So, I can't believe it's
September (bet you didn't know about that one.) already. Where does the time go? I just watched a really messed up movie that's been sitting on my shelf for a while. It's called
In The Bedroom. You probably heard about it a few years ago,
Sissy Spacek and about half the cast were nominated for Oscars, as was the movie. So it's about this couple, who's teenage son (played by
John Connor himself,
Nick Stahl) is dating a single mother of two, played by
Marisa Tomei (who somehow manages to sound like she's from Brooklyn even when she speaks with a New England accent). Trouble comes around in the body of Tomei's ex-husband, who doesn't like the fact that she's seeing other men. Well, as Netflix puts it, the relationship ends in tragedy, and the next hour and 15 minutes of the film is spent on how the parents deal with this tragedy. It's got that kind of ending that you see coming from a mile away, but still can't believe is going to happen. That's all I'll say.
I was driving home from the
Hammerstein Ballroom this morning, reflecting on what an interesting week it's been (and realizing that I need to turn the music up louder when I drive, as I keep coming up with some really WEIRD stuff while I drive.) So in the space of a week, I've gone from gross out frat boy humor at the Garden State Arts Center (Opie and Anthony's Traveling Virus) to legends of country music (or the NJ redneck festival, depending on your point of view) with Willie Nelson and Mearle Haggard, to the
we-listen-to-reggae-as-an-excuse-to-smoke-pot (or because we smoke pot?) that was the
Hot97 Reggae Tip at the Hammerstein Ballroom last night. Talk about extremes, with one unifying theme:
marijuana. Scary.
I'm not entirely sure what Hot97 considers reggae, but what I heard was mostly Jamaican hip hop. The only act I would call reggae is
Stephen Marley and the Marley Family. That's about it. Best part of the whole show: when the
Elephant man fell off the stage trying to hang off of the truss ladder. Little tip to the "most energetic man in reggae": smoke. less. crack, you homo hatin, big eared, ugly ass mutha. That is all.
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