Comments on: 3 Decidedly Different Documentaries

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:03:20 +0000

Everyone wants you to come visit.

Maybe you can set the book aside and/or take it to The Fort…

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:04:09 +0000

Yeah. I still have the book. It’s sitting in my “already been read” shelf next to Cloud Atlas and Oh, The Places You’ll Go.

I can only imagine which of your students want me to go back there, but I’m not entirely opposed to the idea. Good thing the money is FLOWING in right now… Yeah….

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:34:22 +0000

That book IS great… do you happen to know if you still have it? I’d like to re-read it sometime.

PS- some of my students say you should come back to visit CR.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:08:53 +0000

I really enjoyed the doc, and it was only as long as it needed to be. It’s tough to pitch a one hour long movie since it’s kind of an in between length, but it was good to watch and listen to while I was cooking, which took about an hour.
E’s story is really compelling to me, especially after reading Things the Grandchildren Should Know (also one of my favorite songs from them), which you lent me, Ryan. I love that he doesn’t sugar coat his music at all. It’s very straightforward and very sincere, often at the cost of being pretty damn depressing. But that’s life, I guess. When I think about rock stars that I could actually relate to, he’d probably be at the top of that list. Not that my life is all that depressing, but he just tells it how it is.
As for the new album, you’re kinda right. Nothing immediately jumps out at me, but I’ve found that if you put the entire Eels discography on shuffle then it fits right in. But I still need to have a few more listens straight through as well.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:15:24 +0000

I’m happy with having gotten the new CD for $5, so maybe the price is affecting me. But I do like it. The only issue I’m hearing is that there aren’t as many songs that jump out at me. I don’t really mean “singles” or “hits,” since that doesn’t really seem to be how The EELS work, but in almost every album there are one or two songs that really stick with me.

I’m talking “Fresh Feeling,” “Saturday Morning,” “Flyswatter,” etc. On this one, the only one that stands out so far is “New Alphabet.” The same goes for the last three albums. They work together as a whole, but nothing lights a fire under my ass, as … well, as nobody says. But you probably get what I mean.

I would definitely like to see them in concert again, though. I’ve seen them live and really loud, and live and really subdued (with strings), and both were excellent.

And I’d like to hear your doc ideas.

By: Mike2D2

Mike2D2 — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:39:00 +0000

Loved Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives. Fascinating concept which is getting a lot of traction. Wish i could trade places with one of my alternate selves because i’m sure he’s living it up.
The Eels really lend themselves to soundtracks; I mean who better to do it, really.
Do you like the new album? I’m on the fence; need to listen to the stream again. Going to buy the CD eventually. Was going to go to a concert but it’s a little pricey.
Have to check out the other two docs.
I have some doc suggestions but I think I will lay those out in another review.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:43:12 +0000

There might be a place to download it or stream it online, but I haven’t really checked.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:23:35 +0000

Man, Costa Rican Netflix is a drag.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:20:31 +0000

You’d dig it the most!

Well, not necessarily, but I like that phrase.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:38:50 +0000

I’m super fascinated by Rumspringa!