Some bands claim to be eclectic and I guess any band can try to pull off different musical stylings and call themselves “eclectic”. I think maybe the meaning behind eclectic became an artist that doesn’t do anything right so they just try it all. So yea, there’s a lot of eclectic bands out there. It’s kinda like throwing shit against the wall and whatever sticks, sticks. Ween is a band that can not only switch it up but they can do it right too. The Mollusk is an album that rocks my fucking socks.
I don’t claim to be a huge Ween fan, I really only have fully listened to The Mollusk but that album alone is worth listening to. Some songs on this album really feel Beatles-esque to me, similar to Yellow Submarine or Octopus’s Garden. Gene and Dean Ween create this really imaginative album, the whole thing really sounds and feels like it’s underwater. I think I need to smoke a J, put this on, stick in the ear buds and walk through an aquarium. Whoa man…trippy! It really comes as no surprise that Ocean Man, one of my favorite tracks off the album, is featured in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
So get some headphones, close your eyes and push play. This is one of those records where the whole thing is good, every song, from start to finish. What a crazy concept.
Inception wasn’t a bad movie, it just kinda felt like a good piece of gum that you chew and chew until the flavor is no more. And then, after the flavor is gone, for some reason you just keep chewing and chewing till your jaw is tired and the gum just sort of loses its consistency and is chew-able no more.
Inception is a movie about people who get into your numbskull and enter your dreams. They change your mind through your dreams. They are basically Mind Fuckers. The Mind Fuckers have to change this one little rich boys mind and if they do it Leo DiCaprio gets to go home to his little faceless children.
Don’t get me wrong, as I said before the movie isn’t bad. I think maybe if it were shorter and less convoluted I’d like it. I get it, you want the audience to feel confused at times and present an alternative view on reality. That’s fine, but there comes a point where it just gets killed. At some point it just gets to be too much and I’m waiting for the ride to end.
A few years ago a movie came out that revolutionized action cinematography. It too presented a world that defied what we think of as reality. I think a few of you have seen the movie, it was called The Matrix. The thing about The Matrix versus films like Inception is that it didn’t kill its clever twist on reality. The film didn’t lose sight of the people watching it, it didn’t allow them to get confused, lost, or just plain lose interest. Nearly the same length as Inception, I never felt bored while watching The Matrix.
Near the end of the movie, when I should have been excited and thrilled to see what happens, I was waiting for the house lights to come up. The movie is made to be so deeply convoluted and confusing that I couldn’t get emotionally invested in it. It seemed to be more concerned with visuals rather than anything else. Another “screen saver” movie, a two hour and a half hour screen saver for your Mac or PC coming to Blu-ray and DVD soon.
Found this video on the internet of kerlgirl13 whining and moaning as her dad unleashes holy hell while spewing words like “cyber police” and “backtraced”…
