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that's pretty funny, because right when you were posting that, my friend and I were discussing the deeper meaning of "Spirited Away". I actually just borrowed the DVD from a friend for a second viewing. and maybe some icon making. Miyazaki's stuff is so beautiful.

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Hmmmm... I'm afraid I'm at a loss for recommendations since I'm fairly sure you and I have very different tastes in music, for the most part. And, for movies... I'm still playing catch-up via NetFlix on all the ones I've missed last year. (It's kinda hard for us to get out to a movie with the little one around.)

I love your 'Geeking out' and 'Army of One' icons! :)

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oh heck, if there's an old movie I missed, I'd want to know. :-)

Love your Ani w/ tatoos icon. I need to watch my clone wars DVD so I can make some icons out of it. hehe.

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Well then, hmmmm...

We just got Under Suspicion with Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Thomas Jane (hot!) Not a lot of action since it is mostly a psychological drama, but my jaw dropped when I saw the end.
The hubbie just bought the second Ghost in the Shell, along with what is currently out of its series (set before the films, I believe.) Another good anime series was Lain, which the hubbie labeled as 'modern sci-fi fantasy'. We also just got Sky captain, and Alien vs Predator.
If you're more into comedy, I laughed my tail off watching Without a paddle, which is surprising cuz I don't tend to find most comedies all that funny. (My favorite comedian is Eddie Izzard. If you like sarcastic humor, his stand-up routine Dress to Kill is a must-watch. Hope that helps! :)

Thanks! It's a base that I 'adopted' from a post in

climb_anakin. I still haven't figured out just what I want to do with it though. ~ponders~ I can't wait to see what you make! :)

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I love EDDIE! (I stole this icon from raelala) I have all of his US DVDs (I actually bought all of his stuff on tape when I went to england a few years back). I've seen him live three times now (two stand up shows and once on broadway doing "day in the death of joe egg"). He's my favorite executive transvestite.

Under suspicion sounds good. AD likes the psychological thrillers, so it sounds like one we'd watch together.

Tell me what you think of Sky Captain. I don't want to talk about it until you've seen it.

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:D :D :D I so need an icon like that!! I can't believe you've seen him live... I'm so jealous!! I think I sometimes develop little crushes on him from time to time. o.O Even when he's not all 'tarted up' like in The Cat's Meow.

I really enjoyed Suspicion, but there's a lot of dialog. Some people may find that boring. ~shrugs~

OK. Will do! :) I do <3 me some pretty-boy Jude. :D

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In the music department I'm not listening to:
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing in my house..
and The Servant - Cells. But since I don't know your music style it's hard for me to recommand anything :)
About movies.. umm. I am going (planning to) watch "Dear Frankie".. I might do a review of it afterwards in my journal.

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my brother has some daft punk CDs...I might have to snag them at some point. I'm more into music I can sing along to though. But I'm willing to give anything a try. :-)

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I've been listening to a "They Might Be Giants" album, called, "Flood". It hasn't left my tape deck in a week.

And my MP3 player holds:

Red Right Hand by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Don't Fear the Reaper by Apollo 440
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana
Mesopotamia by the B-52's
Good Stuff by the B-52's
Birdhouse in Your Soul by They Might Be Giants
God Is Not A Secret by the Newboys (f. Toby Mac)
Total Eclipse by Klaus Nomi
Not Gonna Get Us by Tatu
All the Things She Said by Tatu
and probably more...

I should change the songs, because they've been in there for a while.

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oh I haven't heard the TMBG album in AGES. I should order that. Do you remember the Tiny Toons episode where they made videos for "Triangle Man" and "Constantinople"?

Nick Cave always scares me a bit...I can usually take him in small doses. B-52s, yay! I'm not familiar with Tatu...and the library doesn't seem to have any of their stuff. What kind of music are they?

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Yes, I remember that. What I didn't remember was that it was Tiny Toons, and not a proper video.

I only know the one Nick Cave song, and I know it from the Scream films, so yeah, it's creepy.

And you like the B-52's? I love that band sooooo much, but I can't seem to find anyone who doesn't give me a strange look whenever I mention that...

Tatu is a Russian teen pop duet who claim to be lesbians. Very energetic and sincere.

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Russian teen pop duo?? How the heck did you hear about them? Do they sing in English? I'd love to hear that.

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They were quite big a couple of years ago. They performed at the MTV Movie Awards. A hundred teenage girls in school uniforms ran through the audience and stripped down to their underwear, while Tatu performed a medley of their songs. And that was the last anybody heard of them....

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Heh, TMBG has put out a CD for Playhouse Disney with little fun songs about the alphabet. (We particularly like the 'Go for G' one since that is the first letter of my toddler's name.) I really need to burn my songs from 'Flood' for him to listen to in the car. :)
So, are you into what used to be labeled as 'Alternative'? (I think it's mostly referred to 'Adult Modern Rock', or some-such.) I like quite a bit from that genre.

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yeah, that would be my area "progressive rock" and "adult alternative", with some oldies on the side and occasionally some pop music, because sometimes you just want junk food. :-)

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Yeah, I like many a band from that genre... The local station that used to play that type wold include such bands as Cure, Smiths, New order, Depeche, TMBG, Peter Murphy, but some people would label some of those as goth, or electronic, so it's hard for me to categorize. I wish I could just say, 'I like most of what KUKQ used to play,' and have everyone know just what I'm talking about. :)
I'm also into industrial, for lack of a better term, because there are even little sub-genres in that grouping. I've been known to like some pop, as well as some rap, or R&B, if I like the rhythms and/or samples. And, of course, Ms Tori Amos (and Sarah Mclachlan, for that matter.) :)
My little sister is trying to get me into the new little wave that has been hitting. So, I now have the Killers, Modest mouse, and Franz Ferdinand. I've enjoyed them thus far. :) Still have to listen to the Stella Star CD she burned for me.

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I actually just checked "Modest Mouse" out from the library. Haven't listened to it yet though. Ordered the killers CD yesterday too. I have a couple Tori albums and everything by Sarah. I worked at a radio station for a year, so I feel so outta the loop right now not knowing whats out there. I worked at a station that sounds a lot like KUKQ. They played everything from REM's latest single, to a little guy who lived down the roads new song, and even some Beatles tracks. Great station. Stupid people running it though.

*deep breath* I'm not bitter anymore.

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That sounds like a pretty cool station. :) ~shakes fist at stupid people running said station~
I hear ya... I used to go clubbing like every weekend, and that's how I'd keep up with new releases. But for now, I just ask my little sis for ideas (she's pretty 'with it'), or I'll ask my buddy since he runs a 'goth' web radio site.

Another buddy just recommended Interpol to me. He compared them to Joy Division, but with a modern edge. (I think that's what he said.)

Yay for Tori and Sarah!!

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I like that. "What used to be labeled as 'alternative,'" as if it's become so mainstream, we look at it now and think, did we actually call this, "alternative," at one point? Why?

Because, at the time, heavy metal was the norm. Now, it's practically "oldies."

I'm a fan of 90's alt-rock. Local radio in Vancouver plays 90's songs in the noon hour, and it's a good show. I know all the words to, "Loser." ;-)

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:D Like I was telling Miss Orangerful, it's kinda hard for me to categorize just what I'm talking about since other people would label some of my faves under different genres, such as goth, or electronic. Pretty much, I really enjoy the bands featured on the show 'The Alternative' on the VH1 Classics channel. Fun stuff! Cure, Siouxsie, Depeche, Dead Milkmen, New Order, Soup Dragons, Smiths, and so on. :D I'm also into industrial and electronic (and I don't mean techno.) :)
I do so miss our local Alternative station... it 'died' several years ago and got taken over by those that revel in Limp Bizkit, and the like. :(

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Ours just got re-worked from New Rock to anything they feel like playing. It's kinda cool, actually, but they still play new stuff, most of which I don't really like.

And they still play songs I heard too much of in years gone by.

And they won't stop playing Smells Like Teen Spirit and Loser, which, you'd think, could have taken a break the past eleven years. Not that they aren't good songs. We just don't need to hear them every day.

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it's true though, I remember how cool I thought my mom was for listening to Cranberries, because they were so "edgy" at the time. Now, "alternative" is just another kind of pop music (like, Avril is now "alternative" and Britney is "pop"). The station that I listen to the most has deemed itself "progressive rock" so that's what I call my style of music, even though they play john mayer and dave matthews, they also play ben harper, jem, guster, beatles (post pepper) and some random guy who lives down the road.

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i've been listening to the killers, jay z, something corporate, and the yeah yeah yeahs recently, among other things... i was in south beach this week for spring break and i listened to a lot of jay z on my ipod- good beach music :)

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