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Top 12 of 2011

By raishad | Published: January 7, 2012

Here it is, my definitive playlist of 2011. British Sea Power – Who’s In Control Yuck – The Wall Los Campesinos! – Hello Sadness Stricken City – Losing Colour The Chemical Brothers – Hanna’s Theme Little Dragon – Ritual Union Ringo DeathStarr – Kaleidoscope Anna Calvi – Blackout Those Dancing Days – I’ll Be Yours [...]

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Say Hello to Song of the Day

By raishad | Published: December 30, 2011

One of the two radio shows that I have to listen to weekly is Roundtable. It’s a show where Steve Lamacq and some guests review new singles. But since it’s the end of the year, on the last show Lammo asked his guests to bring in their best singles. I forget who selected Soft Cell’s [...]

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Blogalongabond #9: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)

By raishad | Published: December 27, 2011

I’ve been a bit busy and missed the last couple Blogalongabond’s. Hopefully, I’ll get caught up during this last week of Xmas vacation. September’s Bond was The Man with the Golden Gun and what a Bond it was. The Man with the Golden Gun has a lot of problems. The opening credits weren’t too strong. [...]

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The Pretension of Life

By raishad | Published: December 26, 2011

I just watched the Tree of Life, a documentary by Terrence Malick about the universe and Waco, TX. Is it a good movie? I don’t know. I enjoyed watching it and I ended up giving it 4 stars on Netflix. But I don’t think I would ever watch it again, unless I’m trying to impress [...]

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How Universal is ruining movies

By raishad | Published: December 3, 2011

I can’t watch any extras because I rented the movie? Why am I being punished?

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Mr. October

By raishad | Published: October 31, 2011

October was a pretty busy month for me. I turned 28. Then, I time travelled 1 day into the future and completely skipped Friday, October 14th. And then, I spent the next 10 days in Australia. Nearly 1/3rd of my October was in another hemisphere. I destroyed the Melbourne sky line, touched the Sydney Opera [...]

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What Doesn’t Happen In Vegas, Stays In Vegas

By raishad | Published: August 30, 2011

For those keeping score, I’m 0 – 6 when it comes to seeing Frightened Rabbit live. The Universe will not let it happen. 2 weekends ago I was in Las Vegas. That Saturday, August 20th, I was checking out Pollstar to see if any bands I knew were playing. I was surprised to see Frightened [...]

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Blogalongabond #8: Live and Let Die (1973)

By raishad | Published: August 28, 2011

August’s Bond is Live and Let Die Live and Let Die is the introduction to Roger Moore and the 70s. After the disappointing showing from Connery in Diamonds are Forever, the producers must’ve said “Fuck it” and decided to change everything. No more Aston Martin’s, instead you get big honking pimpmobiles. Could you imagine Bond [...]

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Blogalongabond #7: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

By raishad | Published: July 31, 2011

July’s Bond is Diamonds Are Forever, and it proves that not only diamonds are forever, but Diamonds Are Forever feels like forever. Diamonds Are Forever takes us into the 70s. After the amazing Lazenby reminded us how awesome Bond can be, Connery was called out of retirement for one more case (of Just for Men [...]

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Blogalongabond #6: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

By raishad | Published: July 2, 2011

June’s Bond is On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and what a wonder service it was! On Her Majesty’s Secret Service was an amazing Bond. George Lazen-bond takes over for Sean Connery, and aside from the super lame “This never happened to the other fella”, really shines. There’s something about Lazenby that works. It was kinda [...]

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