Feeling Appreciated

There is nothing like the feeling of having an unexpected readership - and more to the point, of having an unexpected readership that has bloglinked you. So step forward, right this way Mr Lost Legionary - I am apparently one of his Brisbane reporters LOL.

Has been another quiet weekend (just the way I like them by the way) - wasting away the time yesterday, computer gaming and a bit of netting - up until a godawful time this morning, managing my hockey team on the game lol, but was made up quite a bit by the playlist on Rage this morning. And found that the Rage website has an extensive log of playlists over the last umm seven or so years :) - the portion on this just before 2.30 - Queens of the Stone Age song was the first that I tuned in on, but Gorillaz Clint Eastwood was the one that made me turn around and turn the music up LOL - and then was early to mid 90s for most of the rest of my viewing pleasure - what I am sure will become 'my' music when I become middle aged and looking back on the music world LOL.

With acts such as Weezer, Foo Fighters (was looking for their best of collection today - they have brought one out already haven't they?), Tricky, Chemical Brothers, The Verve, Bloodhound Gang, Placebo, Blur, Fun Lovin Criminals, Prodigy, Garbage, Portishead, Pulp. And then I HAD to go to bed LOL - missed Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, Offspring etc. Now I know they aren't the Beatles or the Stones of my generation (though which band is?), but surely they will all be going strong in the classic hits stations of 2035 LOL.

Went and saw Sideways at the movies today - my Sunday afternoon habit of going to the movies LOL. I thought it was a really nice movie, and one of the few that I actually wanted to go on and on and on - Paul Giamatti and the chick he was interested in, my, must have been the most I have willed a screen couple to get together in like forever LOL. Now where was that sort of acting when Anakin was falling for Amidala LOL. I was thinking of it as a grown up's Garden State - not to say that Garden State was for kids or anything, but similar slice of life kind of script without the big drawcard names of Braff and Portman. Over half of the audience in my screening (early Sunday afternoon, with a good sized audience) looked over forty - not that there's anything wrong with that LOL...

Next week, think it will be the Motorcycle Diaries - Ray and The Aviator will go on for WEEKS, and Alexander, eh, maybe it's one to wait until DVD LOL. Motorcycle is probably the most at threat of being cut from the schedules :)

And an easy segue into the latest awards show on the road to the Oscars - the BAFTAs in London. The Aviator got best picture, Jamie Foxx best actor, the Vera Drake actress on the female side, and nice to see Eternal Sunshine get a gong - in my opinion best movie of 2004 by a long way - just didn't time it for awards thinking LOL, which isn't the worst way to think of movie timing :)

Wow, Snoop Dogg is only 33 - he has been around long enough that I thought he was closer to forty or something - was just commenting in an email to K this morning that his new song, with Pharell, is so catchy with that tongue clicking LOL, and of course the bootylicious girls help out - and is Beyonce on that video as well, clicking her tongue? Hmm - anyways, good article in the Guardian about him :)

Just watched Whale Rider again - parents were loaned the DVD by a workmate, hmm very much small town rural New Zealand, and Mum said it was well done. And yes, the grandfather did used to be on Play School - our kinda version of Seasame Street LOL...

Later peeps
Pauly