Mr Owl PhD

Correct on all!

Well, almost twenty years after I first heard it, Spiderland is still the best album I've ever heard by quite some distance. Much of the music it has spawned (including some by people who were in Slint) sounds quite dull and pedestrian to me, especially Mogwai.

Laura Veirs and Field Music in the next month or two.

I like Office Space.

Went to see A Serious Man the other day. Very enjoyable. Not sure it's one of the Coens' very best but it's still got all the usual ingredients of their more humerous stuff. It's very Jewish, particularly at the beginning. A couple actually walked out bewildered during the opening sequence, perhaps because they thought they'd stumbled into a 'difficult' foreign film by mistake. Today I returned to the Belmont to see The Red Shoes, which I'd never seen before. It's easy to see why it's a classic - incredibly bright and vivid, with great performances and set pieces. Proper old fashioned cinema - it must have been extraordinary in 1948.

Is there any point in Editors or White Lies?

I don't like Idlewild and Mogwai.

Not in any order, something a bit like: Rachael Dadd 'After the Ant Fight' Jeffrey Lewis and the Junkyard 'Em Are I' Wye Oak 'The Knot' Sky Larkin 'The Golden Spike' Slow Club 'Yeah So' Teacups 'Forest Fiction' Cate Le Bon 'Me oh My' Alasdair Roberts 'Spoils' Alela Diane 'To Be Still' Fever Ray 'Fever Ray' Not sure which is best. I've probably listened to Teacups the most this year, but their album only came out the other week. 'Spoils' is pretty good.

Off the top of my head a bit: Talk to Her Pan's Labyrinth Waking Life Grizzly Man Far from Heaven Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days The White Ribbon Innocence Spirited Away Probably quite a few I've forgotten though...

I went to see the White Ribbon at the Belmont last night. Not one to go to if you want cheering up or lots of fast-paced action. One of the best films I've seen in recent years though.

You couldn't make it up. YouTube - Stewart Lee - Political Correctness - 41st Best Stand-Up ever

Alasdair Roberts at the Tunnels and David Thomas Broughton at the Fence Homegame.

Some blogging about this: Where Did It All Go Right? Andrew Collins

Cheeky stunt could land Rangers star in trouble with both police and club - Herald Scotland | News | Home News

The Foyer

Not sure. She might be, although it's a long commute from California so maybe not. I think this is definitely her though:

I like Paula Frazer and Tarnation a lot. Just thought I'd mention that.

I thought Stewart Lee was very funny last night, despite being a 'milder comedian'. I particularly liked it that he came on stage to "I am a Tree" by Guided by Voices.

Amazingly I'd completely forgotten this was on tonight. Good job I've got a ticket!

If you're not sure what to think about this, here's Charlie Brooker's take: Charlie Brooker's Screen burn | Television & radio | The Guardian

That's quite worrying. I was in Mono today. It's a great place.

Kind of, but at least they said something.