[Speaking of bastards... today's picture is apropos of nothing other than the fact that Braveheart is my least favorite Best Picture winner of the past 12 years. (And that's saying something, as I didn't like Million Dollar Baby (2004), Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), Chicago (2002), or A Beautiful Mind (2001), either). (Lest you get the idea that I hate EVERYTHING, let me point to the Academy's sterling run from 1991-1993: The Silence of the Lambs, Unforgiven, and Schindler's List. Ah, now THOSE were the days.). More to the point, though: I can't stand Mel Gibson. His radical Catholicism. His rampant homophobia (see previous). His 107 kids (actually, just 7; but still: see previous). Oh, and let's not forget his Holocaust-denying father. What a lovely klan... er... "clan." (I can still remember thinking back in 1995 that Braveheart was the artistic equivalent of Mel Gibson jerking off in public for three hours. And wouldn't you know it - The Passion of the Christ turned out to be the same exact thing - the only difference being that the bastard did his jacking from BEHIND the camera. But enough already. End of rant.]
[MP3] Franz Ferdinand/"Fabulously Lazy" [from the Do You Want To single]
[MP3] Madonna/"Fighting Spirit" [Confessions on a Dancefloor bonus track]
[MP3] Maximo Park/"Hammer Horror" [from the b-sides/rarities collection Missing Songs]
[MP3] Clap Your Hands Say Yeah/"Cigarettes" [BBC 6 Music Gideon Coe Session] [from the In This Home of Ice single]
5 comments:
thanks for the b-sides, good stuff.
mel gibson is not cool. and on the other point, i, like you, also really, really did not like million dollar baby. at all. end of my rant.
peace
Thank you for your support, good lady. Makes me feel less alone in this big, bad world.
even as the concept of an actual b-side fades, gotta love 'em.
thanks!
cigarette link is broken :(
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