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If you have not seen this internet gem yet, you are missing the latest craze on the internet. 1.3 million views thus far. The guy makes some pretty good points. I actually like Phantom Menace despite its many flaws. I would put this guy in the category of a 5 year old boy in the 70’s that saw the original Star Wars 756 times. There is no way episode 1 could ever live up to his expectations. The end where he asks a bunch of 30 something to describe characters was pretty funny, but flawed. These people probably saw this movie once 10 years ago.

If you don’t know who Lindsey Vonn is now just wait a few weeks for the Olympics as this ski bunny will become a house hold name if things go as planned. Anna Kournikova she is not this as this queen of the downhill has an abundance of talent to match her easy on the eyes looks. She is 25 and probably the best American Alpine skier we have ever had. She has won the women’s World Cup overall championship in back to back years (08 & 09) leading up to he run at the upcoming Vancouver Olympics. She is starting her media blitz by making headlines because of her current Sports Illustrated cover in which she is in the “bent over” position. No not the one you are thinking about…. she is in her ski suit as she would be going down the slope. Anyway lets take a look at the goods!:

Well what more do you want she is cute, sexy and athletic as hell. Only one small thing she is married, but that is just a minor detail when it comes to drooling. Anyway if you needed one more reason to get excited about the Olympics I hope I gave you one. I know I’ll be rooting for Lindsey. Give em hell for the good ole U S of A!

My selections in bold. I have not seen all of these movies, but will probably end up seeing most of them.

Best Motion Picture of the Year

•Avatar•The Blind Side •District 9 •An Education
•The Hurt Locker •Inglourious Basterds •Precious
•A Serious Man•Up•Up in the Air

Achievement in Directing

•James Cameron, Avatar
•Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
•Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
•Lee Daniels, Precious
•Jason Reitman, Up in the Air

Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

•Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart•George Clooney, Up in the Air
•Colin Firth, A Single Man
•Morgan Freeman, Invictus
•Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker

Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

•Matt Damon, Invictus
•Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
•Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
•Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
•Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

•Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
•Helen Mirren, The Last Station
•Carey Mulligan, An Education
•Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
•Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia

Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

•Penélope Cruz, Nine
•Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
•Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart•Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
•Mo’Nique, Precious

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year

•Coraline
•Fantastic Mr. Fox
•The Princess and the Frog
•The Secret of Kells
•Up

Original Screenplay

•The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
•Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
•The Messenger, Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
•A Serious Man, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
•Up, Pete Docter, Tom McCarthy and Bob Peterson

Adapted Screenplay

•District 9, Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell•An Education, Nick Hornby
•In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche
•Precious, Geoffrey Fletcher
•Up in the Air, Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Next week Massive Attack’s new album Heligoland will grace this land as the first album the trip hop duo has released in seven years. Sure the main collaborators have been busy during that time period, but other than the ep Splitting the Atom that came out last fall this is the first new music from Robert Del Naja (aka 3D) and Grand Marshall (Daddy G). A lot can happen in seven years and that is an extensive amount of time (even by Tool standards) to sit without an album. To mark the occasion 3D and Daddy G brought in some top notch collaborators as they always do. Featured on this album we find Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio) helping out on the first track “Pray For Rain”, Martina Topley Bird (Tricky) offers assistance on “Babel” & “Psyche”, Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) lends stunning vocals on ”Paradise Circus”,Guy Garvey (Elbow) helps with “Flat of the Blade” and Damon Albarn (Blur & Gorillaz) lends his touch on “Saturday Comes Slow”. Not a bad cast to start your return to form!

To say the album is a switch in direction from their past work is probably not fair. Their seems to be less excitable “trip hop” and more ambient undercurrent. There is something smooth and compelling through out the album that washes over the listener. It seems much more subtle than some of their previous work. A sound that rewards repeated listens, but could get dismissed by those not taking the time to allow the music to sink in.

The guest appearances do trulyhelp to elevate the album as “Pray for Rain” seems to slowly seep into your ears. ”Paradise Circus” jumps out imediatly as it builds slowly one can’t help but be mesmerized by the darkly lovely performance Hope Sandoval delivers. The album closer “Atlas Air” seemed to immediately stand above the rest of the tracks and ends the album on a strong note.

Ultimately I don’t see this as an album that reaches high enough to draw many new fans to their stable. I do think this is a solid album that long time fans will enjoy. We are greeted with glimpses of passion of the past but it seems the album lacks the stand out punch that all great albums deliver. If you are itching to hear more Massive Attack Heligoland will scratch that itch for you, but it may not be the cure all for your desires.

Have a listen for yourself at NPR they are streaming the album in it’s entirety now

Enjoy Paradise Circus:

Possibly SoItGoes’s Future Wife?

“Catcher in the Rye” author J.D. Salinger has died at age 91 in New Hampshire.

The author’s son, in a statement from the author’s literary representative, says Salinger died of natural causes at his home. He had lived for decades in self-imposed isolation in the small, remote house in Cornish, N.H.

“The Catcher in the Rye” with its immortal teenage protagonist—the twisted, rebellious Holden Caulfield—came out in 1951 during the time of anxious, Cold War conformity.

“The Catcher in the Rye” gets a lot of bad publicity because of it being the most censored book in high schools and libraries in the United States and also it’s association to Mark David Chapman’s  shooting of John Lennon , John Hinckley, Jr.’s assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan, Robert John Bardo’s shooting of Rebecca Schaeffer and other murders, but it still remains to be one of my favorite novels of all time.  I’ve read the novel several times and I actually keep a copy on my nightstand that has pages dog-eared so that I can just read quick bits of my favorite parts.  Looks like it’s time to dust it off and give it another read. 

R.I.P. JD Salinger

Yep, you read the title correctly.  Get a load of this weirdo…

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Self-described_wolf_woman_severed_lost_dogs_head.html

Wolfie Blackheart is not an ordinary 18-year-old.

She believes she is a wolf — technically, a werewolf — and so she wears a tail. She also wears a harness in case someone special wants to drag her around.

And last week, she used a pocketknife in her kitchen to decapitate a dog — already dead, according to Wolfie — that had been missing since Jan. 5.

“I severed the head, boiled the head,” Wolfie said. “People make the mistake of hacking the spine, which will fracture the skull.”

She added, “You also have to put (the head) outside for the brains to leak out.”

Before the teenager carted the cranium to the woods, someone held it up and snapped a photograph of it inside her Northwest Side house — a shot that ended up on the Internet.

Within days, the photo had spurred an aggressive animal cruelty investigation by Animal Care Services and the San Antonio Police Department.

It also inspired at least one so-called troll — a savvy, anonymous Internet user — to hack into Wolfie’s personal accounts, engage in amateur sleuthing and issue threats to those deemed responsible for the dog’s fate.

Bearing the brunt of these attacks, Wolfie — born Sarah Rodriguez — says she’s guilty of nothing more than an abiding love for taxidermy.

“I would never kill a canine,” she said. “I am a canine.”

Lisa Rodriguez, Wolfie’s mom, said she supports her daughter’s career goal.

“I say, ‘Don’t sever heads in front of me,’” she said. “She usually does it in the woods.”

Wolfie cares lovingly for two huskies in the backyard.

Her room is a cluttered den plastered with posters of anime characters and howling wolves. On a high shelf, she collects heads, including the cleaned skulls of a coyote, ram and wild boar.

When a car ran over Pixie — her “best friend” — Wolfie cut off the chihuahua’s tiny head, cleaned it and placed it in a jar.

“I get requests on cats and stuff,” she said.

Wolfie also has collected more than a dozen swords, including a “two-handled war sword” made of carbon steel and a katana blade from Japan.

She said investigators knocked on her door Friday with a search warrant.

“When they saw her room, they had to call every single cop to her room,” said her mother, who lives in the home. “The spots on the wall, they thought it was blood. It’s catsup. The kids had a fight. They’re teenagers.”

She added, “Wolfie does have a bloody refrigerator, but they’re all dead animals.”

Authorities also noted the criminal history of Wolfie, whose name appeared on the site.

A dropout since ninth grade, Wolfie walked onto a campus in the Northside ISD a year or two ago with a “large curved blade” that “looks like it’s used to cut someone’s head off,” according to the affidavit.

She was arrested and charged with possession of the weapon.

“I can explain that,” Wolfie’s mother said. “That was a skinning knife.”

‘Road kill’

Wolfie has Tourette’s syndrome, which causes her to yip — a result of head trauma suffered in a car crash about a decade ago, her mother said.

And she’s into a lifestyle that involves bondage, which necessitates a dog collar.

“The collar means I belong to someone,” she said. “It’s not a fashion statement.”

She’s also a member of a “wolf pack.”

“I’m a wolf, and I have a group of other friends who are canines,” she said.

What’s the over-under on Wolfie Blackheart being put in a cage, or kennel, sometime in the not so distant future?