January 20, 2006

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    Haven't blogged in a while because of work and whatnot.  Also they're finally fixing the hole in our ceiling.  Saw a couple fantastic DVD's recently.  The first one is called Rize.  It's about a South Central LA dance movement called Krumping, started by a ghetto birthday clown called "Tommy the Clown".  It's a really interesting and beautifully shot documentary.  The movie works on so many levels.  On oneside the dance movement was a way to channel negative energy into positive expression.  On the otherhand the movement then splinters off into several differnent dance type "gangs" which is discouraging to see.  Check it out, it's really good.  Alsok Mixy and I caught the Sex Pistols documentary released in 2000 called The Filth and the Fury.  Their hoax documentary released in the 70's called the Great Rock and Roll Swindle was a pretty lame movie centered around the alleged Svengali Malcolm McLaren.  This version gves us a real interesting and in depth look at the rise and fall of the Sex Pistols in the late 70's.  It includes some pretty sad footage of Sid Vicious strung out a la Sid and Nancy, and some touching footage of John Lydon crying when reminiscing about Sid.  If you don't own it, I suggest you buy a copy of Never Mind the Bollocks, the one and only Sex Pistols album, and check out this film.


         Mixygirl put up an interesting review about Sona, the restaurant we went to for my birthday.  The food there is incredible.  It's the only fusion place where I think they actually use every flavor conceivable to make each dish, as opposed to one dish being the asian fusion dish, one dish the mexican fusion dish etc etc.  Also, I loved their presentation.  Each dish looked like it could be a painting by Joan Miro.  You can read Mixy's review by clicking this link.

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  • belated happy bday!

  • Filth and the Fury - great movie! I liked how they did the interviews with that backlit effect as if they were criminals or something, heh. And I have to admit I got teary-eyed listening to him talk about Sid, it was rather surprising and showed a different side to him than the angry, in-your-face attitude you expect.

    rae

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