Day 133

I got some great music through the post today as my Piccadilly Records order arrived:

the only problem is having to rip the vinyl to mp3, luckily, the BP Fallon and David Holmes single has a download code.

Quick Reviews:

BP Fallon and David Holmes – Henry McCullough – is a great song celebrating a friendship and life well lived. The Andrew Weatherall mix ramps up the mellow dubbish of the original and adds a bit of Two Lone Swordsmen electronics.

Out Of The Blue, Complied by Phil Mison – a great selection of Balearic/ambienty tunes and is great on a sunny day.

To Rack & Ruin Vol. 14 – I haven’t listened to this yet as I haven’t ripped it, but if it has the same quality as previous releases it’ll be great.

On the job hunt, I got another rejection/”we’re proceeding without you” email and I haven’t seen many that a can do, let alone ones that I feel excited about. Hopefully things on the job front will get better soon.

At least it means I had time to watch The Wild Geese and Dead Presidents

The Wild Geese is very much of its time, so while some of the story beats may have been unique at the time (e.g. the father/son relationship), but are now a bit ‘hack work’ and the portrayal of race and sexual preference is broad (maybe even offensive), but it is a great romp. Very Boy’s Own Adventures. You could describe it as a Garth Ennis story, but without the emotional intelligence of Mr Ennis’ best work.

Dead Presidents is a great film. I had thought it was just about a heist, but there’s so much more and the heist is a small part of the story (except that the heist is a natural consequence of the story). It reminded me of Goodfellas, where you follow Henry Hill grow from childhood to manhood. Here you see Anthony Curtis grow up through some big history (such as Vietnam, drugs and the Black Panthers) and how they shape him.

I also brought a few of Lego's BrickHeadz to make. I’m finding Lego very relaxing, almost therapeutic. It must be that you start with a bunch of unconnected bricks (i.e. chaos) and after following instructions, you end with a completed thing (i.e. order). Although it’s also great/relaxing to build random stuff. Expect pictures to follow!