Yearly Archives: 2014

Nightcrawler Poster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC95NXEQruQ

What you may need to know:

1. Jake Gyllenhaal plays Lou Bloom, an ambitious career-driven journalist. He begins following the emergency services to crime scenes in the hope of being first to break a story. This goes so well that he starts staging his own.

2. Sounds vaguely similar to the TV presenter Wallace Souza, who was accused of ordering a series of murders to boost ratings for his reality crime show, Brazil’s answer to America’s Most Wanted.

3. So nothing to do with Marvel’s teleporting blue elf then.

4. Here’s hoping that the Network (1976) vibe isn’t misleading. The 24 hour news cycles’ unquenchable thirst for content is  begging for satire.

5. Gyllenhaal’s turn in last year’s Prisoners was immense.

6. Broadsheet Prognosis: Injury Lawyers 4 U: The Movie.

Release Date: October 17 (UK)

(DelBoy is away.  Mark blogs about film, TV and other stuff at WhyBother.ie)

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Oh.

Dimi Redier, from 972 Mag, writes:

It’s a SHERIFF shirt for your three-year-old. Obviously. What else could it be?
…
It even says Sheriff in (transparent, cutout) letters across the star.

Why, what else does it remind you of?

The shirt is produced in Turkey and appears to be available in Zara’s Israeli, French, Albanian and Swedish online stores.

ZARA presents: A striped pyjama with a yellow star for your child (972 Mag)

H/T: Ciaran ‘Le Cool’ Walsh

cummin

‘Electric Picnic’

By All-Ireland slam poetry champion John Cummins.

John will be appearing this weekend….at the picnic.

Kalle writes:

“With the Electric Picnic just around the proverbial rainy corner, I wanted to shine a light on one of the other areas at the festival that often gets ignored in favour of the big name acts (who already have plenty of hype and publicity behind them in fairness). For anyone interested in some witty, wacky, wise wordplay, then look no further than our brownbread mixtape show on The Word stage in Mindfield (Sat & Sun @ 5pm).
This year we will have our usual mix of Goons style radio sketches, as well as the reigning All Ireland Slam Poetry Champion, John Cummins, as well as lyrical legend Pearse McGloughlin on the bill. The stage itself, run by the shamanic Marty Mulligan, always features a brilliant array of spoken word and hip-hop artists. Worth a gander when you feel like unplugging from the madness…”

The Brownbread Mixtape – Two Shows at Electric Picnic 2014! (BrownbreadMixTape)

2012 MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute To Paul McCartney - Red Carpet

Neil Young has filed for divorce from Pegi Young, his wife of 36 years. A petition for dissolution of marriage was filed by Young in their hometown of San Mateo, California, on July 29th. A hearing is scheduled for December 12th. A rep for Neil Young had no comment.

Neil first met Pegi when she was working as a waitress at a diner near his California ranch, a story he tells in the 1992 song “Unknown Legend.” They were both slated to play Farm Aid in Raleigh, North Carolina, on September 13th, though Pegi’s name was recently removed from the lineup.


Neil Young Files for Divorce From Pegi Young, Wife of 36 Years (Rolling Stone)

Pic: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

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‘Experimental typography abstraction’ by Pakistani illustrator Omar Aqil.

To wit, each character of the word ‘ethos’ rendered in the style of high-ranking regalia of different civilisations: Native American. Egyptian Pharaoh, Samurai, Greek King and Turkish Sultan.

Ethos?

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Ethos.

quipsologies