tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-315465792012-02-15T23:43:38.310-08:00Adventures in Mexicoxobxelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801470691364157926noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31546579.post-45178124034618878402011-01-18T22:12:00.000-08:002011-01-18T22:13:36.814-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/TTaA4i2jXOI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/M2fJDXGCya8/s1600/littweets.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 333px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/TTaA4i2jXOI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/M2fJDXGCya8/s400/littweets.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563776098579471586" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31546579-4517812403461887840?l=xobxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xobxelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801470691364157926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31546579.post-32875470570444744322006-12-30T06:15:00.000-08:002006-12-30T06:59:32.147-08:00About 5 years ago, I had a conversation with my sister where we were both moaning about all these great films having been and gone at the cinema and we still hadn't seen them. So, we came up with the idea of drawing up a list of 10 films we wanted to see and running a competition to encourage us to watch them. Each had their own individual list of 10 films, and the winner (the person who watched all 10 first) would be taken to the cinema by the loser to see the film of the winner's choice.<br /><br />We are on Round 3 now, but have been for about 2 years, as we keep forgetting about the whole thing. So, as an aide-memoire, having just refound the list in the depths of my room, I'm going to post my list of 10 which will hopefully spur me into action!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ5RyUCCgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/O0Vig5Ne56E/s1600-h/2046.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ5RyUCCgI/AAAAAAAAAAM/O0Vig5Ne56E/s200/2046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014328581594155522" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212712/">2046</a> <br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ5miUCChI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DaJyIpjMZ00/s1600-h/adaptatio.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ5miUCChI/AAAAAAAAAAU/DaJyIpjMZ00/s200/adaptatio.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014328938076441106" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/">Adaptation</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ64iUCCjI/AAAAAAAAAAk/h80B31KEA2Y/s1600-h/21grams.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ64iUCCjI/AAAAAAAAAAk/h80B31KEA2Y/s200/21grams.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014330346825714226" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268126/">21 Grams</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ7aiUCCkI/AAAAAAAAAAs/f2marsJHA1A/s1600-h/royal.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ7aiUCCkI/AAAAAAAAAAs/f2marsJHA1A/s200/royal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014330930941266498" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/">The Royal Tenenbaums</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ7zCUCClI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ZN4O3xC3UBs/s1600-h/mar.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ7zCUCClI/AAAAAAAAAA0/ZN4O3xC3UBs/s200/mar.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014331351848061522" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369702/">Mar adentro</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ8XiUCCmI/AAAAAAAAAA8/1_eVGsinteE/s1600-h/hhgttg.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ8XiUCCmI/AAAAAAAAAA8/1_eVGsinteE/s200/hhgttg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014331978913286754" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ9HSUCCnI/AAAAAAAAABE/UzIrL62403I/s1600-h/return.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ9HSUCCnI/AAAAAAAAABE/UzIrL62403I/s200/return.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014332799252040306" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376968/">The Return</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ9zSUCCoI/AAAAAAAAABM/65fgS4pjhs4/s1600-h/balloon.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ9zSUCCoI/AAAAAAAAABM/65fgS4pjhs4/s200/balloon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014333555166284418" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112445/">The White Balloon</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ-QyUCCpI/AAAAAAAAABU/Oxbf4CmiO4E/s1600-h/diaries.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ-QyUCCpI/AAAAAAAAABU/Oxbf4CmiO4E/s200/diaries.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014334061972425362" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318462/">The Motorcycle Diaries</a><br><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ-tyUCCqI/AAAAAAAAABc/w75nszm7xh0/s1600-h/baby.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Nr8ZUok7M2U/RZZ-tyUCCqI/AAAAAAAAABc/w75nszm7xh0/s200/baby.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5014334560188631714" /></a><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405159/">Million Dollar Baby</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31546579-3287547057044474432?l=xobxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xobxelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801470691364157926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31546579.post-42787570216339670512006-12-06T05:21:00.000-08:002006-12-06T09:24:46.993-08:00I've embedded a youtube playlist of the nominated videos from the <a href="http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php">PLUG Independent Music Awards</a> here. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the majority, many of which I had never seen before. Take a look for yourself:<br /><br /><object width="530" height="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/C43DD2918031D817"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/p/C43DD2918031D817" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530" height="370"></embed></object><br /><br />In order my top 3 though have to be:<br /><br />3. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_parade">Wolf Parade</a> - "I'll Believe in Anything" (dir. <a href="http://www.mattmoroz.com/">Matt Moroz</a>)<br /><br />2. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Knife">The Knife</a> - "We Share Out Mother's Health" (dir. <a href="http://www.motomichi.com/home.html"><span style="display: inline;" id="vidDescRemain">Motomichi Nakamura</span></a>)<br /><br />1. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielson_Famile">Danielson</a> - "Did I Step On Your Trumpet?" (dir. <span style="display: inline;" id="vidDescRemain">Christian Palladino)<br /><br />The Wolf Parade video is very well made, and great acting whereas the Knife seemed intensely visually inventive and mesmerising, very much in keeping with the mood of their music.<br />However, and maybe this is the lo-fi sensibilities that I've had since I fell in love with Pavement's Watery Domestic, the <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Danielson</span> video made me smile from ear to ear and was just a wonderful visual treat - simple and effective and very relevant to the quirky lyrics of the song.<br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31546579-4278757021633967051?l=xobxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xobxelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801470691364157926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31546579.post-9738190827258469862006-12-05T08:36:00.000-08:002006-12-05T09:26:10.990-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.plugawards.com/images/main_promobar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.plugawards.com/images/main_promobar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I've only just today heard of this, but it appears it's time to get voting in the PLUG Independent Music Awards, you can do so <a href="http://www.plugawards.com/general_vote.php">here</a>.<br /><br />Coincidentally, the winners of last year's awards (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufjan_Stevens">Sufjan Stevens</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_eyes">Bright Eyes</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_collective">Animal Collective</a>) have formed a main part of my listening during 2006 so I'm voraciously checking out the nominees for this year's awards with interest. I'll hold off from posting my choices until I have vigorously researched the nominations' efforts, but it'll take something special to stop <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut_%28band%29">Beirut</a> cleaning up for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31546579-973819082725846986?l=xobxela.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>xobxelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00801470691364157926noreply@blogger.com0