tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post3340310831780288164..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Yes, God, Yes, and six more moviesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-51876828644635978632023-01-19T19:23:04.934-08:002023-01-19T19:23:04.934-08:00Well, jeez, not sure I want to listen to a man los...Well, jeez, not sure I want to listen to a man losing his mind. <br /><br />Don't be expecting too much from me on music, but I've given the band a couple of hours. Kinda punk, kinda experimental, and the singer, Mr Curtis, wanders around the notes.<br /><br />I liked "Atmosphere" and "Transmission," probably because they're less punk and experimental than the restDoug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-7734392505280487452023-01-19T15:08:35.214-08:002023-01-19T15:08:35.214-08:00I'd be extremely interested to hear if you dev...I'd be extremely interested to hear if you develop any affinity for Joy Division. Their music is distinctly their own. I love it and rank the band as one of the greatest. I have less much less interest in the follow-up without Ian Curtis, New Order. <br /><br />JD only released two albums in their day, Unknown Pleasures and Closer. They are very different albums, with Closer sounding less Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-32182514763742955112023-01-18T21:52:46.738-08:002023-01-18T21:52:46.738-08:00I will add the sequel to my watchlist — grazi!I will add the sequel to my watchlist — grazi!Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-53977111765982244412023-01-18T16:47:39.343-08:002023-01-18T16:47:39.343-08:00Well, that's unexpected information.
You high...Well, that's unexpected information.<br /><br />You highly doubt that I'd enjoy Joy Division? I'm taking that as a challenge, and playing some of their tunes as I surf this evening...<br /><br />I've heard of Joy Division, but don't think I'd ever *heard* them until today. I was also unaware of Ian Curtis's suicide, or existence. Music has always been one of my big Doug Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-23048289528313166202023-01-18T16:13:53.897-08:002023-01-18T16:13:53.897-08:00Stroszek was also the last movie viewed by Joy Div...Stroszek was also the last movie viewed by Joy Division singer Ian Curtis before he hung himself on the eve of the band's first US tour. I can't imagine that Herzog's commentary on America pushed him towards his end. He clearly suffered serious issues of depression and had a young person's narrow view that circumstances were fixed and never to be altered. And the romanticism that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-64796821999160066412023-01-18T16:08:56.022-08:002023-01-18T16:08:56.022-08:00I've never seen the Quatermass Xperiment, but ...I've never seen the Quatermass Xperiment, but I have seen it's followup, Quatermass and the the Pit, which enthralled me as a kid in the 60s when I saw it on broadcast TV. Recommended if you can find it.VoenixRisinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09675971654914349917noreply@blogger.com