The Squirrel Blog

Bruce Lee Interview From 1971

2012-01-25T23:27:00.000-06:00

If all you know of Bruce Lee are the Kung Fu films, watch this...

This Morning's Movie: "The Driver"

2012-01-23T11:10:00.001-06:00

Archetype by Aaron Sims

2012-01-22T17:24:00.000-06:00

Let me start by saying I'm a geek. I enjoy good science fiction. Aaron Sims was the concept artist for, among other films, "The Incredible Hulk" and "Green Lantern." He's made a short film in the hopes of making it into a feature. I think it's amazing and hope very much he succeeds!

Tonight's Film: "48 Hours"

2012-01-13T17:30:00.000-06:00

Tonight's Film: "Thief"

2012-01-12T17:56:00.000-06:00

I'm in a sucker for a good neo-noir and this is one of the best. It's a Micheal Mann film and stars James Cann. All you need to know, really! I'd love to follow it up with "The Driver" and "The Long Goodbye."

...WOW...

2012-01-02T10:59:00.001-06:00

Woody

2012-01-02T10:32:00.000-06:00

Tom Waits, Austin City Limits, 1978

2011-12-31T00:22:00.000-06:00

And that last one did a number on me. Nothing funny at all to me. Came just when it could do the most damage. And it did.

Tonight: The Greatest American Hero

2011-12-29T19:51:00.000-06:00

When I was eight my favorite TV show was The Greatest American Hero. Loved. It. So there I was at Amazon the other day when what should pop up as a suggestion? Damn right it went in the cart! PLUS, it's got Robert Culp in it, and ANYTHING with Culp in it...! He even wrote and directed some episodes. So tonight is guilty pleasure night. I'm climbing into the WABAC Machine! Hit that shit, Mr. Peabody!

Merry

2011-12-25T22:21:00.000-06:00

Tonight's Films: Alien and Aliens

2011-12-22T22:27:00.000-06:00

Double feature tonight. I recently picked up the Alien Blu-ray box set. The prints are UNBELIEVABLE. Alien specifically. That a film from 1979 could look this good!

For my money, the original Alien trailer, one of the best ever made...

Keats - Stanzas. In A Drear-Nighted December

2011-12-22T09:39:00.000-06:00

1. In drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity: The north cannot undo them With a sleety whistle through them; Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime. 2. In drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook, Thy bubblings ne'er remember Apollo's summer look; But with a sweet forgetting, They stay their crystal fretting, Never, never petting About the frozen time. 3. Ah! would 'twere so with many A gentle girl and boy! But were there ever any Writhed not at passed joy? The feel of not to feel it, When there is none to heal it Nor numbed sense to steel it, Was never said in rhyme.

2011-12-18T23:31:00.001-06:00

"When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?"

2011-12-18T22:48:00.000-06:00

If you prick us, do we not bleed?
If you tickle us, do we not laugh?
If you poison us, do we not die?
And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge?

2011-12-18T22:39:00.001-06:00

Dining on ashes.

2011-12-18T22:38:00.000-06:00

Current Playlist

2011-12-17T13:45:00.000-06:00

A few tracks getting play right now. In no particular order:

Bob Dylan - "Sign On The Window"

Nina Simone - "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good"

Elliott Smith - "Misery Let Me Down" (Free Download)

Frazey Ford - "Out On The Weekend" (YouTube)

Frazey Ford - "Firecracker - Live on KEXP" (YouTube)

Townes Van Zandt - "Dead Flowers"

Langhorne Slim - "Blow Your Mind"

Thee More Shallows - "I Can't Get Next To You"

Low - "Silver Rider"

The Velvet Underground - "Hey Mr. Rain"

The entire Mountain Goat's record All Eternals Deck, but specifically the tracks, "Damn These Vampires," "For Charles Bronson," and "Never Quite Free"

Brother Bill - "Wha's Happ'nin"

King James Version - "He's Coming"

Angelea Alexander & J.D. Saddler - "Don't Make Me Kill You"

New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein conducting, Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathetique", 4. Finale: Adagio lamentoso - Andante

Experiment 48

2011-12-17T10:48:00.001-06:00

Tonight's Film: "Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance"

2011-12-15T18:20:00.000-06:00

Baltimore, Maryland

2011-12-07T22:30:00.000-06:00

Milwaukee, WI

2011-11-02T22:30:00.000-05:00

Tonight's Film: "Blacula"

2011-10-30T18:14:00.000-05:00

Tonight's Film: "Damnation Alley"

2011-10-22T19:30:00.000-05:00

I saw this film when I was kid and I remember thinking it was the shit! Yes, the production values are crap, and the...well, basically the whole thing is crap, but some guilty pleasures are just fun. Like Damnation Alley, with George Peppard, who I think is always great in whatever he's in, liquored up and over the top! And that Landmaster! When I was ten I thought it was the coolest! So tonight I'm getting the way-back machine and I'm going to have a few beers, and indulge in a guilty pleasure. My ten-year-old self very much approves!

And yes, I have it on Blu-ray. If for no other reason because it's ridiculous! I got Flash Gordon and Battle Beyond the Stars (Again with George Peppard!) at the same time. An orgy of bad sci-fi...

"A fellow will remember a lot of things you wouldn't think he'd remember."

2011-10-22T18:45:00.000-05:00

Bruce Lee and James Coburn

2011-10-22T17:17:00.000-05:00