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The mother is over visiting. 3 days into a week-long trip into the Rockies and I get sick as a dog and we have to come back to Edmonton. The triple whammy of being sick, being disappointed at missing the trip, and feeling guilty that the mum has to miss it too because of me. Bullshit.

Every Which Way But Loose

Clint and an orangutan. Sells itself really.

David Allan Coe - Nothing's Sacred, and Underground Album

His two 'x-rated' albums that he only sold at shows. They're both on YouTube though. Good oul craic. A bit puerile at times, like a country version of Steel Panther, but good for an immature laugh. Check out the tracks Lovelace, or Three Biggest Lies for a taste.

Just back from seeing AC/DC live. They've still fairly got it. Obviously a couple of steps slower now, but still about 20 steps ahead of anybody else in their 70s. The stadium erupted any time Angus did a duck walk, good times.

Love this cover of Back in the Saddle. It has Albert Lee playing all these stinging country licks over it, which somehow really works!

Spring and Autumn are super short here (which could go in the peeves thread). A simple pleasure though is that because Autumn happens all at once, the trees turn colour really quickly and then all the leaves come down in the space of a couple of weeks, so it's like super juiced up, hyper Autumn for about a month, which is generally a fun month.

Miles Davis- Dark Magus

Absolute classic. It plus On the Corner and Live Evil makes for a great afternoon of Miles.


As for the White Album, only reason I didn't mention it is because I only got into it recently,so it's a bit early for me at least to rank it up with the others. I'm certainly enjoying it as much as the others though!

Now that I think about it, the point of the ending of Bill and Ted about how the future can be saved by being excellent to each other, is pretty much the plot of Nolan's The Odyssey...

 

"We totally entered the city in this most triumphant wooden wyld stallyn, but then everybody died and it was totally bogus..."

At least he didn't do a Coppola and call it 'Homer's The Odyssey'

Who wouldn't want to see Keanu tackle a Greek accent?

Just back from The Odyssey, really enjoyed it. Which was a relief because I've always been into Greek mythology and I thought from the trailer it looked shite 

Definitely had some good horror parts, as someone mentioned. The pigs scene in particular was fucking fantastic, straight out of an 80s special effects fest.

It's been a while since I've read The Odyssey, but I think Nolan has taken his fair share of liberties there. Then again, it was an oral tale passed down over centuries that constantly evolved, so in a meta way he's just continuing that tradition, which would be very Nolan.

Tomorrow Never Knows still sounds futuristic now, I can't even imagine how mind-boggling it must have been to hear in 1966.

If I had to order the top 3 I'd probably go Abbey Road, Revolver, and Sgt Peppers. They're all 10/10 albums though, so interchangeable really in terms of quality. They've all been no.1 for me at some point or another, and probably will be again.

No sorry, Detroit Rock City soundtrack!

This is the one I've been rocking to the most lately. That riff at full volume is killer!

A few films that go along with my 70s rock binge: Dazed and Confused, Detroit Rock City, Almost Famous.