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not so spellbinding
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Sunday, 04JUN2006:
went to see 'akeelah and the bee'
this evening with joanne and kevin.
even tho i would argue that much of
its subject matter had been presented
more naturally in the documentary
film 'spellbound' (which i would
recommend wholeheartedly), the film
still held up as an example of
successfully restrained hollywood
myth-making.
wearing its liberal heart on its
sleeves, this gumbo was injected
with the financial plight of
inner-city schools, the conflict
of values between families that
have money and those that don't,
the power of words and language to
shape the world around us and, of
course, since it's an american
film, the importance of winning.
i have never seen 'what's love
got to do with it', but i'm sure
that angela bassett and laurence
fishburne enjoyed the chance to
act together in a less
confrontational fashion. that
said, i couldn't get the image
of 'morpheus' out of my head
whenever he went into teacher
mode :)
however, i'm not sure that the
movie will reach a wider audience
than 'spellbound' did, beyond
those of us who already look back
fondly at our own childhood
spelling accomplishments, so i'm
not sure why starbucks was so
keen on backing this flick.
still, as an example of corporate
largesse that doesn't do any harm,
i give the film props for not
straying too far from its source
material.
essentially eclectic
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Monday, 05JUN2006:
tonight's setlist was gleaned from
my 'Essentials #1' cd binder, my
first set of desert island disks.
as i stated during the show, i would
always have one essential binder,
ready to go, that i would take with
me out to every work crew, swapping
in a few new cd's every time i came
back to civilization to raid a cd
outlet. i've already ripped all of
these cd's onto my hard drive, but
there are always a few tracks that
don't quite meet my exacting
standards for mix singles, tho i
still maintain a fond spot for them
as album tracks.
here's the show
download.
Aur.Oral Exposures radio show setlist for 05jun2006:
- Heart Go Boom - Apollo Four Forty
- Sunshine So Fine - Barstool Prophets
- Girl of Mine - Blue Rodeo
- Victim of the Game - Garth Brooks
- Steal a Day - Another Carnival
- I Know There's a Word for This - Aimee Mann
- A Place in My Heart - Social Distortion
- Drink Before the War - Sinead O'Connor
- Lantern Riddles - Orchid Ensemble
- Love Should Be So Kind - Quarterflash
- if my heart was a car - Old 97's
- I've Got Dreams to Remember - Oh Susanna
- Lonesome Roads - Dwight Yoakam
- Mood to Burn Bridges - Neko Case and Her Boyfriends
- Since I Don't Have You - The Brian Setzer Orchestra
- didn't i - k.d. lang and the Reclines
- I Can't Forget You - Cracker
- click ... off ... gone - Sleeper
- Beat Me to the Door - Jr. Gone Wild
- Nobody But Me - Save Ferris
springtime restlessness
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Thursday, 08JUN2006:
i stayed late at the office tonight
to try to wrap things up so i don't
have to make an appearance in the
morning like
last
time. i still had leftovers
from my huge meatball and baby corn
lunch from the northern lights cafe,
so i scarfed that down to keep my
energy up.
when i had done everything that i
had set out to do, and turned on
my out-of-office message, it was
still daylight outside and the sun
was just starting to head towards
the horizon. without a wind, it
was an amazing time to be outside,
so i walked over to arctic ventures
to pick up some new boot laces so i
wouldn't trip over myself on vacation.
i was tempted to just go on an
impromptu hike up into the hills,
but decided that i still had too
much to get ready before my trip.
even though it was nearly 10 in the
evening, there were still a good 30
kids jumping around the court in
front of the nakasuk school. most
of the snow in town is now gone,
tho there are still scattered drifts
along the ridges and hillsides.
while we had a fresh snow this time
last year, i think it's a pretty safe
bet that we're into the rainy season
now.
i should be packing up for my trip
tomorrow, but i just don't feel too
motivated.
it's like i'm ready to let go of
what i have here, but still haven't
figured out which other swinging
trapeze bar i should dive towards.
with a tory government, i have
serious misgivings about the future
prospects of this territory and i'm
not keen to watch it fall apart on
my watch. going south feels like
i'm scouting out my next journey
and i have this nagging feeling
that i'm betraying the ideals that
brought me up here to the north.
fave song of the week: 'walk away'
by franz ferdinand.
i love the sound of you
you walking away
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