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old finster photo

this is an old picture, a scan actually from a series of black and whites i did last summer as a tribute to howard finster. anyone who's been up to our house on lookout mountain will recognize this from the collection of photos hanging on the wall. the small size doesn't really do it justice because its actually printed on 11x14 inch paper and much of the detail is lost in shrinking.

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a few movies i've watched recently. (1) Bubba Ho-Tep: i have to be honest, i was pretty disappointed with this movie. perhaps it was merely because my expectations were so high, perhaps it was because it has bruce campbell and somehow i want to think he can do no wrong, or perhaps its because the premise of elvis in a haunted nursing home is so genius i figured it couldn't miss. but it really does somehow. the opening 20 minutes are solid, even moving, the hook and explanation of how elvis ended up in a rest home. but after that it just seems ridiculous, and not ridiculous in the way that great cult films are. it just starts to fall apart - the villain seems silly and predictable, the dialogue leaves something to be desired... i could go on. anyhow - feel free to convince me otherwise, but after one viewing i'm wishing for more. (2) The Bourne Supremacy - i loved this movie. somehow it managed to maintain the intrigue of the first film without reusing the same tricks or contriving unbelievable new ones (a la James Bond). the way it was shot is both unsettling and gripping at the same time. for most of the movie you feel like you're experiencing with jason bourne whatever he's going through - getting blindsided in traffic by a truck, taking sniper pot-shots at the CIA, all of it.

ratatat has a new remix album coming out with songs by missy elliot and kanye west (warning: parental advisory...)