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Es zināju, ka tas brīdis pienāks un ka tas man nesagādās daudz prieka. Ir pienākusi diena, kad manās ausīs ir ieskanējies "Cradle of Filth", lai gan es vēl neplānoju pārvākties dzīvot uz servertelpu vai vēl jo vairāk Ieteikt kādam šo grupu klausīties. Bet man pašam to darīt nākas, jo MP3 disks ar numuru 6 satur šīs grupas mini albūmu "V Empire".

Kā var atklāt interneta plašumos, Sergejs Minajevs ir kļuvis par šīs sezonas krievu literatūras grāvēju un viņa debijas romāns "Духless" (lasīt - bezgarīgais) ir atzīts par kaut ko gandrīz vai iepriekš nepieredzētu.

I don`t think that it`s gonna be a surprise to anyone if I told that the film is made after the novel by Ray Bradbury. I liked the book but the film was a huge dissapointment - people who appear to be living in the sixties but act as if they were not, terrible (at least what I think) acting and lots of changes in the plot don`t make a great film for me. No, no, no that`s no way to treat a classic.

Stanley Kubrick directed "The Killing" as one of his first major films. In my humble opinion this isn`t the grandmasters best moment, although it isn`t particulary bad as well. For example, this film inspired "the Reservoir Dogs" by Quentin Tarantino, and that says a lot. A group of people decide to rob the money from horse racing, and for that they use local workers, a professional sniper, a fight instigator, and lots of other stuff. Everything so to say goes great until the moment, when the money is in the hands of the robbers, for trying to get it all for themselves they fail. Most of them die except for one man and his girl who take the money to an airport trying to leave the country but this last plan also fails because the suitcase opens and all the money blows in the wind. So it goes, Kurt Vonnegut would say. For a crime/action film this is a nice entertaining piece, for Stanley Kubrick - it`s nothing particulary special.

If you wonder why did I watch this film - here comes the answer. There`s this song "1985" by an obscure band named "Bowling for Soup". And what is this song about? The year of 1985, of course. And some films are mentioned. One of them is "The Breakfast Club". So I watch it. Five highschool students spend an entire Saturday at school because of a detention they got. They all come from different backgrounds each representing a certain social group. There`s a rich man`s daughter who`s a prom queen, there`s a sportsman, a math whiz + nerd, a goth chick and a wastebasket. The latter two are the most interesting ones, but the rest is also ok. Since they aren`t allowed to leave their seats (what they still occasionally do). They quarrel, they fight, they disagree, they form groups which fall apart momentarilly. They speak of things they find to be important, they are neither good or bad, but just are. The ending though spoils the impression of the film - two couples are formed, everyone is happy, you know the sugarry crap Hollywood endings that occur in 95% of the films from the gigantic soap factory. But if you watch the first four fifths of this film you`re bound to enjoy it.

Less (that`s a name) is a young man/boy living in the GDR of 1980s. After a brief encounter with his cousine Radost he goes to Eastern Berlin to live with his uncle Wanja (who`s full name is Werner, so he ain`t no Russkie). Anyhow it`s a bit of a change for a young man from a tiny town somewhere in the country. He gets to meet an anarchist philosopher, a crappy and boring poet and a punk named Beck. He also has relationships with two girls - one of them a nice girl named Irene and another - a cool chick named Dani. The most remarkable thing about the book is the fact that choruses of famous punk rock songs of the era sometimes appear in the text. So are people that like "The Exploited" or some other half-obscure punk bands among the characters. I presume this book could be best described as hip. Yet not being a particulary hip person myself I found it to be kinda dumb and not particulary interesting. Therefore goodbye and thanks for all the fish!

"Amarcord" bija pēdējā no patiesi lielajām Frederiko Fellini filmām - "Kabīrijas naktis", "La Strada", "La Dolce Vita", "8 1/2". No šīm filmām "Amarcord" (jeb latviski - "Atceros") ir visvieglākā, būdama pamatā traģikomēdija, lai arī ar gana daudziem dramatiskuma elementiem.

"Akvarium" es mēģināju neveiksmīgi izmantot kā argumentu. Domāju, ka neveiksmīgi ne tāpēc, ka arguments bija vājš. Situācijā, kad Ženēvā kompānijas mājā vakarā izcēlās diskusijas par to, vai rietumu popmūziķi būtu gatavi par naudu uzstāties privātā ballītē pie kāda bieziķa mājās, mans kolēģis Sergejs izteica apgalvojumu, ka neviena rietumu estrādes zvaigzne tā nedarītu, kamēr pilnīgi jebkura krievu zvaigzne tā darīt. Es šim jautāju, vai viņš patiešām domā, ka Boriss Grebenščikovs būtu vieglāk gatavs pārdoties nekā, teiksim, Pinka. Un saņēmu atbildi - jā.

I`m far from the most enthusiastic fans of Latvian literature. I don`t follow who writes what, who was seen performing a hand job upon whom etc. Therefore this novel by Jochan Korin was a huge surprise for me. I expected this book to be either a luscious tale of women in the country or a stale story about WW2 where the great patriotic Latvian nazis fight the nitty commies with great passion and results. But it proved to be an excuisite crime story that is a riddle itself. It seemed to be a book done especially for me - a book of logic riddles, a book with a huge emphasis on playing cards and cracking codes. The most important thing about it is the fact that the riddles are interesting, memorable and fun. Quite unlike the ones in "The da Vinci Code". The central story goes around Matiss Ziemelis, a guy who has mostly only interest for crossword puzzles and playing cards but who`s also capable of some other things. He is asked by his friend from the university to help the local police to fight car stealers, but the whole book is much more about different stuff than just thievery. And I don`t mean masons by that - it`s a perfect book for a quest game, and a good game for sure - I have no doubt at all that something like "Monkey Island" could come out of this. And can you imagine anything better than "Monkey Island"? I can`t.

"Traģēdijas teātris", kā jau var nojaust, spēlē gotisku nāves metālu, lai arī pēdējos gados, kā esmu dzirdējis, grupa kļuvusi stipri popsīgāka kā savos agrākajos ierakstos - piemēram, īsspēlējošajā platē "A rose for the dead".