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Engels
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Nerf
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So apparently my rockstar dream isn't dead due to my lack of talent after all, I just need to move to russia!
Who's with me!?!?!
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Lakov_Sanite
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« Last Edit: March 31, 2008, 10:42:26 PM by Lakov_Sanite »
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Endie
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I have a worrying feeling that some of you don't get the Leningrad Cowboys. They're not even Russian.
In the late 80's, Finnish director Ari Kaurismaki made a movie called "Leningrad Cowboys Go America", about an Russian band (played by a real rock band called the Sleepy Sleepers) who were too awful for Russia. So they go to America, where "people will listen to anything". The point of the Leningrad Cowboys is an extended (rather overplayed ni my opinion) high camp joke about how awful American musical tastes are.
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Engels
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I have a worrying feeling that some of you don't get the Leningrad Cowboys. They're not even Russian.
In the late 80's, Finnish director Ari Kaurismaki made a movie called "Leningrad Cowboys Go America", about an Russian band (played by a real rock band called the Sleepy Sleepers) who were too awful for Russia. So they go to America, where "people will listen to anything". The point of the Leningrad Cowboys is an extended (rather overplayed ni my opinion) high camp joke about how awful American musical tastes are.
Sounds like it backfired a bit, didn't it? |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Endie
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I have a worrying feeling that some of you don't get the Leningrad Cowboys. They're not even Russian.
In the late 80's, Finnish director Ari Kaurismaki made a movie called "Leningrad Cowboys Go America", about an Russian band (played by a real rock band called the Sleepy Sleepers) who were too awful for Russia. So they go to America, where "people will listen to anything". The point of the Leningrad Cowboys is an extended (rather overplayed ni my opinion) high camp joke about how awful American musical tastes are.
Sounds like it backfired a bit, didn't it? Aaaaaaahhh. When will you damn yanks get irony?  |
My blog: http://endie.netTwitter - Endieposts "What else would one expect of Scottish sociopaths sipping their single malt Glenlivit [sic]?" Jack Thompson |
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Lakov_Sanite
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I have a worrying feeling that some of you don't get the Leningrad Cowboys. They're not even Russian.
In the late 80's, Finnish director Ari Kaurismaki made a movie called "Leningrad Cowboys Go America", about an Russian band (played by a real rock band called the Sleepy Sleepers) who were too awful for Russia. So they go to America, where "people will listen to anything". The point of the Leningrad Cowboys is an extended (rather overplayed ni my opinion) high camp joke about how awful American musical tastes are.
Sounds like it backfired a bit, didn't it? Aaaaaaahhh. When will you damn yanks get irony? No no, I got it from the start, I mean I don't think anyone's mentally deficient enough to think this isn't a joke band. I should expand on my though, as I don't think even for irony, that the video was entertaining. Like putting Groucho glasses on a corpse as a funeral, it may be funny but you'll be the only one laughing. |
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Engels
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The video evokes in me a complex melange of emotions. At first, I was simply  but that progressed to  Then I looked at the look of smug arrogance on the expressions of the russian military choir and I plunged right back down into Lakov pretty much sums up the feeling. You want to laugh at these losers, but at the same time you realise that the intent wasn't a light hearted jab, but an entire montage constructed to deride an aspect of American culture. Its a little bit sick. As Lakov said, Groucho glasses on a corpse. The corpse in this case being the most glamorous display of Eurotrash since French caucasians started doing gangsta rap. |
I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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HaemishM
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If you haven't seen their movie, you should. It's funny as hell. |
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cmlancas
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I can't promise anything other than trauma and tragedy. -- schild
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cmlancas
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Also, this happens when you do a Shoryuken down instead of up. |
f13 Street Cred of the week:
I can't promise anything other than trauma and tragedy. -- schild
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MrHat
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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stu
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I have a DVD with nothing but Daft Punk videos. They have the best ones.  |
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Jackpot!
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Simond
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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Llava
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Holy shit.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Engels
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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Fabricated
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"The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist." - George Bernard Shaw
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Righ
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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stu
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Hell yeah! The begining of that vid reminded me of an old one from them that followed traffic signs and ended at one for Portishead. I'm still holding out hope that they score a sick and twisted indy horror flick.
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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Llava
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Rrava roves you rong time
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Woah. I had no idea they were even together still. Cool. EDIT  This isn't the grainy black and white noir style Portishead I love. At least, not at song #4. |
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« Last Edit: April 11, 2008, 05:02:35 PM by Llava »
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Righ
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Teaching the world Google-fu one broken dream at a time.
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Its coming on the TV now if you get Current.
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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schild
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God I hate reporters. Also, PUT THAT ON THE NEWS. |
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schild
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The song at 15 minutes is just fucking amazing. Thanks for that. |
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stu
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Entranced. I love the continuous 360 pan they switched to for that song. Deft, how they finessed her voice electronically around the 18:10 mark. I'm guessing it's not too hard, but it sounded great. Tracks #1 & 3 are my favorites. I'm a sucker for the more sinister sounds.
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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Righ
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1. Silence 2. Hunter 3. We Carry On 4. The Rip 5. Machine Gun 6. Magic Doors 7. Threads
We Carry On & Threads are my favorites at this point.
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The camera adds a thousand barrels. - Steven Colbert
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Llava
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I dunno, I was disappointed. I liked the darker stuff they did before. Cowboys, Glory Box, Seven Months, Only You, and the lounge-style atmosphere of All Mine. This seemed too... Radiohead-influenced. Which is good if you like Radiohead, I suppose.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. -Saint Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
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Engels
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I should get back to nature, too. You know, like going to a shop for groceries instead of the computer. Maybe a condo in the woods that doesn't even have a health club or restaurant attached. Buy a car with only two cup holders or something. -Signe
I LIKE being bounced around by Tonkors. - Lantyssa
Babies shooting themselves in the head is the state bird of West Virginia. - schild
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stu
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Dear Diary,
Jackpot!
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schild
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Oh wow. I just got served. |
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NiX
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Locomotive Pandamonium
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