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I have absolutely no idea why this isn`t in the factoid already. Weird, I was sure it was here. The film has a script written by Rainer Fassbinder and it ain`t no surprise to a person who know who Fassbinder was and what this film is about. First, burning rocks are represented by a young lad that`s invited to visit a man who ain`t that young anymore. So they start talking and the older man seduces the younger one and they become lovers. The young guy had a girl he wanted to marry but it doesn`t work out because of the older man. So they live together and the young dude gets more feminine day by day. But then the old man`s ex arrives - a transsexual person that was a man once but changed sex so the man would want him/her again. The young mans girlfriend comes to visit him to free him from the Water drops. But she also gets seduced by the Man. And in the end the young guy commits suicide, but the old man has sex with the young girl and the transvestite. Happy end, indeed. I don`t really know if saying "i kinda liked this film" would be a good thing in the exact case, but it`s true. The film may be a bit too perverse for my taste but it doesn`t necessarily make it worse. Or does it?

Megadeth bieži tiek saukti par Metallicas jaunākajiem brāļiem un ne bez pamata - kā nekā grupas līderis tika atlaists no Metallica pirms "Megadeth" izveidošanas (arī grupu nosaukumos bez problēmām var atrast izteiktu līdzību). Tiesa ir skaidrs, ka Megadeth vismaz agrīnajos gados bija daudz vieglākas mūzikas izpildītāji nekā oriģinālā Metallica un ne velti grupas debijas ierakstā nav gandrīz nevienas ausis cauršķeļošas kompozīcijas, toties te ir kārtīgs spīdmetāla un trešmetāla krustojums, kurā galvenais ir radīt maksimālu troksni maksimāli lielā ātrumā. Un reizēm pie viena rodas arī tīri interesantas melodijas, kā piemēram albūma tituldziesmā. Vislabāk man gan patīk šajā ierakstā savdabīgais kavers Nensijas Sinatras dziesmai "These Boots" (kurš, kā esmu lasījis, albūma kompaktdiska versijā nemaz nav iekļauts autortiesību problēmu dēļ). Tekstā gan te parādās zināmas izmaiņas - ar noslieci uz rupjību ieviešanu, lai gan patiesībā varbūt tās nemaz nav rupjības, vienkārši dziesma kļuvusi mazliet nežēlīgāka. Labs, lai arī ne īpaši labs!

Lai tev nerastos ne mazākās aizdomas par to, kas ir Onkulis Toms Angelrippers, es uzreiz atklāšu noslēpumu, ka vislabāk viņš ir zināms kā grupas "Sodom" dziedātājs. Kā tev šķiet, kādu mūziku spēlē šāda nosaukuma grupa? Pareizi!

What if your child became a killer? You`re too young to be a parent for a child that could become a killer? But what if you weren`t? Or if you were a killer yourself? In this novel by Rosellen Brown we encounter an American family that`s seem to be pretty normal on the outside. Ben and his wife Carolyn are happily married, their children Jacob and Judith are smart and do well at school. But one day a girl is murdered in the little town where the family lives. And Jacob who was her boyfriend and who was the last person she was seen with becomes the prime suspect. Jacob flees after the murder and his parents have little doubt that he really is the killer. Difference can be only found in their approach towards this fact - while Ben tries all means possible to save his son by destroying all evidence of the crime there is Carolyn is prepared for Jake to go to prison (which is a thing he deserves for sure). The weird thing about the book is the fact that there`s no twist - Jacob has commited murder, although we may not have heard the true circumstances of the case but there is no doubt that he is a murderer. And there is no doubt that his father is a bit crazy too, otherwise he wouldn`t do what he does, which leads to Ben going to prison instead of his son (quite similar to "Deadeye Dick" where the main heros father is the one imprisoned and not the murderer himself). Whas everything that happened to Martha (Jacobs dead ex-girlfriend) mostly an accident? Should her parents forgive Jacob? I don`t really know. The book tends to be a bit too film-like for my taste (a film starring Liam Neeson and Meryl Streep was done after the novel but I haven`t seen it yet) yet it`s quite a rewarding read. Not too much brain usage required but a decent book nevertheless.

Šo filmu mēs skatījāmies tikai nedaudz nojaušot, kas mūs tajā gaidīs. Pareizāk sakot, Liene nenojauta neko, es biju no Vikipēdijas sapratis, ka tā stāsta par diviem mīlniekiem dažādos laikmetos un to, ka mīlestība ir spēcīgāka par nāvi un laiku. Kā izrādījās, tur varbūt bija sava patiesība, bet tā nebija diez ko izteikta.

Šajā albūmā atrodas dziesma, kas ievadīja manu iepazīšanos ar Elisa Kūpera apdzīvo šausmu filmu pasauli - leģendārā "Black Widow", slavas dziesma apburoši indīgajai zirkneklenei, kuras raksturīgākā īpašība ir sava partnera tēviņa apēšana pēc seksuālā akta noslēguma.

This is the best american film of all times. I should immediately add it to my A list. But I won`t. What is really all the fuss about? I seriously don`t know. The film is all right, I must admit to that but certainly not more than that. Ok, the ending was good, but let`s face it - every good film has a strong ending because otherwise it wouldn`t be that good. No, I don`t say that it is worthless or something of that kind but I`m not really interested in the meaning of `Rosebud` THAT much.

What is the second commandment? Do you know the answer to this question? It says that Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. And what is this film about? Is it about appliance of religion in modern society? No, it isn`t. There`s Dorota who`s husband is in a very bad condition in the hospital and who wants him to get well once again. But she also has a lover, and she`s pregnant from him. She knows that if her husband will get well she`ll have to make an abortion, but if he`ll die she`ll lose him (logical, isn`t it?). Then there`s the Consultant - an old doctor who treats Andrzej (Dorotas husband) and who`s life isn`t a particulary happy one. He spends his time telling every day a part of his loss of his family to a woman that makes food for him and cleans his room. He`s not the kindest person in the world, but neither is the most unpleasant one. To end this review I want to say, that after having watched 3 parts of the Decalogue I`m still entertained and planing to watch more.

Once there was a time when I considered Viktor Pelevin my favourite writer. When I got hold of this book I thought this time to be over, never to return back. Now, a few days after reading this one I`m not sure what am I to expect from Pelevin now. On one hand, the book is thrilling, it has some very interesting strokes of word, but, on the other hand, the basic ideas are not more than recycling from Pelevin`s previous works. He doesn`t come up with very many fresh ideas, although the plot is twisted enough. What is it all about? Actually it`s a bit of a love story - she is a were-fox at the age of more than 2000 but looking like a Lolita. He is a were-wolf who works for the Russian FSB. He wants to become the uber-were-wolf but she already is the uber-were-fox. The language in the book is pretty explicit, although there`s no "explicit content" sign on the cover. I guess this novel is quite good at describing what life in modern Russia is like. Probably Mr. Pelevin is no optimist, his vision is one full of sex and drugs, but he doesn`t become too pesimistic and he certainly doesn`t preach what he wants the world to be like - that`s a very positive thing indeed.

This starts of as a romantic comedy with a clerk and a wannabe lawyer Norman falling in love with a girl he meets in an art gallery. After spending too much time with her he gets fired from his work and ends up living with his aunt in a small town called Selchester. His love life doesn`t go particulary well, especially after he sees the woman of his dreams performing oral sex with her sisters boyfriend. So Norman goes home very sad and falls into the hands of a weird lodger of her aunties - a bishop with a lot of titles but without a church, without a religion. Yet this strange fellow ordinates Norman as a bishop as well and so Norman decides to give it a shot and become a clergyman. He goes to a thelogical college where everyone turns out to be gay and everyone has a female nickname and sodomy is practiced everywhere. Meanwhile Norman has a relationship with his first girlfriends sister, named Cleo, she`s in love with him therefore he obviously isn`t. The father of both of the girls is a dean who doesn`t believe in god and has made a lot of money from his God-mocking books. Norman dies in the end jumping from the top of a cathedral. This clearly ain`t the funniest book I`ve read in my entire life and some of it`s parts may a bit too obscene for my taste but easy to read and a bit funny it is, why shouldn`t one like that kind of books?