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/22/24 | Brussels | La Madeleine | BE |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Rue Duquesnoy 14. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/23/24 | Den Haag | PAARD | NL |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Prinsegracht 12. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/24/24 | Utrecht | TivoliVredenburg | NL |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Vredenburgkade 11. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/26/24 | Berlin | Huxleys Neue Welt | DE |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Hasenheide 107. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/27/24 - 09/28/24 | Frederiksberg | Cannonball Festival | DK |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: K.B. Hallen, Peter Bangs Vej 147. Buy Tickets | |||
| 09/29/24 | Dublin | The Academy Dublin | IE |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 57 Abbey Street Middle. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 10/01/24 | Glasgow, Scotland | O2 Academy Glasgow | UK |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 121 Eglinton St. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 10/02/24 | Manchester | O2 Ritz Manchester | UK |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: Whitworth St W. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 10/03/24 | London | O2 Forum Kentish Town | UK |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 9-17 Highgate Rd. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
| 10/06/24 | Bristol | O2 Academy Bristol | UK |
| Time: 7:00pm. Address: 1-2, Frogmore St,. With The Black Angels. Ticket on sale Friday 5 March. Buy Tickets | |||
