Man there are a lot of excellent (?) movies coming out in the next couple of weeks, aren't there? Next week we have Funny People (Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen), August 7 has Julie and Julia (Meryl Streep, Amy Adams)--going to a preview of that tonight, full review tomorrow--On August 14 you know I'll be in the theater for District 9 (Sci-Fi flick with cool looking aliens...I love me some aliens!) and then on August 21, QT (Quentin Tarantino for the less cultured of us) comes back to the big screen with a bang with his WWII flick Inglorious Basterds...oh man, I'm boiling over with excitement.
It's been a pretty good summer for movies thus far...my top 5 of the summer are:
5. Drag Me To Hell (fear the demonic goat)
4. Public Enemies (Johnny Depp=John Dillinger, they even have the same initials)
3. Star Trek (this movie made me a trekkie, if just for one night)
2. (500) Days of Summer (this should be an example to ALL romance movies)
1. The Hangover (hey guys, when's the next Haley's comet?)
The Battle of the Univ Ave Venues
Velour is featuring a very moody Orem act tonight by the name of Elemental. They are actually pretty good and seem to have a solid following. They have sort of a goth-rock feel, somewhat like The Cure or Love and Rockets.
Muse is coming with Nate Baldwin, a starry eyed pop man in the tradition of Dashboard Confessional or Utah's very own, John Allred. Nate's music is also very good, though he doesn't quite have the following of Elemental.
Overall, it's a fantastic Thursday night with two very good acts facing off. A lot of people are going to go see Elemental and the music is good but somewhat depressing. I think I could only be into their act for about 15 minutes, whereas I think I could bob my head and whistle along to carefree pop jams all night. The upset tonight goes to the Muse and Nate Baldwin. That evens the score at one a piece this week.
Both shows are $5 and both start at 8:00 PM.
Two more acts of interest tonight below:
Cory Mon and the Starlight Gospel (and others)
420 S 1000 E, Orem
7:00 PM--$10
Atchafalaya's
Na Drua
210 W Center St, Provo
8:00 PM--$5 (21+)
The Cory Mon show has two other acts similar acts (blues, roots music) and I'm not exactly sure where it's at...although I think it might be a park or something.
Atchafalaya is going to start doing shows on Thursdays nights now, starting with Reggae act Na Drua. This is a 21+ club.
About the Song Du Jour: "15 Step" Radiohead
You can just see Thom Yorke getting his little groove on when this song kicks in. And when that shiny, somewhat uneasy riff , comes in from Jonny Greenwood, the song hooks you in. It really is cliche to say, but Radiohead is genius. They've traveled through the entire universe of Rock N Roll, and conquered everything. They're edgy, experimental, poppy, revolutionary and everything else in between. A monumental band for our or any time.
That's the word for Thursday...yes I will be back tomorrow. Have a great day kids...lovezzzz!?*)
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