Saw a rather weird film called Where The Truth Lies. I say weird as it stars Colin Firth and kevin Bacon as a kind of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis duo, they are both absurdly miscast. I write of this as the score was very good, very lush BUT there was absolutely no credit showing who the composer was. There was arrangers and music organisers etc., but not composer. How unfair is that.
Then went onto see Basic Instinct 2 which was dismal. They simply replaced the detective [Michael Douglas] with an analyst [David Morissey sporting an awful 1950's hair cut]. It's a shame as the Sharon Stone character is a classic movie character, a great mind in a great body who finds everyones weaknesses and plans her life around them. The great bit about this film was that they used part of the original score by Jerry Goldsmith which I have on CD, one of his best - intense and very evocative of the weaving state of extremes the lead characters unstable mind goes through.
Been out on the road a bit with my job so loading my ipod with loads of podcast to listen to in the car:
Tips From the Top Floor - listened to this over the last 18 months or so, tips on digital photography - very friendly and charming presenters: Christ Marquant.
Coverville - covers of well known tracks.
Mark Kermodes film reviews with Simon Mayo on Radio 5 Live - Took me a while to get use to his brash and somewhat abrasive style but once you do you realise that what could be heard as arrongance is really pure passion for all things filmic.
Audio Dharme and Quiet Mind - to keep my self in check with my Buddhist teachings.
New ones loaded but not yet listened to:
Downing Street Podcast [out of curiosity more than anything]
Great Speeches in History
On Air Podcast - to keep up to date with what other hospital radio stations are doing.
The Daily Mayo - becauseb Simon Mayo is a superb foil for Kermode.
The Philosophy Podcast
UK DVD Review - Been listening to this for a while but the last couple have been weird, as if presenter William Gallagher has lost the plot and run out of steam.
What would I save in the event of a fire: My banjo, ipod oh, and my cats!
