I picked up a couple of "Kung Fu" flicks on the cheap, and this was the first one I watched. If I never see Kung Fu of Eight Drunkards againthat will be just fine.










The wierd thing is, if you looked at these images you might think the film is a typical overly serious Kung Fu film. It's not though. For the most part, it plays a comedy. The print I saw was terrible. Grainy, jumpy, at times the way it was transferred you could only see the sides of people's heads.

I won't get into the bad. There's a lot of that to go around.
There was some good however. You can totally see where Jackie Chan get's his ideas from. There are several fight sequences in here that clearly have been borrowed for more recent films. And one or two of the fights are semi interesting. But, aside from that, this is one of those films where they've added the "swish" and "pop" and "crack" noise to every movement. So in that sense, you might find yourself laughing.

No, I do not recommend this film. Even if you like this sorta stuff. F.

I do enjoy a band/song/CD that stands the test of time. Massive Attack's CD Protection is one of those CD's. It's the equivalent of standing in a nice living room, watching rain blow against the windows at dusk. A glass of wine in hand. Smooth beats and shifting synth lines. Along with their other CD Mezzanine, I find both to be almost essential. I am giving both A's.

Sadly, while I believe there are perhaps two official releases for this band there is very little info on the band. I think they are both EP's. Anyway, I dig their style. If you liked The Smiths I think you might enjoy this.

Here is a link to three FREE downloads! Just scroll down to Voxtrot.

This is definitely music for a certain mood. I would call it brat-thrash-in-the- car. I enjoy it. Gives you that "Hey I'm suddenly nodding my head" thing. I like to take single tracks from this band and put them on mixed discs. Highlights how cool the tracks are.

Download : Confection

Before Bjork wandered around in a dress made from a swan she was in an amazing band called The Sugarcubes. This is easily one of my favorite CD's from the 80's. It still stands on it's own. I had it on "random" in my car CD changer and constantly crank the volume up every time a track from this CD comes on. Bjork is electric on this album. The band plays VERY well. Crisp tight drumming..smart arrangements, I would say above average guitar parts. I dare you NOT to sing along with this CD. This one has stood the test of time. I'm hooking it up with a big fat A.