Lana Del Rey- JJW

How many chances do we as the general public give this strange girl?
Her "video games" song is clearly set in the wrong key for her voice.
The melody is awkward at best.
She stands there frozen in time swaying her hair slightly as the band keeps fingers crossed at every performance that it will not be a repeat of the infamous SNL disaster.
Alas, she is consistently disappointing...

L'Arc- en- Ciel tickets to giveaway!

Do you live in NYC area and are you a fan of J pop? well Everybody's a critic has tickets to giveaway for their show on Sun Mar 25. To be considered leave a comment on this post why you are a fan!

Cowboy Junkies - Trinity revisited

Trinity Sessions is one of my favorite albums of all time. When the Junkies released this anniversary edition i was excited to check it out. The results are mixed. I love the guest artists simply because it proves the lasting influence the band and album have had. on the other hand the guests didn't always vibe with the Junkies.. I guess it just proves the chemistry of the band and the power of Margot's voice. it's worth picking up, and i love the original album more than ever.

American Splendor (the movie)

This film has been on cable a lot recently and I am amazed at how good a job the filmmakers did. The beauty of Harvey Pekar's work is dramatic simple life can be. Their is beauty in the mundane and nobody could find that magic like Harvey, so it was a wise choice to put the actual harvey in the film. This is easily one of the best movies based on a comic book ever made. It only gets better with repeated viewing..

Glastonbury Anthems DVD

British rock never seems to get the respect in America that it deserves. If more people could watch these performances that would change. Taken form various years in the Glastonbury festival's history, this dvd spotlights bands like Travis and Supergrass who should be bigger here than they are. granted their are performances by well known acts in the USA from Radiohead, Moby and Chemical Brothers. All in all it makes you wish you were there. A special treat from me was the Levellers. I had no idea they were that good.

Bitch monster

It would be nice to live a world where nothing ever bothers us. things can just roll off our shoulders. but we  were not all meant to be hippies. Some of us can turn into real bitch monsters. 

I am human, I get annoyed and yes, I get angry from time to time.

 It does not mean that I want change who i am entirely but I don't want to lose focus on what is really important. 

the only thing that helps, is when on the inside I am seeing red, but look into Brads eyes.

I remember love, being calm and  reason. 

he has this way of stopping me in my tracks without ever needing to say a word and I find myself back peddling out of the bitch monster zone into normal mode once again. 

so thank god for patient men. 

because deep down all ladies are crazy, even in short spurts...

 ROBOTS....

-JJW

Joni Mitchell

It seems like a lot classic artists had an awkward 80's. When i first put this dvd in the player i thought Joni would be in that list, but after I settled in to listening to the music i realized that Joni was kind of prog rock in the 80's. This seems to be the logical conclusion to her interest in jazz. It's not perfect but the ebbs and swells are not bad. the reinvention of her classic "Woodstock" at the end is a highlight. Give it a chance you may not be disappointed..

Goodfellas screenplay

It wasn't until after i graduated college that i became a fan of Martin S. Now I love his work. Goodfellas is no exception. His screenplay is pitch perfect. He wouldn't have been able to get the performances out of his actors if the script wasn't top notch. Martin S. knew what he wanted when he set out to make Goodfellas and his script is the logical conclusion of a perfectly executed vision. Brutal, ugly, powerful and breathtaking all at once..