Sunday, September 25, 2011

My queue for albums

So slowly but surely I've been buying CDs off of the internet and at record stores, and I'm kind of closish to having what, to my taste, would be a comprehensive collection.  Here's what I hope to get next, in chronological order by importance:

1.  Spiderland - Slint
2. Diary - Sunny Day Real Estate
3. A Catholic Education - Teenage Fanclub
3.14159 Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices
4. The Remote Part  - Idlewild
5. There's Nothing Wrong with Love  - Built to Spill
6. Northern Soul - The Verve
7.  New Day Rising - Husker Du
8. Be Here Now - Oasis
9. Forever Again - Eric's Trip
10. Pygmalion - Slowdive

Things might shift around, and I might have forgotten stuff, but off the top of my head, here's what I don't have yet

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Themes from cinema

First, I should add that I was incorrect, after thinking about it, re the end of Closely Watched Trains; there was really no possibility for a happy ending as soon as the Nazi Party guy arrived, since even if Miloš would have been arrested and killed later even if he hadn't been shot.  All in all, everything would have been equal, unfortunately, which makes me wonder if I'm happier that at least he died while executing an act of heroism and in front of Maša or if I'd rather he'd been successful and then died alone in a gas chamber or prison cell off screen.

Also, I watched a few foreign films this summer, so maybe I'll review all of them later.