It's a Monday now. That means I can
just write a post full of quasi-uplifting stuff. Yaaaaaaay =D.
Music video: "The Bubblemen Are Coming" by The Bubblemen (*coughLove&Rocketscoughcough*)
So, the Bubblemen are benevolent aliens
from the planet Girl/Daniel Ash's brain. They want every one to have
a good time and be sorted and quit being violent at each other, and
are generally pretty amiable creatures. (And the video is even more
amusing when you think of how that's Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin
Haskins in those costumes XD.)
Music video: "Why Can't I Be You?" by The Cure
It's The Cure being particularly goofy
with an excellent... attempt at choreographed dancing while wearing
silly costumes. As with the last Cure video I posted, I think it's
upliftingness is self explanatory. Normally I wouldn't stick two
music videos in one post, but I'm curious as to whether you think
this or The Bubblemen video is more uplifting. (Oh, also, if
blackface upsets you, Lol Tolhurst is wearing it in this video,
though Robert Smith attracts far more attention. Still might be a
major downer to you, though, so here's your warning.)
Place:
The Richmond Tea Rooms, Manchester
I
would never have found this place if not for Google 'cause the
entrance is on this little side street that doesn't look like it has
much potential. Anyway, the inside is awesome and eccentrically
Alice-inspired and they have canopies and throw pillows and flowers
and GREEN WALLS. So if you're in Manchester, it's a great place to
sit around and kill an hour.
A
tragically uplifting rock opera about a man who builds a time machine
to stop his wife from dying in a car crash. Entertaining story and
captivating music aside, it's also just really refreshing to hear pop
music with pterodactyls and zombies in it.
Movie:
Freier Fall
(Yeah, the trailer's all German, but I think the scenes shown speak well for themselves even if you don't understand what they're saying.) This
movie actually hasn't been released to a broad audience yet, but I
saw it at the Berlinale in February. It's about a youngish police
officer called Marc who is about to marry his girlfriend Bettina (who
is also pregnant with their first child) who winds up in a
relationship with a man he meets while at the police academy named
Kay (after some rather questionable but apparently effective efforts
to seduce Marc on Kay's part >__>.)
Anyway, the beautiful thing
about this movie is how none of the three main characters are turned
into antagonists. They are all sympathetic and you want the best for
all of them in spite of the shitty things they do to each other (or
at least, I did.) Problem is that's pretty much impossible due to
their conflicting desires, but instead of spending the movie
confidently rooting for your favorite, you kind of have to just sit
there and watch the situation go down the toilet for everyone
involved, rooted to your seat because you keep hoping it'll somehow
turn out alright.
It
goes to German cinemas May 23rd. I really hope this gets some sort of
North American release as well so I can buy a DVD and drag my friends
to go see it o__o.
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