Been busy lately. Time to get you all caught up.
Yesterday my dad and I went to pick my sister up from college. She goes to Ithaca College. The bad of it is that I had to spend eight hours in the car, which is a long damn time to spend in the car. Fortunately I made a new tape full of songs from the new Outkast, White Stripes and Radiohead albums, and since mom wasn’t in the car we got to play it nice and loud, which was a welcome treat. I’m sorry, but good music must be played LOUD. Anyway, that was Wednesday.
Today I took my driver’s test again. AND PASSED! Thank you good Lord. I couldn’t stand another failure and another month of wait. I had the same guy as last time, and he was still a major dick, but at least I didn’t fuck up majorly this time so he let me go alright. I was nervous as hell and my leg was twitching like a madman, making me fear that I might suddenly slam on the gas or something, but I got through it fine with my only problem being that I tapped the curb when pulling out of my parallel park. So now, freedom. And unfortunately with that comes a job. As my mom made readily apparent at dinner. Fuck. Oh well. At least I can drive myself to my misery.
Today I also got the Kill Bill soundtrack and the Matrix Reloaded DVD in the mail, making this very possibly one of the greatest days ever. I popped that Kill Bill soundtrack in the CD player right after acing the test and joyful bliss ensued. Man the soundtrack kicks ass. As I listen to it it only makes me want to see the movie again more and more. Question, does anyone know where the Bernard Herrmann song Twisted Nerve is from? Anyone who could answer that for me would win a million bonus points. And if you haven’t seen the movie yet, what the heck are you waiting for? Get off your ass and get in the movie theater!
The Matrix Reloaded also seems a little better on DVD. I’m not really sure why, but I think it has something to do with the pompous speeches not being so annoying and instead being more amusing. I’m beginning to realize that this film is just a big Hollywood melodrama, and a quite delightful one at that. Damn I love the Matrix. I can’t wait for Revolutions.
And just to tie everything together: I got the new Outkast album the other day and it is extraordinarily cool. I’ve never bought a real rap/hip hop album before (discounting Eminem because he’s white) and I’m quite pleased this is what I started with. Finally, rap with actual music! Real song writing, not just great lyrics! It’s amazing what a little talent can do.
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It’s from the 1968 film of the same name, a slasher about a mentally disturbed boy, directed by Roy Spaulding and starring, among others, Hayley Mills. Unsurprisingly, the original sountrack record for the film doesn’t appear to have ever been released on CD, so you’ll be digging through vintage vinyl for the original if you’re particularly interested, though of course his scores for quite a few far more famous films are still readily available.
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NICE! Thanks so much man. Now did you know that off the top of your head or is that something you looked up? Have you actually seen the film? I don’t really care about finding the original recording for the song (why would I, since I already have it on the Kill Bill soundtrack?) but I would like to see the movie sometime so that I know what Tarantino is referencing. Because it is such a cool damn song and you can just tell when you are watching the movie that Quentin is trying to reference something very specific.
Anyway, as I start to see more and more films with Bernard Herrmann scores I’m becoming more and more tempted to buy like a best of compilation. Because, damn, he’s done some really amazing scores. His work with Hitchcock and on Taxi Driver are just amazing. Do you (or anyone else) happen to know where I should start looking?
I just looked up Twisted Nerve on Amazon and Ebay and no go. Can’t find it anywhere. Damn.