Movies, Music & Books

Today the annoying work experience child we have with us deemed me ‘disgraceful’ for not owning a console. Not only did this rile me up into wanting to grab him by the shirt and shake him while screaming ‘I’ve been playing games since before you were born so you can take your consoles and f**k right off!’, it made me think about why computer games aren’t really featuring much in my mind at the moment.

I seem to be like a lot of people who go through ‘phases’ where these things are concerned. For a couple of months I’ll want all the games available to me and then suddenly, they won’t hold any interest for me any more. I’m in one of those stages right now, but rather than fixating on one of the interests in the title, I’m forsaking games for all three.

It’s summer. It’s easy to get drawn into the big blockbuster-fest that comes along with the season so I’m going with the flow, although saying that, I’m not really interested in Wall.E and I’ll only go and see Kung Fu Panda if I have nothing to do. The Dark Knight & Hellboy 2 are the two movies that I cannot wait to see! I’m a big fan of comic book/ graphic novel movies and even if they’re crap (Daredevil!), you can guarantee I’ll love them! I really can’t wait for Watchmen next year either

I’ve also been on a bit of a book binge too. I’ve bought and (re)read Watchmen, and that’s just one of a host of books I want to get and read. I was checking out my stats the other day and a couple of people came here looking for ‘explanation of Glamorama’ which now has made me want to reread it, finally finish American Psycho and possibly write a book review for each them if I can. I also want Rules of Attraction (yes, I’m a Bret Easton Ellis fan), Alice in Wonderland & Alice Through The Looking Glass. I’ve read the latter two but not for years!

Now, this year has definitely been a year for new music for me. My wonderful friends in the US have introduced me to a number of bands who I’ve either never heard of or, just never paid that much attention to. If you have time and like chilled out/emo stuff, you should check out To Have Heroes, Death Cab for Cutie and Jason Manns. They’re all great IMHO. Plus Kate Voegele, kill hannah and  New Found Glory (I’ve known about them for years but never listened to them in the volume I have this year). And as you know in the last week I’ve had my live BFS album come through which is great and always puts a smile on my face.

So yeah, that’s what I’m interested in at the moment. Sod the annoying W.E. child, I have better things to spend my money on! (Although saying all that, the surfboard will be the next thing I buy )

~ by somehappyending on July 15, 2008.