My oh my, how the time flies. This is the first birthday I've had in quite a while, where I haven't felt melancholy. At all. All day long. Wow. Pretty much a first for me, since approximately my 15th birthday.
I am contemplating the tattoo that is to be my birthday gift. Blue Celtic whorls for a background... and a myriad symbols, of all origins to go over them. Damn difficult to decide. Indoeuropean, "wiccan", nordic, christian, and loads of other symbolic realms colliding. Classic rock'n'roll imagery has been considered too. An Ace of Spades, a flaming skull... All valiant contenders.
On that note, I and my brother went to see Ghost Rider yesterday. And I thought it ROCKED.
It has gotten very bad reviews for some reason. Which just shows how hard is is to get to be a critic. It's a movie, based on a comicbook, about a biker with a flaming skull for a head, his powers vested in him by the devil, no less. What the hell do you expect? I've seen some numbskull compare it to the Daredevil movie. Nimrod.
The Dramatis Personae enacted by Nicholas Cage is perfect. Has everyone forgotten about CONTEXT? Historical, cultural, not to mention satirical? This movie is 100% rock'n'roll! WHY do Metallicas lyrics have any apppeal? Because they are realistic? Because they describe present political dichotomies? WHY does Ozzy Osbourne still command respect when faced with metalheads?
Because those exact characteristics are idiosyncratic to rock! A flaming skull is cool, because it's a fucking flaming skull! The Ace of Spades an ever present symbol of chance, and laughing in the face of the devil. Hello? Do any of you people keep informed further back than 6 months?
Rock on.
Edit: 25. april 2008. Okay. I bought the movie, and it really wasn't all that good. In hindsight, the villains aren't meant to be that satirical, the filmmaker actually thinks they're badass. Sigh. I blame the beer I drank before seeing it at the movies!
I am contemplating the tattoo that is to be my birthday gift. Blue Celtic whorls for a background... and a myriad symbols, of all origins to go over them. Damn difficult to decide. Indoeuropean, "wiccan", nordic, christian, and loads of other symbolic realms colliding. Classic rock'n'roll imagery has been considered too. An Ace of Spades, a flaming skull... All valiant contenders.
On that note, I and my brother went to see Ghost Rider yesterday. And I thought it ROCKED.
It has gotten very bad reviews for some reason. Which just shows how hard is is to get to be a critic. It's a movie, based on a comicbook, about a biker with a flaming skull for a head, his powers vested in him by the devil, no less. What the hell do you expect? I've seen some numbskull compare it to the Daredevil movie. Nimrod.
The Dramatis Personae enacted by Nicholas Cage is perfect. Has everyone forgotten about CONTEXT? Historical, cultural, not to mention satirical? This movie is 100% rock'n'roll! WHY do Metallicas lyrics have any apppeal? Because they are realistic? Because they describe present political dichotomies? WHY does Ozzy Osbourne still command respect when faced with metalheads?
Because those exact characteristics are idiosyncratic to rock! A flaming skull is cool, because it's a fucking flaming skull! The Ace of Spades an ever present symbol of chance, and laughing in the face of the devil. Hello? Do any of you people keep informed further back than 6 months?
Rock on.
Edit: 25. april 2008. Okay. I bought the movie, and it really wasn't all that good. In hindsight, the villains aren't meant to be that satirical, the filmmaker actually thinks they're badass. Sigh. I blame the beer I drank before seeing it at the movies!
