25 Favorite (Critically Acclaimed) Movies Of All Time

It's list of the week time, and here we have my 25 favorite movies of all time. I made this list as the Paul version of a film critic's list. In reality The Sandlot and Undercover Brother make my list, but this list is a little more official. There are definitely movies on this list that wouldn't be on others' lists, but they all have a certain degree of social significance greater than a baseball movie about a pwning some kids all summer over an autographed baseball, etc. Anyways, the order is alphabetical and this list took a very, very long time to compile. Thoughts and comments welcomed. Feel free to bitch about movies being left out, etc.

• Adventures Of Robin Hood, The
• American Beauty
• Brazil
• Breathless
• Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, The
• Casablanca
• Charade
• Citizen Kane
• Double Indemnity
• Duck Soup
• For A Few Dollars More
• Godfather, The (and The Godfather II)
• Kind Hearts And Coronets
• M
• Metropolis
• Modern Times
• Monty Python's Life Of Brian
• Night Of The Hunter
• Nights Of Cabiria
• Notorious
• Raging Bull
• Third Man, The
• Two-Lane Blacktop
• Virgin Spring, The
• Yellow Submarine

In other news, the Gallon Challenge has been pushed back one week due to poor attendance and difficulty of finding a venue to do it. It turns out you can't have someone vomitting all over your living room. Who knew? The good news is we are having an open invitation to anyone who wants to come and because of the change we might get a few more people than we would've gotten tomorrow. Oddly enough, I was the only one pushing for it to be this Friday. Everyone else voted for it to be pushed back. Oh, well.

Last but not least, check out this hilarious site one of my coworkers sent me. Its authentic look makes it even better.

You get NOTHING! You lose! Good day sir!

Be sure and read the previous post, it's far more interesting than this one, I just thought of a few more things I wanted on the blog today that I forgot to bother with earlier.

1. I finally finished my list project. See the four links in the sidebar titled "what i have, what i want, etc." They took me forever and they are every list that will show up in the "List Of The Week" feature I've been doing.

2. I realized I've tried 31 Samuel Adams, not 30. I forgot Imperial Pilsner. It's pretty much pointless but for the sake of being comprehensive I mention it.

3. This is completely hilarious and true, courtesy of Pearls Before Swine:

Valdosta, Georgia: What A Joke

Last night, the goons at ESPN named Valdosta, GA as "TitleTown USA" based on a website poll in which Valdosta supposedly bested 19 other finalists with 30% of the vote. Just to give you an idea, that's more than New York, NY and Boston, MA got combined.

I write about sports for a living in an area where sports is not THAT big of a deal and you couldn't pay me enough to go to Valdosta to write about that crap. Their sole claim to fame is their arguably unparalleled success in high school football. I think we all have an attachment to high school football, but you mean to tell me THIRTY PERCENT of voters thought Valdosta's high school football accomplishments were better than that of the Yankees (26 World Series titles), Giants (defending champs) and Knicks? They thought Valdosta's high school accomplishments were better than the Red Sox (7 World Series titles, defending champs, currently most popular team in baseball), Celtics (17 NBA titles, defending champs), and Patriots (you know their resume)?!?! Bullshit. There is a zero percent chance this voting was done fairly. Zero. Not only should Valdosta not have won this thing, they shouldn't have come in the top 15 out of 20. It's preposterous. Let's just say the entire state of Georgia was voting for them (which is preposterous as well when you consider the entire state doesn't even agree to root for ANY of its pro sports teams), and let's say Valdosta pulled a lot of votes from Florida because it's on the border. Let's also assume they jacked some votes from people who found the special ESPN did on them particularly heartwarming. EVEN THEN they shouldn't have gone over 6% (which is what Boston got and MORE than what New York got).
Famous professional athletes to come out of Valdosta: J.D. Drew, Jesse Tuggle, and, uhh... Buck Belue? Huh?
I don't know why I let these things anger me. What could be less significant than this poll? I think it's got more to do with the fact that the city of Valdosta will probably take this as the compliment to end all compliments than the actual fact that they won. This designation would be forgotten at about 15 of the 20 finalist cities.

Okay, deep breath, and we're back.

I am officially an Atlantan now. That is, I live inside 285 which is the real Atlanta. My address now ends in "Atlanta, GA" and whatever my zip code is. I am excited. Besides the ridiculous cost of gas for me to drive to work each day, there is no major drawback. I am in the social center of the southern world and I couldn't be happier. Within a few miles of me is my favorite coffee shop, one of my favorite record stores, my favorite Church, some of my best friends, some excellent restaurants (I've already had Fellini's Pizza TWICE since moving 3 days ago) and just about anything one could think of needing. The only thing it's lacking is a killer video store. The only decent one is in the Highlands which, if I'm not mistaken, is far.

I am now reasonably close to the Venezias, Tyler, Kelly, BJ, Stephen and of course my roommates who have taken surprisingly well to boxes being in the common area and some of my space consuming stuff being in the living room. We all live in a Yellow Submarine. It should be a decent living situation as all 3 of us are laid back, we have enough common interests that would make us friends if we weren't living together and we all, apparently, like the Beatles. We've already developed a playful college football disagreement that should make for a very fun season. I feel like I have been unpacking non-stop for a few days and still have so much left to do it's scary. As for transitions to an apartment, this one has been very reasonable. We haven't had to deal with utilities, bugs or too many malfunctions. Some of the neighbors are scary but I suspect they just look that way. It's pretty unlikely that there would be genuinely threatening people living in this place.
I'm still trying to decide what I want this blog to be. I'm beginning to think it would be good to go back to writing the sort of tongue-in-cheek op/ed stuff I wrote in college but I'm also enjoying writing about the day-to-day crap. Plus I haven't figured out how my "____ of the week" gimmicks would fit in. Suggestions welcomed as are comments. I'm looking forward to "unveiling" my list website project if I can ever get it together. Unveiling in quotation marks due to it being a wayyy too important designation for this. Still, I've been looking for a site that will allow me to simply share a few different link rolls without getting too complicated. Del.icio.us should do it but they overcomplicate things. I'm seriously considering just using a stupid Geocities page, haha. At least I know what to expect from them.

I Was So Much Older Then, I'm Younger Than That Now

Tomorrow I move to Buckhead (click to enlarge the photo). The irony of someone such as myself moving to the yuppie capital of the (southern) world is prevalent. Still, I'm excited. I'll finally be "in the city" and I'll be near some of my favorite places and favorite people. Which is a pretty big upgrade over being near none of my favorite places and none of my favorite people, hah. Other positives include: getting a majority of my stuff out of storage, not being in Lithia Springs, cheaper rent (negated by more gas used, at least at first), far more interesting social life, far more interesting roommates (for better or worse), ease of tricking myself into believing it's okay for me to live a lifestyle very similar to that of a college student and there will probably be some financial gain to having my shit together as I intend to hijack my dad's eBay account in order to sell off a lot of stuff I no longer need. It's going to be extremely difficult to part with some stuff (and I may be skittish) but I really love going through old stuff and any money I make will go right back into my ridiculous hobbies.

Speaking of making money on my ridiculous hobbies, I went to my first ever record show last week and it occurred to me that I'm plenty qualified (and willing) to set up a booth at the next one they have which will be late September. I might be dillusional but I think I could make a lot of money en route to thinning my collection out (something I've been planning on doing for a long time).

I find myself listening to Rilo Kiley (left) a lot lately. It's sort of funny considering I'm a guy and this is empowering crap for women to listen to, probably especially lesbians, but there are some really good lyrics, some of which fit me pretty well right now. I think it's pretty ridiculous to say lyrics fit one's life, but I do it anyway. Someday I may walk the walk.

Does anyone have a digital camera they're interested in selling? I really need a cheap digital camera for the aforementioned projects and to make this blog better. It occurs to me I won't be able to afford a Best Buy one for another 3 weeks which sucks. Let me know.

T-minus one week to the GALLON CHALLENGE. I'd tell you to get excited but I know you already are. I'm trying to think of the best way to practice for this. I've been drinking a little milk here and there but I don't think anything short of a trial run will help anything. Suggestions welcome.

Have a good weekend if I don't write sooner.

I Intend To Live Forever. So Far So Good.

In this, the latest segment of "my job is better than yours" we see some photos from work from a few weeks ago. The full gallery is available in my "Picasa" link in the "STALK ME" section of the side bar. Check out the side bar if you've got a chance because I've literally spent hours on it in the past week to make it more interesting and full. I've been meaning to post these pictures somewhere for a few weeks now and I figured it would make an interesting blog post. The guy and his friend built this car themselves and he races it around the country. Turns out he's from Douglasville, which is where I work and it also turns out that it's street legal which is cool. So he offered to take me around in it. He got it up to about 125mph at one point which was fun for me because I was easily the tallest person to ever ride in it and I had no helmet, seatbelt, glasses or anything to protect me from being impaled by a pebble or something. Suffice it to say it was awesome. Clicking on the photos should make them larger as blogspot apparently doesn't like photos to be very big on the entries themselves. All in all I've done some very cool things at my job. Most of you know about the thing with the Braves (see the aforementioned Picasa gallery for photos from that), I've also had the chance to meet a few NBA players, the best high school basketball player in the country Derrick Favors, Georgia State football head coach Bill Curry (see: former Ga Tech & Bama coach) and a bunch of WNBA folks. There were also several others I am probably forgetting in addition to the sorts of things depicted in these photos. Believe it or not, I'm not really bragging. Work is usually more of a pain in the ass than fun, but it's nice to spotlight the better things to remind myself they exist.

Since this post is pretty boring, I figured I could share something more interesting. A few weeks ago (aka "the olden-days") my friend Kelly and I devoted hours of our precious, precious lives to establishing a perfect Mixtape/CD of indie rock for popular consumption. That is, this mixtape may not be our 17 favorite indie songs of all time, but it's the exact sort of CD one should listen to should they want to try and get into indie rock. I should probably mention that some of the music on here (see: Bob Dylan), isn't really indie music but just seemed to fit the tone of the CD rather well. We're currently working on perfecting an alternative rock CD that I'll eventually share here as well. Anyways, this CD has a good number of songs you may have heard in the past, which was part of the point. It's just an introduction to indie, not necessarily representative of the genre as a whole. And just to clarify, I mean indie strictly in the genre sense, not the literal sense of "independent music" which is often quite different. Admittedly, some of these bands suck (see: The Postal Service), but the songs fit the feel so we're rolling with it.

1. The Format - I'm Actual
2. Ben Kweller - Sha Sha (How It Should Be)
3. Belle & Sebastian - The Boy With The Arab Strap
4. Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned To The Mist...
5. The Shins - Young Pilgrim
6. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
7. Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
8. Sufjan Stevens - Decatur
9. The Format - Dog Problems
10. Of Montreal - Disconnect The Dots
11. Joanna Newsom - Inflammatory Writ
12. Anathallo - Hanasakajijii (A Great Wind, More Ash)
13. Melanie - Brand New Key
14. Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
15. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
16. Bob Dylan - Lonesome Day Blues
17. David Bowie - Queen Bitch

Also, if you want to make it a playlist (which can hold more music than a standard CD) I'd throw the following songs in there:

• Mika - Lollipop
• Mika - Love Today
• The Cat Empire - Sly
• The Flaming Lips - Yeah Yeah Yeah
• Belle & Sebastian - Stars Of Track & Field
• Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (which, pending Kelly's approval, will be put in between tracks 7 and 8 on the above mix officially)

Actually, I could name dozens of songs you could throw into a playlist of this sort. If you decide to put this CD together, let me know what you think. My ego is my second favorite thing to have stroked. That is, behind my hair. Right.

Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. It Rocks Absolutely, Too.

LIST OF THE WEEK

I'll probably end up doing two different weekly gimmicks here. First is this one, the list of the week. The other is record find of the week, which sounds lame to probably everyone reading this right now, but it's a part of the reason I started this thing and part of the reason it's named what it is so suck a fat one.

Anyways, here's this week's list. Pretty soon all of my lists will be available via a sidebar link. I've been typing up my Moleskines (which has taken and will continue to take a ton of time) and I've been loading lists on to some list site for mass consumption. I should probably offer a disclaimer that I'm not arrogant enough to believe you will do anything with these lists. A lot of times they are about me (my favorites, things I own, things I want, etc) but sometimes they'll have info between the lines that might make you think "Paul likes these directors? Maybe I could check out a few of them" or something like that. That's up to you. I'm just going to post them. Feel free to offer feedback on the lists as I do this. Also, definitely feel free to request a list be done on something. I'm not going to be making a list of my favorite actors of Spanish descent but if you come up with something like that you'd find interesting, I'd be happy to make those sorts of wackier lists.

This week's list: Types of Samuel Adams I have tried (30!)
The order is alphabetical after the first two which are the common Sam Adams beers.

• Boston Lager
• Sam Adams Light
• 180 (Boston Restaurant Exclusive)
• 1790 Root Beer Brew
• Black Lager
• Boston Ale
• Brown Ale
• Cherry Wheat
• Cranberry Lambic
• Cream Stout
• Double Bock
• George Washington Porter
• Hefeweizen
• Holiday Porter
• Honey Porter
• Irish Red
• James Madison Dark Wheat Ale
• Longshot Boysenberry Wheat
• Longshot Dortmunder Export
• Longshot Grape Pale Ale
• Longshot Old Ale
• Longshot Weizenbock
• Octoberfest
• Old Fezziwig Ale
• Pale Ale
• Scotch Ale
• Summer Ale
• Traditional Ginger Honey Ale
• White Ale
  
• Winter Lager

The Worst Review of The Dark Knight You'll See

Wait, someone can't actually write a negative review of this movie, right?
Some quotes from friends about the flick:
"Believe the hype. Dark Knight is as good as advertised." - Rob
"I would have the joker's sick, twisted, demented little babies." - David, err, Private Pierce
"I just had a two-hour orgasm." - Kyle
"I can honestly say right now that it's in my top 10 favorite movies of all-time, and that's saying something." - Kisubika
"I quit my job and dropped out of school so I could devote the rest of my life to masturbating to this movie." - Ryan Simmons

Okay, that last one was made up, but you get the idea. Some people really, really like this movie.

Here's the thing. I liked it, too. There's a lot to like. It's creative to the point that you know it wasn't written exclusively by the comic book people, it's hilarious (the Ledger hospital scene still makes me smile), stylistically it's close to perfection (this and this alone is why most people get so moist over it), it doesn't insult your intelligence, it doesn't parody itself, it's better than Iron Man which everyone loved, and, yeah, Ledger does a damn good job.

But there's a lot to hate, too. I liked the movie more than I didn't, but I feel obliged to bring people back to earth.

First, if Heath Ledger wins an Oscar for adopting a funny accent and licking his lips, the Oscars are dead to me. I'm sure people have won for less, but come on. He was absolutely great, the tics were great, but we're talking about the best supporting actor in the world for one year. Did you see No County For Old Men last year? Javier Bardem won best supporting actor for his Anton Chigurh character that was essentially a lunatic eerily similar to the joker sans make-up, scar and accent. If you take those three things away from Ledger, you don't get Bardem. It's not even close. Ledger gave the performance of his life, he was creative, believable, outside of his regular persona, interesting and just damn good, but he's no Bardem. Unless it's a very weak year for Oscar-type movies this year (and it might be), it can't go to Ledger. Don't forget that most of what we like about this character was scripted. Ledger didn't come up with the absolutely brilliant philosophy behind why the Joker does what he does. He just acted it. We'll talk more about this next January when your loins have stopped tingling.

Second, I don't like Katie Holmes, but why replace her with Maggie Gyllenhaal (sp?) if she improves the character in no way? It was a distraction. Katie Holmes was awful in Batman Begins and Maggie was awful in The Dark Knight. What makes it even more frustrating is that they are both beautiful women in real life who are uglied-up in these movies and then constantly shoved in our faces in a "look how hot she is!" manner.

Third, semi-spoiler alert. Skip to the next one if you haven't seen the movie. Anyways, did the male character that died at the end of the movie really need to die? Obviously he did for this plot line, but they were brewing such a great character for the next sequel! Argh!

Fourth, so let me get this straight... Batman, who clearly has superhuman instincts, has come up with an invention with the help of his Wayne Enterprises people that does submarine sonar anywhere at any time. WHY? He's Batman! He doesn't need an invention that technology tells us cannot exist! It's not like the Bat-suit where we know we'll get to that sort of protective body armor some day or the Batmobile which could probably be built today, it's a technology we have not developed and probably won't any time soon, given to a character, perhaps the only character, that doesn't need it. He uses it for effect one time (to see the people a floor above him). Every other time he didn't really need it.

Fifth, one of my favorite things about this movie is also one of my least favorite things. It's going to be difficult to talk about it without ruining the movie, but I really liked how they didn't force anything to happen in the plot just because Ledger died. I, however, didn't like the way they left that plot line hanging. A little too vague, but I prefer a little too vague to some lame ending done just because Ledger's not going to be able to film a sequel.

Sixth, big spoiler alert here, too. You can't show us a character dying at the hands of the villain and then bring them back to life a few scenes later without a full, detailed explanation. I don't mind movies having fake deaths, it's fine. It's just that we saw the Joker shoot him. Did he just pretend to be dead instead of wounded? That's the explanation? And since we're on spoiler alerts, I guess we can go ahead and assume that the two main characters that stayed dead in this movie will be back for round three. I'm sure we'll find out falls and burns aren't fatal in Gotham. In fact, this problem is the most glaring instance of my least favorite recurring issue: there were a lot of things in this movie that could've benefited by a longer explanation. I don't need to have every single thing spelled out for me, but why are we supposed to be okay with never knowing who Gordon's mole was? They semi-reveal it and then excuse that person? What? Rachel cheats on both guys and this is okay? Huh? Ballet dancers (who in real life are skinny and not top heavy) are the best Bruce Wayne can get? Really?

To conclude I say again: I loved the movie, I just want everyone to keep it in perspective. It's not the greatest thing to ever happen. It's not the best movie of the year (I have it at 2nd, scroll down to see my list from last week and mentally insert it there).

Rest In Peace, Heath. I underestimated you.

Announcing: The Gallon Challenge

Finally, a post worth a damn.

On Friday, August 1st, 2008 after years, yes YEARS of speculation and broken promises, I, Paul Rehm, will be attemting the gallon challenge. I have chosen Tyler Stinson as the event's administrator and commissioner. He will also be video taping it for your pleasure and the results will be posted here and here alone.

If you're not familiar, the gallon challenge is where one idiot takes a gallon of milk and consumes it in whole in one hour's time. After the final sip, the person has to last one extra hour without vomiting. If they vomit at any point, they fail. When I don't vomit, I will succeed and eternal glory will be thrust upon me. Supposedly it's almost impossible to do. I couldn't care less.

As for my particular endeavor, I will drink 1% milk. I will also have NesQuik powders around should I feel the need to mix it up a bit. On a sidenote, I have already chosen the song that will play in the background of the video. Don't judge me.

If you would like to attend this event in person, let me know and I'll see what I can do. It will be held somewhere in Atlanta on the aforementioned date and it will be spectacular. Eternal glory thrust away.

2008 So Far

I've seen more movies than you. I've listened to more music than you. It actually is true. It's not necessarily a good thing, but it actually is true. Surprisingly, I never watch things as they come out. I see relatively few movies in theatres and I generally wait for the musical year to end to read lists of what's better and what's best. It's something of a pretentious process, but it is what it is. This disclaimer is designed to point out how unusual it is for me to be ranking things that came out that year in July of that year. Here we are, halfway through July and I have the best of what I've seen and heard. I am 100% positive these things will change and I could end up hating all of them by the time it's all said and done, who knows? Technically There Will Be Blood was a 2008 movie, but it counts for 2007 because it won Oscars last year.

The 2008 movies I've seen, ranked in order of preference (with parenthetical commentary):

8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Aliens. I'm not spoiling the movie for you, aliens are involved. Aliens. Aliens from outer space.)
7. Definitely, Maybe (My mother was in charge of renting movies on the 4th of July.)
6. The Incredible Hulk (If both Hulks can take any amount of punching without impact, why do they continually punch one another?)
5. Semi-Pro (This ranking proves how awful the previous three were.)
4. Get Smart (Pleasant surprise. Miss Hathaway should be Mrs. Rehm before long.)
3. Iron Man (I dare not rank thee any lower lest I upset thine fanboys.)
2. My Blueberry Nights (Incomparably beautiful. Will probably change it to #1 by the end of the year.)
1. WALL-E (Emotional attachments to metal boxes don't come easy. The first third of this movie is perfection. The pre-spaceship third is absolutely without flaw.)

For music I had to go ahead and nix the terrible stuff. I don't listen to shitty albums over and over so it's hard to accurately rank them. I've narrowed it down to 5 so far.

The Top 5 2008 albums I've listened to, ranked in order of preference (with more parenthetical commentary):

5. The Tallest Man On Earth - Shallow Grave (Beautiful, clever, whatever)
4. R.E.M. - Accelerate (Love the band, hated the last album, welcome back boys)
3. Coldplay - Viva La Vida (Hate the band, couldn't be more surprised, gets better each time)
2. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive (Love them, love this, right album at the right time)
1. Flight Of The Conchords - Flight Of The Conchords (Perfect comedy and damn good music)


That's it so far. What you could possibly do with this information is beyond me, but enjoy and feel free to comment on it. I could use some commentary. Couldn't we all?

It's Not Arrogance When It's True

My deep, perhaps irrational love for toothpastefordinner will probably come up from time to time. Here's a decent one from June.

Got bored today, posted a bunch of my favorite lyrics on Facebook because I often find it easier to let other people (the musicians) do my philosophizing for me. And because I am one of those people who believes good song selections = good person. There is something inherently ridiculous about this belief, but I haven't been able to articulate it yet so I'm going to pretend it's not true for the time being. Here's what I chose. In retrospect, they're not as good out of the context of the songs themselves. Oh well. Enjoy?

• "and as for my inflammatory writ, well i wrote it when i was not inflamed one bit." - joanna newsom, "inflammatory writ"
• "there was that night where we thought john berryman could fly, but he didn't so he died. she said 'you're pretty good with words but words won't save your life' and they didn't so he died." - the hold steady, "stuck between stations"
• "and your mom would stick a fork right into daddy's shoulder, and dad would throw the garbage all across the floor, as we would lay and learn what each other's bodies were for." - neutral milk hotel, "king of carrot flowers"
• "can you hear me? will you listen? don't come near me, don't go missing. and in the lissome light of evening, help me, Cosmia, i'm grieving." - joanna newsom, "cosmia"
• "i've got to make my bed if i am gonna lay with you; cause a disaster's a disaster no matter what Christian language you drag it through." - manchester orchestra, "wolves at night"
• "but i learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause i know there is this side of me that wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just fly the whole mess into the sea." - the shins, "young pilgrims"
• "isis, oh isis, you're a mystical child. what drives me to you is what drives me insane. i still can remember the way that you smiled on the fifth day of may in the drizzling rain." - bob dylan, "isis"
• "the trees are rumbling in the woods, the leaves are falling off of the shelf. you're gonna need my help, sweetheart, you can't make love all by yourself." - bob dylan, "lonesome day blues"
• "what the water wants is hurricanes and sailboats to ride on its back. what the water wants is sun kiss and land to run into and back." - sufjan stevens, "sister"
• "big heads and soft bodies make for lousy lovers." - the hold steady, "stuck between stations"
• "oh great intentions, covenant with the imitation. have you no conscience? i think about it now." - sufjan stevens, "come on! feel the illinoise!"
• "i can't explain the state that i'm in, the state of my heart, he was my best friend. into the car, from the back seat, oh admiration in falling asleep!" - sufjan stevens, "predatory wasp"
• "confessingly, this is the first time i've loved you, and God i mean it, God i mean it, i hope that i mean it. 'cause like dying young, idols got the best of me. well don't stop calling, you're the reason i love losing sleep." - manchester orchestra, "colly strings"
• "well i promise this time really, yeah, i'm cleaning up sincerely, yeah, and i'll make sure that the devil never bothers you again." - manchester orchestra, "golden ticket"
• "every time he touches you his hair stands up on end, his legs begin to quiver and his mind begins to bend. oh baby, you're such a tasty treat, but I'm under doctor's orders, i'm afraid to overeat." - traveling wilburys, "dirty world"
• "the poor cook he caught the fits and threw away all my grits and then he took and he ate up all of my corn. let me go home, why dont they let me go home? this is the worst trip i've ever been on." - the beach boys, "sloop john b"
• "rest in my arms, sleep in my bed, there's a design to what i did and said." - sufjan stevens
• "so look into my face marie-claire, and remember just who you are. then go and forget me forever, 'cause i know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do. i know where you go to my lovely, when you're alone in your bed? i know the thoughts that surround you 'cause i can look inside your head." - peter sarstedt, "where do you go to my lovely"
• "this summer, grant us all the power to drink on top of water towers, with love, and trust, and shows, all summer (get hammered!). let this be my annual reminder that we can all be something bigger." - the hold steady, "constructive summer"

Destroyah

Had to give this whole thing a trial run. Some real posts coming soon, I hope.