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[ E L L I O T . S M I T H ]

i cannot accurately express my love for elliot smith without relaying my experience in discovering his music.

rewind about five years- i am in best buy in grandville just browsing with a lack of excitement about current music offering and need some inspiration. i judge books and albums by their cover, but nothing was standing out.

as i wander aimlessly, someone approaches me and asks me how i've been, as i have not seen them in quite some time. turns out to be cousin dom, returning from a californian adventure of about 2 years. he is tattooed up and looks quite different. after some catching up, i mention some useless dribble about how i am lost on music right now and need something to get me away from the beatles. he immediately takes me to the ‘e’ section and hands me 'either / or' by elliot smith.

life changes.

you can hear the sadness in elliot's voice.
such an amazing gift, rest in peace.

i could write quite a bit about elliot’s music and story, but i feel it is best to let each person experience what they will, and decidedly so.
click on the [ T I T L E ] to read his story.


[ E M I L E . H I R S C H ]

i recently read an interview with the face on the cover of the newest issue of nylon guys mag. this got me to thinking.

when I first encountered the work of emile hersch, i was intrigued by the style with which he played jay, opposite heath ledger in lords of dogtown. while heath was moving in the film and supposedly the ‘lead’, for me, emile stole the show. one particular scene was
M A G I C as a character portrayal. after dogtown, hirsch went on to play in the girl next door, alpha dog, and the air i breathe.
i believe the shining point for me was emile’s performance in INTO THE WILD.

preview the film here.

if you have not seen it, do that. first read the book by jon kraukauer. it chronicles christopher mccandless' pilgrimage of self discovery and disconnect from consumerist society that ends in his demise. hirsch nails it. he IS alexander supertramp.

the soundtrack is amazing as well.
curiously E nough, it is all original tracks created by eddie vedder.
HERE is one of my favorite tracks.

i have it on constant PETE AND re PETE.

as with elliot's, i’ll let emile's craft speak for itself. he has two movies on the visible horizon: milk and taking woodstock. the second of which there is no preview for yet. both look (and sound, in taking woodstock's case) promising as a whole and i’m sure will only be elevated by emile's work.


[ E N T O U R A G E ]

the same holds true for entourage as most of the series' that i recommend. i came upon it a few seasons into the life of the show. this proves both a blessing and a burden. because i came upon entourage at the end of season four, i initially had quite a bit of catching up to do. i spent hours watching episode after episode, with the ‘oh its only 230 am, just one more will do' mentality.

long story short, i caught up. and am currently caught up to season five episode three. waiting for episode four this sunday night. useless information yes, but it has to do with my enjoyment of watching the show so it belongs.

entourage follows vincent chase, up and coming hollywood megastar and his entourage: manager and best friend eric ‘e’ murphy, brother johnny ‘drama’ chase, and pal 'turtle'. the show is funny and fast paced. my favorite aspect is the constant appearance of celebrity guests. appearing as themselves. you never know when one is going to show up. if you are looking for a new show to watch with a catalog of seasons available to feed your addiction, entourage is my recommendation.

one another note, my favorite cool kids song, 'bassment party', played on the most recent episode. hey im chuck this mikey rocks.


















thumbs up.


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