Monday 7 December 2009

Exams, The Godfather of Punk and Wall Street

Firstly, I have exams tomorrow and Wednesday. Major CBA.

Now, on to happier subjects. Not grunge at all, but music-related nonetheless, Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots singer and one-time member of Velvet Revolver, has released a version of Have Yourself A Merry Christmas, and I'm shocked by the fact that I love it!

I also now a have a new favourite album of mine, Iggy Pop's The Idiot. Produced and co-written by David Bowie, and Iggy's first solo album, it's fantastic, and if you've seen Trainspotting, you'll know the song "Nightclubbing," I'm sure it's in one of the many drug scenes, although given the content of the film, that really doesn't narrow it down...

Also, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space, by Spiritualized, is another epic album, just to let you know.

After reading about the sequel that's in production, I decided to go back and watch Oliver Stone's Wall Street, with Charlie Sheen as the young Wall Street trader, and Michael Douglas (in an Oscar-winning performance, by the way) as the mentor figure, who's a bit of a nasty man...

Anyway, I'd better get back to studying.

Darren out, saying, life comes down to a few moments, and this is one of them.

1 comment:

  1. not quite sure who you are saying the godfather of punk is ( iggy pop or that the stone temple pilots guy ) but as there is no mention of mick jones or joe strummer i can asure you that whoever you meant you are wrong. The Clash are still the spirit of punk and always will be.

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