To be honest, I'm not sure if there really is a connection or not. But as I was recently watching Funny Face (1957) and this scene with Audrey Hepburn started rolling I couldn't help thinking how Lynch-like it was. The hazy red-tinted background, weird and over-the-top yet cheeky dance moves and a gorgeous Audrey - they're all featured in Twin Peaks as well.
The only difference is that in Funny Face they're all packed in one scene where as in Twin Peaks they're scattered throughout the episodes. And, of course, in Twin Peaks scenes there's always that sinister, haunting undertone.
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12/29/10
About wine-making, A Perfect Circle and turning lemons into lemonade
As the title suggests, this is going to be a very incohesive blog post. I'm afraid my mind is still in Christmas mode. Sorry about that.
Anyways, gonna start with A Perfect Circle. After several years of being inactive APC finally broke down the silence this autumn by playing the entirety of each of their three albums at concerts, one album per night. There have also been rumours of the band writing new material but with these guys you can never be sure of anything. I definitely wouldn't mind if Maynard James Keenan took some time off from his wine-making activities and Billy Howerdel concentrated on APC as well, instead of his other band Ashes Divide, because even after a long break APC still sounds amazing. Take a look here:
Speaking of wine-making, since it seems to be the main reason as to why there hasn't been a new APC or Tool record for a while. Here's a brief interview where Keenan talks about his vineyard and why he got interested in wine in the first place. It's kinda interesting although I wish the interviewer would let Keenan do most of the talking.
Finally, about the documentary Keenan mentions during the interview. It's called Blood Into Wine, it's directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenk, and yes, it's all about Keenan and his wine-making efforts in Arizona. Here's the trailer:
Funny thing about Page & Pomerenk is that they seem to have a very special relationship with Sundance Film Festival. Apparently Sundance keeps rejecting their documentaries (including Blood Into Wine) and it has come down to a point where Page & Pomerenk have decided to cast puppets for their next production because they think "the puppets will take the inevitable Sundance rejection better than real life actors" [read the whole press release here].
Now that's the way to deal with rejection and turning it into good publicity! Reminds me of an old saying about making lemonade if life gives you lemons. Which is about the same thing as getting wine out of desert soil or turning painful life experiences into beautiful music, if you come to think of it.
Anyways, gonna start with A Perfect Circle. After several years of being inactive APC finally broke down the silence this autumn by playing the entirety of each of their three albums at concerts, one album per night. There have also been rumours of the band writing new material but with these guys you can never be sure of anything. I definitely wouldn't mind if Maynard James Keenan took some time off from his wine-making activities and Billy Howerdel concentrated on APC as well, instead of his other band Ashes Divide, because even after a long break APC still sounds amazing. Take a look here:
Speaking of wine-making, since it seems to be the main reason as to why there hasn't been a new APC or Tool record for a while. Here's a brief interview where Keenan talks about his vineyard and why he got interested in wine in the first place. It's kinda interesting although I wish the interviewer would let Keenan do most of the talking.
Finally, about the documentary Keenan mentions during the interview. It's called Blood Into Wine, it's directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenk, and yes, it's all about Keenan and his wine-making efforts in Arizona. Here's the trailer:
Funny thing about Page & Pomerenk is that they seem to have a very special relationship with Sundance Film Festival. Apparently Sundance keeps rejecting their documentaries (including Blood Into Wine) and it has come down to a point where Page & Pomerenk have decided to cast puppets for their next production because they think "the puppets will take the inevitable Sundance rejection better than real life actors" [read the whole press release here].
Now that's the way to deal with rejection and turning it into good publicity! Reminds me of an old saying about making lemonade if life gives you lemons. Which is about the same thing as getting wine out of desert soil or turning painful life experiences into beautiful music, if you come to think of it.
12/16/10
Trent Reznor on the pains and pleasures of creativity
If you're even remotely interested in Trent Reznor's work you need to watch this recent in-depth interview on Tavis Smiley Show. Reznor was there to promote "Social Network" (you know, the movie about Facebook, directed by David Fincher) cause he's composed the original film score for it. What's far more interesting though is what he says about creativity in general, feeling insecure and afraid, the process of fitting into someone else's vision vs. working as the head of a project and how he perceives various film awards as opposed to music awards. Definitely one of the most interesting interviews I've seen or read for a long time!
11/20/10
Treehouses are dangerous
Joan Baez fell down from a treehouse! And no, this is not a joke. Rolling Stone reported the unfortunate incident and who am I to question the almighty Rolling Stone. Apparently Baez is still a hippy girl at heart and likes to spend her nights in a treehouse. However, Rolling Stone doesn't give any reason as to why she had now had fell down. As usual, my imagination got ahead of me and hey, let's face it: how likely is it for such an experienced treehugger to fall down from a treehouse? So, being the weirdo that I am I got to thinking that maybe there's something sinister behind this. Perhaps something like this:
This wonderful picture is from John Kenn's blog, http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/. He draws monsters on post-it notes! Isn't that the coolest idea ever?
PS. Please note that the term treehugger with used here with utmost respect.
This wonderful picture is from John Kenn's blog, http://johnkenn.blogspot.com/. He draws monsters on post-it notes! Isn't that the coolest idea ever?
PS. Please note that the term treehugger with used here with utmost respect.
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