Hello, I thought that it would be nice to set up a blog to discus with people bands that I like and movies I want to see, because dammit I have opinions and I want to share them. They may not be particularly well composed or thought out all that well but they're there. I thought it also might be fun to have some people to share my ideas with, like my hopes to build something, somewhere.
( This is what I think about conversations, this isn't about tv or movies or anything like that)
I think the "..." has gotten to be a bit of a comedy/ conversation crutch. I admit it's funny sometimes, but there's only so much vagueness I can handle." Look out for the ... thing!" It's funny the first time you hear it, but occasionally I'd like to hear what that thing was. I'd like to hear something like "Look out for the bunny rabbit, he's acummin on strong!" occasionally. Absurdism can be irritating too, as if a regular thing to "look out for" can't be funny. If you're out on the Bayou and you see a gator, "Look out for the gator!" can be pretty funny. All in how it's said. Intonation god dammit. (I'm really irritated by kid actors when they can't hear something that's funny. You write something for them and they just stomp all over it by stressing wrong words, or blanding the whole thing up. " Look out for the gator" isn't that hard to grasp, but instead you get stuck with " Look out for the gator" lazy motherfuckers) .
I don't think that it's the various styles that bothers me. What bothers me is how people try to stick to one style of comedy without branching out; One guy will swear in that zany kind of way and that's all there is to their humour and another guy will parody awkward behaviour. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a little experimentation with it. An example of a kid who speaks in a niche is this one kid I knew who worked backstage on a play I was in. He had that approach to conversation where he would try to point out anything that seemed strange to him with stilted sarcastic quips. Say I said " Beauty is everywhere, especially in my bum, my bum is a wonderful place" ( I wouldn't say this randomly, I hate the "lol random" brand of humour so much it makes me sick. This would come up naturally in conversation, or I would say it to someone who I'd be able to develope it with) this kid would say something like " Well that's normal". This is the laziest thing someone can do in a conversation, it makes everyone in the room feel crappy without being funny. That sort of approach to sarcasm has a tendency to ruin my kind or sarcasm, which is a sort of feigned strangeness. I don't really consider my bum a wonderful place, at least not in the biblical sense, I just want to joke about the attitude where one claims that beauty is everywhere ( I do think beauty is in a lot of places and overt pessimism can irritate me too, in fact I think there may just be beauty in my bum. I like it's shape. It's round and not flabby looking like a good bum ought to look ( not to boast). Who's to say that it isn't a pleasant place. Every cloud has a silver lining so why can't my bum? Maybe my sense of sarcasm is more of an exaggeration of what I really feel, a pretense with layers of true ... tense(?)). So when one says an irritating quip like what that kid says, not only does it show that he doesn't know how to properly apply ( I don't like apply, instead think use, use is much less pretentious, unlike this bracket explanation) sarcasm, but it also shows that he can't recognize sarcasm. So next time you see someone saying something weird with an obvious intent for sarcasm, don't roll your eyes and say " that's interesting", say something that gets the conversation rolling more, you'll be much more popular at parties.
That paragraph sort of transformed into a complaint about one particular kid and I still want to talk more about experimenting in conversations. What I want to say is that I want to see people trying more ways to talk to people. If you're especially dry, don't just be the "dry guy", that limits your use in the conversation. The "dry guy" can only get you so far, you should also try mixing hints of zany, just enough that it may even give a little contrast to all the dryness.
I'm still not sure if I want to get the Hot Chip album. I certainly like "Over and Over" and I like their other videos, but some of their songs seem kinda dull sometimes. Not dull in the, " This is a shitty song" kind of way, but just sort of ho-hum. Maybe if I listen to the singles a few more times I'll get the hang of them. I do most definitely enjoy their music videos, they're all very inventive and cool. ( I'm going to have to warn you guys, I don't buy albums very fast so you might hear me talking about albums that came out two years ago. I'll try to be especially insightful to make up for it). I really like Hot Chip visually, the whole "electro art nerd" thing is a look that I would be very willing to adopt if only I had the time. Here are some videos that I like by them...
Over and Over, this is what I think is their most " bangin' track"., I want his red sunglasses.
Highlights
0:22 =There's something unnaturally attractive about the way that woman moves her hips.
3:12= I love the way that guy moves, the one always to the left banging on that little console thing, why is he doing that? His hairlip is adorable.
Ready for the Floor, not so sure about this one, I love the video though, especially the coloured girls in the chamber, when the black girl shows up it still surprises me. I also really like the thrown paint
Boys from school, I really like this song, it's so mellow and pretty, but at the same time I still want more track like Over and Over,
I just love to dance that way. The video is doing the sort of thing that I'd like to try making.
I got if from Picturesonwalls.com check it out.