Watching and Listening
Posted in Fountain Square, Movies, Music in General on October 29th, 2007 by RyanWATCHING: It was the right weekend for a horror movie, so the good folks at Mass. Ave. Video hooked us up with “The Descent” and “Dog Soldiers,” both by director Neil Marshall. Both were very well-crafted, but watching them as a double feature signaled to me that they were based on the same plot structure:
- Protagonist undergoes some sort of traumatic, life-changing event.
- Protagonist is then swept into the middle of nowhere.
- Protagonist encounters unknown, evil forces in the middle of nowhere that have adapted perfectly to that environment.
- Protagonist has to get the hell out.
The endings differ quite a bit, but the similarities are quite striking. Therefore, I’d recommend watching both of them at different times, and let them stand for themselves individually.
LISTENING: Georgia Anne Muldrow. Some time away from her recordings did these well - they really open up on second and third listenings. She’s worked with Sa-Ra and Stone’s Throw quite a bit, and she’s got a new project called G&D. Pick up anything by her - great stuff. Kind of like a younger, funkier Martina Topley- Bird.
ANTICIPATING: Halloween in Fountain Square. We didn’t get a lot of trick-or-treaters last year, mostly because we were new in the neighborhood and I don’t think a lot of the people knew the house was even occupied (it had been vacant for a year, I think). Even though the multitude of parties make the actual day kind of anti-climactic (as does pushing back the Simpson’s “Treehouse of Horror” to the coming weekend), I’m looking forward to it.
