Bummer in the Summer: July 2007 Reviews

All alone on the bone 

when I didn't have a home 

When I saw the way I was 

and I knew where I was 

supposed to be 

I was twitchin' so I turned 

and it's really hard to learn 

That everyone I saw 

was just another part of me.

--Arthur Lee, "Bummer in the Summer," Forever Changes (1967) 

These are the reviews and other assignments I'm working on this month. 

Amazon CDs: Sara Bareilles - Little Voice 

and Lifehouse - Who We Are. 

Amazon DVDs: The Flying Scotsman (Jonny Lee Miller on a bicycle), Wild Tigers I Have Known, Black Book (Verhoeven is back—and van Houten's got him), A Crude Awakening, and Full House - The Complete Seventh Season [six-disc set]. 

Amazon Theatricals: The 11th Hour (Leonardo DiCaprio on global warming), Becoming Jane (Anne Hathaway as Jane Austen), El Cantante (Marc Anthony as Héctor Lavoe), The Ten (Commandments with Paul Rudd), Broken English (Parker Posey falls for Melvil Poupard), and Hot Rod (Lorne Michaels comedy with Andy Samberg). 

Resonance Music: Baby Elephant - Turn My Teeth Up! (Prince Paul and Bernie Worrell), M. Ward - Duet for Guitars #2 (reissue), Young Marble Giants - Colossal Youth (expanded edition), and the soundtrack to You're Gonna Miss Me (a collection of tracks from Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators). 

Seattle Sound: An interview with John Sayles

and a sidebar on the Honeydripper All-Star Band. 

Seattle Film Blog: An Interview with John Scheinfeld and updated versions of Half Nelson and 3-Iron, Après Vous..., and Me and You and Everyone We Know.

Endnote: I'm not having a bummer summer, but I couldn't resist cribbing from Mr. Lee, from whom this site takes its name. Plus, I already swiped Colin Meloy's "July, July" for last year's review roundup. Lyrics from Lyrics Seek, images from Hollywood Hangover and Google Images (Nilsson and Lennon shooting pool—with berets!). Arthur looks like Benicio Del Toro in that first pic. Weird...but cool.