Alex Cox at Lincoln Center – February 28

Film Society of Lincoln Center will screen Walker at 6:30 and Searchers 2.0 at 8:30. Director Alex Cox will have a Q & A following both screenings. I haven’t been this excited for a NYC screening since Anthology’s wonderful screening of Lindsay Anderson’s Mick Travis trilogy last summer. Criterion is releasing Walker this month and I haven’t read much about Searchers 2.0, although I am excited to see Sy Richardson act in something other than a Superbowl FedEx commercial. Tarantino owes Cox and Richardson a big, fat apology for never recognizing that he stole the character Norwood from Straight to Hell and turned him into Jules Winnfield. “Put your tie on, boy.”

Insanely, I’ve never seen Walker but it promises to be a good allegory for Reagan-era U.S. foreign policy filtered through the story of William Walker, an American mercenary who briefly held the presidency of Nicaragua in the mid-19th century.

Von Südenfed

So I’m really into this dude Mark E. Smith. He’s in this band called The Fall. And I don’t care what anyone says or how many Mitsubishi ads he does, his last two albums have been great. And now, I find out he’s in this side-project with Mouse on Mars called Von Südenfed. This is easily the most danceable music I’ve heard this side of Paisley Park Studios. It’s pretty great. Check it out. Thank to Dave for the tip.

Welcome to my new blog thingy.

Congratulations, you’ve stumbled across my new blog!  You have months upon months of  grocery store lists, ruminations on the “most authentic” subway stations in Brooklyn, bad student polaroids and old ticket stubs to look forward to!  Finally, a platform where I can increase my already inflated sense of self-importance!  Welcome.