...looks like i know where this is going and i might know how it ends, but I'm still willing to begin. -- MM
Lately, i have been OBSESSING over Mandy Moore's last two albums. I know most people think she is ridiculous - but i tell you, if you want to hear heartbreak, pain, suffering, release, transformation and forgiveness all in a single note pick up 'Wild Hope' (released June 2007). Even i was impressed by her writing and singing skills and I've been a fan since the beginning. I always believe in her talent, grace, and poise. When i met her back in 2007 i almost died! She was sitting in front of my chatting about how much she like my hair and smiling. MM..right in front of me? Yes, its a wonder i didn't try to shove her in my bag and calmly walk away. Say what you want about her, but it's guaranteed 99% ignorance and taking a cue from the general public. Advice: make your own conclusions, please?
Songs i would suggest to open Pandora's box (aka Mandy Moore's amazingness):
1. Wild hope - Wild hope
2. Most of me - Wild hope
3. Slummin' in paradise - Wild hope
4. Gardenia - Wild hope ( NO ONE can resist this, it's heartbreaking)
5. Ever Blue - Amanda Leigh
6. Have a little faith in me - Coverage
7. Merrimack Rive - Amanda Leigh
8. Mona lisas and Mad Hatters - Coverage
9. Song about home - Amanda Leigh
10. Breaking us in two - Coverage
Onward - - why do they insist on remaking perfectly constructed horror films from the 70's/80's? This has been a particular fad over the last 4 yrs. Some examples include , but are not limited to: Halloween, Friday the 13th, Black Christmas, Sorority Row, My Bloody Valentine, When a Stranger Calls, Prom Night, The Last House on The Left, Wicker Man, and The Hills have Eyes ( in this case there was even a sequel). I can't make any sense of this uprising. Although i can point out that this uprising coincidentally coincided with the collapsing of the economy. Now I'm no fool, i know that even saying the word "collapse" is misleading. But speaking in broad terms that is how the average American sees the issue. Hollywood knows this, and in a time of low morale a country needs horror. That is of course where the slasher film comes from. Horror films have been around a long time - - they date back as far as the 30's with films like Freaks and Frankenstein. I am not suggesting that the horror film was created in the 70's/80's but that it emerged as victorious during that time. People live off of the carnage. Hard times bring horror films. People want comfort, so they go to the movies, and they also want to watch someone have a worse experience then them. The movies is the perfect place for that. In the dark, hunched down in your seat, you can feel and experience emotions that are usually private. But in the movies you can be alone together - - group trauma. People want to be traumatized in groups - - if you're going to experience trauma why not have someone who was there with you? Someone who will always understand, but at a distance? Who can account for the same trauma and even explain how it effected them? It's back door mob mentality - going to a horror film i mean. I'm the kind of person that goes to see EVERY single horror film that comes out. So i know. I know what it means to sit in a theater, look around and realized i am one of two people this is not covering their face in fear. When i went with Miranda and Steve to see 'The Strangers' i began to realize how strange horror movie culture really is. First of all this movie freaked EVERYONE in the theater. Even i jumped a few times...well, once. Steve got so freaked his squeezed his coke until is exploded all over him and Miranda almost NEVER watched without looking through the slits between her fingers. As i looked around the theater i realized that myself and one other guy were not covering our faces. In an entire theater which usually seats over 50 people, only two were scared enough to NOT stop watching. I mean real or not, you've got to be pretty traumatized already to not flinch while watching someone be murdered on screen.
Lately, i have been OBSESSING over Mandy Moore's last two albums. I know most people think she is ridiculous - but i tell you, if you want to hear heartbreak, pain, suffering, release, transformation and forgiveness all in a single note pick up 'Wild Hope' (released June 2007). Even i was impressed by her writing and singing skills and I've been a fan since the beginning. I always believe in her talent, grace, and poise. When i met her back in 2007 i almost died! She was sitting in front of my chatting about how much she like my hair and smiling. MM..right in front of me? Yes, its a wonder i didn't try to shove her in my bag and calmly walk away. Say what you want about her, but it's guaranteed 99% ignorance and taking a cue from the general public. Advice: make your own conclusions, please?
Songs i would suggest to open Pandora's box (aka Mandy Moore's amazingness):
1. Wild hope - Wild hope
2. Most of me - Wild hope
3. Slummin' in paradise - Wild hope
4. Gardenia - Wild hope ( NO ONE can resist this, it's heartbreaking)
5. Ever Blue - Amanda Leigh
6. Have a little faith in me - Coverage
7. Merrimack Rive - Amanda Leigh
8. Mona lisas and Mad Hatters - Coverage
9. Song about home - Amanda Leigh
10. Breaking us in two - Coverage
Onward - - why do they insist on remaking perfectly constructed horror films from the 70's/80's? This has been a particular fad over the last 4 yrs. Some examples include , but are not limited to: Halloween, Friday the 13th, Black Christmas, Sorority Row, My Bloody Valentine, When a Stranger Calls, Prom Night, The Last House on The Left, Wicker Man, and The Hills have Eyes ( in this case there was even a sequel). I can't make any sense of this uprising. Although i can point out that this uprising coincidentally coincided with the collapsing of the economy. Now I'm no fool, i know that even saying the word "collapse" is misleading. But speaking in broad terms that is how the average American sees the issue. Hollywood knows this, and in a time of low morale a country needs horror. That is of course where the slasher film comes from. Horror films have been around a long time - - they date back as far as the 30's with films like Freaks and Frankenstein. I am not suggesting that the horror film was created in the 70's/80's but that it emerged as victorious during that time. People live off of the carnage. Hard times bring horror films. People want comfort, so they go to the movies, and they also want to watch someone have a worse experience then them. The movies is the perfect place for that. In the dark, hunched down in your seat, you can feel and experience emotions that are usually private. But in the movies you can be alone together - - group trauma. People want to be traumatized in groups - - if you're going to experience trauma why not have someone who was there with you? Someone who will always understand, but at a distance? Who can account for the same trauma and even explain how it effected them? It's back door mob mentality - going to a horror film i mean. I'm the kind of person that goes to see EVERY single horror film that comes out. So i know. I know what it means to sit in a theater, look around and realized i am one of two people this is not covering their face in fear. When i went with Miranda and Steve to see 'The Strangers' i began to realize how strange horror movie culture really is. First of all this movie freaked EVERYONE in the theater. Even i jumped a few times...well, once. Steve got so freaked his squeezed his coke until is exploded all over him and Miranda almost NEVER watched without looking through the slits between her fingers. As i looked around the theater i realized that myself and one other guy were not covering our faces. In an entire theater which usually seats over 50 people, only two were scared enough to NOT stop watching. I mean real or not, you've got to be pretty traumatized already to not flinch while watching someone be murdered on screen.
