vice clamped
onto body
aware it's death
who cares to fight it

Klinski is Gone in a Flash!

but he'll be back again in the spring...

snow on the brain

This morning I left my house around 8am for a walk around town. I took much video of neighborhood happenings but unfortunately due to computer problems could only add about 50 seconds worth of it, and to my disappointment, could not include any music. Oh well, maybe another time.

jj no3 in winter is cool

new l.p from Swedish band jj that i recently got into. being released March 9th on Sincerely Yours, a record label founded by band The Tough Alliance. I downloaded an advance release, which still can be found somewhere i'm sure.

I can't let go of "Let go". it's ambient yet structured. perfect song to look out your window to while snow is pouring down. The vocals are what really grab me - a sweet raspy female voice that sounds like it's been cured in cigarette tar.

"My life" is the opening track. Minimal and good.

"i'm grindin' until i'm tired they say you ain't grindin' until you die"

jj-let go-mp3

jj-my life-mp3

Baader-Meinhof

Ignore the lack of English subtitles and enjoy the action in this trailer. Film is quickly edited and visually pleasing from the simple personal hideaway scenes, to larger hijack and machine gun attacks.

Red Army Faction(RAF) - German left-wing terrorist organization founded by Ulrike Meinhof and Andreas Baader during the Vietnam war in their opposition to alleged US imperialism and German fascism.

I often felt lost due to how quickly the scenes transitioned and characters were being introduced and disposed of. But then again, this is over ten years of history being crammed into a two and a half hour film.

Though it may overly glorify terrorist activities, it's an unusual angle on how fucked up the Vietnam era was, and how this chaos continued into present years, regardless of how the political implications of the RAF make you feel. I would recommend this if you enjoy revolutionary stories, docu-dramas, or action films in general.

(sorry, but the US release trailer wasn't in HD and looked pretty stupid.)