CSS Donkey Update. Prince Covers Radiohead. Iron Man Review.
CSS shook the blog world when they announced album #2 and unleashed “Rage”. Their sophomore album Donkey is set for a July 22nd release, and this is the tracklist:
01 Jåger Yoga
02 Rat Is Dead (Rage)
03 Reggae All Night
04 Give Up
05 Left Behind
06 Beautiful Song
07 How I Became Paranoid
08 Move
09 I Fly
10 Believe Achieve
11 Air Painter
I really wish they’d call their album Ass. Oh well…
Also…
Deaf Indie Elephants became my hero today. They offer the first ever quality recording of Prince’s “Creep” cover live at Coachella. Watching a legend singing one of my favorite songs was an experience I will never forget — and one that is indescribable. Maybe this MP3 will depict the moment best.
Prince - Creep (Radiohead cover — live @ Coachella 2008)
Unrelated..
I saw Iron Man this weekend. Much against the hype, I thought this movie would have been torrid trash acting mingled with cheesy fight scenes. I mean Robert Downey Jr as an action superhero? But I am glad to admit that I misjudged the movie completely. Downey played a very good Tony Stark, in generally every way. From his jokes to his obnoxious lifestyle he looked and walked the part very well. His banter with his right hand assistant Ms. Pepper Potts isn’t mind numbing and actually found myself laughing aloud at some of the wit.
The movie itself moved at a very good pace. Mixing action, comedy and some drama to just about the right proportions. As with most superhero movies, its rather predictable, but in all the right ways you’d want a superhero movie to be. The animation used was almost seamless, and of course the Iron Man costume was kicking major ass.
My only gripe with the movie was the fact that several characters were thrown into the mix with little behind them other than 2D character attributes. Leslie Bibb’s character, Christine Everhart, is pretty useless other than the two or three lines she has. Hardly worth a hardbody like Leslie Bibb to play. Several other characters didn’t feel fleshed out at all. Raza (Faran Tahir), Obediah Stone (Jeff Bridges) , and even Jim Rhodes (Terrence Howard) feel hollow in the fact that they have little justification for many of their actions.
So All in all, I’d give this movie an 8.3. Fun for the whole family, great pacing, and a Superhero movie to give the next Batman movie a run for its money. (by: VithDos)
