A brief accounting of my goings and doings, to borrow a phrase, over the past few days. This excludes certain foods eaten, some drinks drank, numerous things said and overheard, a couple sleeps slept, some women ogled, a few phone calls made and received and many other events, small and large.
Thursday
54-40 (rock and roll)
And the verdict is: Meh. 54-40 are good musicians, they’re a tight band and I was surprised at the number of songs I recognized. That said, there’s something missing – they just aren’t exciting.
Friday
House (video)
This 1997 Canadian movie, starring Daniel MacIvor, was recommended to me by the man known as Windom Earle. Really more of a one man play than a movie, the stories contained within are clever, moving and odd (like me!). An excellent movie.
waydowntown (movie)
Another excellent (much more so, in fact) Canadian movie. See the ugly website and/or read this post by Steve (stunt-driver extraodinaire), which should, but does not, mention that the cast includes Don McKellar, as all casts should.
Saturday
Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? (movie)
Depression era America as fairytale. This movie, and more or less everything within, is brilliant. Excellent performances by John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman and (especially) George Clooney. Amazing cinematography and music as well.
The Lone Star (restaurant)
Love them fajitas and salty chips.
Eyes for Telescopes (rock’n’roll)
Still the best band in Charlottetown, even if their drummer sang a little (more than a little) out of tune. They’ve been together less than a year and have an incredible number of good songs.
Port Citizen (rock’n’roll)
Heavy punk stuff – not so good. Funkier Reggae songs – pretty damn good. They’re better everytime I see them, which makes you wonder why they don’t invite me to more shows.
Flush (rock and roll)
See the above review of 54-40, but not the part about recognizing the songs. Added bonus(es): Drummer spits a lot and hits drums extremely hard, guitarist wears tattoos, mohawk and no shirt.
Richard Wood (MC for rock show)
Inexplicable. Unecessary. Uninformed. Goofy lookin’ too. Sorry man.
Alright, that took a really long time to write. Next weekend I’m either doing less stuff, or just not telling you about it.