Thursday, December 15, 2005
tutor rock!
I never listened to Coldplay's X & Y. Hearing them cover Johnny Cash at Austin City Limits made me rethink how hard I've been--like Judas Priest hard. Hua wrote a nice article on them in Slate months ago about Chris Martin's cross-eyed sincerity, about him wanting to be wanted. But, being christmas light season and watching little kids stare at big trees and Hanukkah dradles, I should probably give poor Chris a chance.
Or maybe not.
But, there are movies I watch like listening to Brian Eno--safe, warm, harmless. Last Life in the Universe is one of these movies. I remember sorta watching it months ago, but last week I saw it again and Christopher Doyle makes me have a crush on cinema again.
Yesterday, I smelled perfumes for my mom.
Hello, 2006.
PS did American rappers ever think to get regular people jobs? Like, imagine Scarface going into a temp agency, all "I can type 52 words a minute. I love people." There are some MTV shows that are still being dreamed up.
