Wild At Heart movie review = In The House
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Wild At Heart
Just caught this very interesting French movie by Francois Ozon, "In The House" which sounds more like the title of a home invasion movie than a story about a forlorn teacher and his gifted, yet unusual pupil. English teacher Germaine is finding it painful to be reading his student's listless and inane writing assignments when he comes across part one of a series of stories written by the introverted Claude, a 16 year old loner, about a friendship he is starting up with a fellow student, Rapha Jr. From a broken home, Claude visualizes what like in Rapha's household would be like and uses his talents at math to work at becoming his tutor. He uses his access to essentially spy on his home life and integrates himself slowly in the general day-to-day flow of the family even finding himself lusting after Rapha's mom. The movie takes a somewhat understated voyeuristic tone as his teacher becomes smitten with this story.
Germaine sees real talent in Claude's work and wants to mentor him to see if Claude can find the success as a writer that Germaine failed to find. Germaine straddles the line of what is real and what is made up in Claude's stories as he shares the stories with his wife. Germaine slowly becomes as obsessed with Claude's stories as Claude is with Rapha's home life and takes a bigger and bigger role in shaping the outcome. The movie does a great job on keeping us wondering what is real and what is made up in the storytelling process as we reach the end of the story. We have this feeling as Germaine's wife both wants to hear more about the stories but is concerned that her husband is becoming too involved in the process for his own good.
Like Germaine, we as viewers also become entranced by Claude's increasingly invasive insertion into this families life. And when things start to unravel, Ozon does a wonderful job showing the destruction of the intellectuals (Claude, Germaine and his art gallery working wife) and the strengthening of Rapha's more conventional family. The movie is very well acted and the relationship between Germaine and Claude never gets totally out of touch. Ozon keeps in very realistic and plays on our own voyeuristic needs to keep us entranced by the story. It is a joy to see the way Claude feeds his story to his teacher and tries to manipulate him in finding him interesting. This is a very fascinating film and well worth catching. It opens tonight at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak.
I gives this film an A-. Don't miss this film.
Rock on The Range Day Two
Day Two
Saturday, May 18
Rock on The Range decided to turn things up a few notches on day two. The Babst Blue Ribbon stage was in full swing along with the comedy tent in addition to the Jager and Monster main stages.
Gemini Syndrome along with Clutch pulled in some of the biggest and most boisterous crowds on the Jager stage. The Black Veil Brides fans destroyed the PBR stage very early on.
The biggest winner of the night was most definitely Stone Sour. Waves of crowd surfers rolled in on top of the crowd keeping the security guys in full swing for the entire set.
Gemini Syndrome
Red Line Chemistry
Otherwise
Clutch
Jagermeister Stage
Scorpion Child
Gemini Syndrome
Heaven's Basement
Red Line Chemistry
The Sword
Clutch
Pabst Blue Ribbon Stage
Young Guns
Otherwise
Motionless in White
Black Veil Brides
Asking Alexandria
A Day to Remember
Monster Stage
Pop Evil
All That Remains
Halestorm
Bullet For My Valentine
Papa Roach
Stone Sour
Smashing Pumpkins
GREAT UPCOMING SHOW: Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds – Magic Stick Detroit – October
DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW....Kid Congo Powers Pt 3 from bill streeter on Vimeo.
KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS
NEW ALBUM 'HAUNTED HEAD'
OUT MAY 7TH THROUGH IN THE RED RECORDS!
Magic Stick Detroit
October 25th 2013
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds are proud to bring you the brand new video for 'Conjure Man', from the limited-edition 7-inch single, out now! 'Conjure Man', is a swampy new original, while the B-side is a deranged cover of an old Seeds tune, 'Lose Your Mind' . Neither track will be featured on the band’s upcoming album, 'Haunted Head', to be released by In The Red Records next month.
Legendary guitar stylist Kid Congo Powers (The Gun Club, The Cramps, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) and long time cohorts, bassist Kiki Solis (Knife In The Water), drummer Ron Miller (Up The Academy), and guitarist Jesse Roberts (Sandrider, The Ruby Doe) are set to release a brand new album, 'Haunted Head', on May 7th (their third album for In The Red)! Jesse engineered and Ron mixed the album, at the now well-known Harveyville Project High School in Kansas. Waking from a nap in the swamps of outer space, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds ride a geisterbahn into the hypnagogic, a place between sleep and consciousness also known as the “Haunted Head”.
This Weekend I Have A 3 Day Appointment with Movement
May 22, 2013 by Mikel O.D.
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It’s getting close to Movement time and I’m getting super excited just thinking about it. In a couple more days Detroit will be inundated (not that we aren't already) with electronic music fans, artists, DJ, dancers etc. I’ll be there for some of all 3 days taking photos, talking to artists and hanging out. You might even catch me moving around a little doing something that might be called dancing (that’s a stretch when you consider it’s me.) Movement will have 5 stages this year, each with their own flavor and atmosphere. I’ll be sampling a little bit of each stage. Here’s a short list of the artists I’m making sure I catch:
Saturday –
2pm Underground – Nina Kravitz
3:30pm Red Bull – Shigeto
6:30pm Electric Forest – SuperVision
8:30pm Red Bull – Dave Clarke
10:30pm Beatport Stage – Moby
2pm Underground – Nina Kravitz
3:30pm Red Bull – Shigeto
6:30pm Electric Forest – SuperVision
8:30pm Red Bull – Dave Clarke
10:30pm Beatport Stage – Moby
Sunday –
2pm Electric Forest – K@dog
4pm Beatport – Soul Clap
5:30 Red Bull – Adult.
9PM Electric Forest – The M Machine
10:45 Red Bull – Squarepusher
2pm Electric Forest – K@dog
4pm Beatport – Soul Clap
5:30 Red Bull – Adult.
9PM Electric Forest – The M Machine
10:45 Red Bull – Squarepusher
Monday –
3pm Electric Forest -- Deastro
4:30pm Red Bull – TOKiMONSTA
7pm Electric Forest – Break Science
3pm Electric Forest -- Deastro
4:30pm Red Bull – TOKiMONSTA
7pm Electric Forest – Break Science
Don't feel slighted about what's not on the list with over 100 artists there's just too many good artists and only one of me.
If you haven’t got your tickets already be sure to try and make it down for at least one day. Movement is more than just an electronic music festival, it’s a cultural celebration where many will travel hundreds of miles to experience. There will be so many diverse sights and sounds you will have more than a few stories and memories that will keep you smiling until next year’s festival. See you there!
KOBRA AND THE LOTUS REVIEW.
I was blown away by Kobra and the Lotus. They lived up to the standard set by their cd. This is a band to watch.
I got a copy of their cd a couple of weeks before the show. Inspired from the heyday of NWOBHM, I was taken back to when I first got into metal. So, the cd set a high standard that seemed hard to live up too. Kobra and the Lotus took it to another level. Kobra Paige's voice is more than strong enough to hit the high notes and sustain the low growls. The band has the chops to play.
Kobra Paige's first concert, Judas Priest, is what inspired her to pursue her path into music and metal. Taking her cues from the heyday of metal and adding her mark, you will be taken on a heavy metal journey. Songs of fighting inner demons will be your guide. The band has the same inspiration which results in a tight knit heavy metal for a new generation.
Enjoy the photos:
American Fangs
Mindset Evolution
Oleander
In Flames
Monster Stage
Love & Death
Hollywood Undead
Buckcherry
Cheap Trick
Korn
Show Review: Vampire Weekend at The Fillmore Detroit 5/17/2013
Three days after releasing their new album, Modern Vampires Of The City, New York quartet Vampire Weekend finally came back to the Detroit market this past Friday night after a 5 and a half year absence. Vampire Weekend last played Metro Detroit at the Pike Room at The Crofoot in December of 2007, since then as the band has skyrocketed in popularity and has skipped over Detroit tour after tour. The wait was worth it as Vampire Weekend played an explosive 19 song set featuring fan favorite after fan favorite. They opened the show with “Cousins”, from 2010’s Contra, sending the audience into a frenzy. From there they launched into “White Sky”, the African inspired “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa”, and “I Stand Corrected”. Current single, the catchy “Diane Young” followed, introducing the first Modern Vampires Of The Citysong of the night. The reviews for Modern Vampires Of The City have been quite outstanding from almost every outlet and it certainly will have a long shelf life at radio and on the road. Vampire Weekend are already announcing fall tour dates, including an arena stop at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Another Detroit stop in support of Modern Vampires is certainly not out of the question.
After listening to all 3 Vampire Weekend albums numerous times, I wasn't sure how their music would translate into a live theater setting. To my delight, live, Vampire Weekend are one of the brightest young bands around. Ezra Koenig and co know how to play for their casual and hardcore fans, turning songs that are more relaxed on record into songs that play well live and turn the audience into an excited bunch. Well-known songs “Holiday”, “Horchata”, and “A-Punk” turned the crowd of hipsters and preppy academic types into an eager bunch thirsting for more. The fan familiarity to new songs “The Unbelievers”, and especially “Ya Hey”, really shocked me, as the album had only been out (legally) for 3 days. “Giving up the Gun” came before the 3 song encore and they closed the show with their traditional ending song “Walcott”. Vampire Weekend are a band who don’t have to rely on over-the-top stunts, over indulgent lighting, or silly gimmicks to get their fans to feel their music. All that I can hope for is that Detroit doesn't have to wait another 5 and a half years to see our favorite Vampires again.
Austrailia’s High Highs opened the show, in place of original openers Haim, with a quick set of their post-rock and psychedelic-tinged rock music.