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Did you get the title? I did not. Who cares anyhow? The whole thing is a collection of 5 stories that are somehow connected by a goddess bringing death. The characters include a man working in a museum who`s being turned into a sculpture after he`s seen the goddess with the head of the legendary Meduse in her hands, his wife and some other people.

Roberto Benini - Jūs turpināt mani apburt! Protams, es apzinos, ka Benini ir šis tas kopīgs ar Vudiju Alenu, taču, ja godīgi, mani tas ne mazākajā mērā neuztrauc. Vismaz es nevaru neatzīt, ka divas viņa filmas, kuras esmu redzējis, ir ierindojamas starp emocionāli visspēcīgākajiem kinodarbiem, kādus es jebkad esmu redzējis.

Šādu mūziku, kādu spēlē "Bad Religion", es reizēm klausos ar lielāko prieku, kad uznāk pareizais noskaņojums. Vai 1. maijā sēžot darbā ir pareizais noskaņojums, lai klausītos agresīvu un ātru pankroku? Domājams gan. Tādas dziesmas kā Dead Kenedys ietekmētā "The Gray Race", melodiski poppancīgā "Them and Us" vai Offspring-iskā "Pity the Dead" ir tieši tādas zāles, kādas man šodien nepieciešamas. Reizēm Bad Religion mēģina arī kādu liriskāku noti, kā, piemēram, dziesmā "The Streets of America", kur var saskatīt pat zināmu līdzību ar Pearl Jam mūziku (jā, es zinu, ka my baby`s in love with Eddie Vedder) un varbūt pat ar Green Day un U2 kopdarbu. Protams, pancīgajai mūzikai ir viens liels trūkums - lai arī šajā albūmā ir 15 dziesmas, sajūta ir tāda, ka to ir kādas 3-4, jo atšķirības starp tām ir diezgan minimālas, lai arī lipīgums ir labs un, piemēram, "Drunk Sincerity" ritmiņš man šķiet ļoti simpātisks.

Luis Bunuel was one of the greatest directors that ever came out of Spain. And when I got this film I thought it was one of his works. But I was proven wrong - because I thout it was something like "Bunuel`s mesa del ray Salomon" but "y" in Spanish, as it was proven by "Y tu mama tambien" means "and". So it`s more like "Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail". With the exception that this isn`t a real adventure film and that the grail is replaced with king Solomon`s table which can tell both past and future. On Bunuels journey his two friends are with him - painter Salvadore Dali and poet Luis Garcia Lorca. The film is totally surreal, quite in the same style Bunuel did in the 1930s together with Dali ("The Andalusyan Dog" is surely the best example). It`s not clear when all the things happen - is it some twisted today with them all having jumped out of the thirties, or is it some twisted 1930s with modern Japanese tourists. Anyhow, this film is bizarre. Although at the beginning I thought this to be somewhat similar to "National Treasure" this film reminds me of nothing. And I don`t know whether this means something good or bad. By the way, what was "The Andalusyan Dog" about? I guess the same thing. And that would be? ...Um,... don`t know.

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.