Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Bummer in the Summer 

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 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. 


   

Endnote: No, I'm not having a bummer summer, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to crib from the late 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!). Y'know, Arthur looks like Benicio Del Toro in that first pic. Weird...but cool.

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