1d6 gems

Depending. I rolled a 6.

"No Way To Relax When You Are On Fire" - Dora Jar (USA).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9z5TVnvh_w

"Words Unspoken" - Night In Athens (UK).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C5ERltif4U

"www.hotxulito.com" - Akriila feat. Young Cister (Chile).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzB-xSRC-r8

"A La Folie" - Adele Castillon (France).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8AgGTtXmac

"Away" - 7 x Liza (Japan).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnXMK35KBqM

"Istanbul Not Constantinople" - Anne Reburn with Die Sauerkrauts (and back to the USA).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AP62vMnwMA

Recent viewing

"Lifeforce" a rewatch.

* "Io - Last On Earth" (2019) [Netflix]: Subtle, thoughtful, challenging - hence low aggregate scores.

* "Killer Heat" (2024) [Prime]: Honestly, I'll watch anything with Shailene Woodley. BUT: A moderately intriguing rich-family murder investigation.

* "Lifeforce" (1985) [Prime]: Scifi-horror schlock. Fascinating project. Stunning nudity. 

* "My Professor's Guide To Murder" (2023) [Foxtel]: Telemovie with one red herring, no twists.

* "The Key To Rebecca" (1985) [YouTube]: Epic-length wartime Cairo subterfuge (bestselling novel).

<<< Pick of the bunch is none of them! >>>

Heart Strings XII

Hard carry by the popsters.

1. Alice Longyu Gao posted this on her Insta. I believe it's a BTS shot from her "Bird Without Nest" clip.

2. Anna Yamada as Asirpa in 2024 flick "Golden Kamuy".

3. Cosplayer Grayoranges as Fran from the game "Final Fantasy XII". How appropriate!

4. Dorofeeva on the cover of her "Heartbeat" album.

5. Chappell Roan at the MTV VMAs.

Recent viewing

I'm on an anime kick. Howevs, I did see these -->

* "Legacy Of Lies" (2020) [Prime]: MacGuffin-hunt espionage actioner with hard edge.

* "Salem's Lot" (2024) [Foxtel]: Fast-food version. Some neat historical touches.

* "The Russia House" (1990) [Prime]: Was an usher when this came out. AND: Better than I remembered. Artful. Connery ACTS!

* "The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You To See" (2023) [YouTube]: Despite trappings, actually real physics, thorough debunking.

* "Uglies" (2024) [Netflix]: YA dystopia rebellion is pretty one-dimensional.

<<< Pick of the bunch is "Salem's Lot". >>>

Possible band names

·         The Meat Sweatz

·         Raistlin

·         Cliché 101

·         Skipper & The Pipes

·         (disambiguation)

·         When?

·         Uncivil Engineering

·         Socks’N’Sandals [UK]

·         Caboolture

·         Squid Wink

Termatozoa

There are lotsa variations on "the cat's whiskers/ pyjamas". I've always liked "the frog's clogs". Heard someone say "the dingo's danglers". That's my new #2.

Heard someone else refer to "scarcity aplenty", which I found perversely appealing.

Apparently there's now a sub-subgenre of novel known as "art monster". Broadly speaking, about an artist for whom no-one and nothing matters save their work.

Lastly, I'm told we officially live in a "screen culture". Hateful but true. It's the children for whom I feel most sorry. They craft pixels, we built treehouses!

Recent musing

I might quit Twitter. It used to be an up-to-the-minute source for geek news. Not so much now. And several of my pals have left the platform. I won't ditch Instagram, though. I like having a heap of my favourite food pics in one place. Facebook I would happily stop using, except it's the only social media a lot of friends/relos bother with, and hence that'd mean losing touch with them to a degree. I resisted joining Facey for MANY years, and missed a few events - including the alleged best senior-high reunion - as a result.

There's more stuff I could be blogging about here. There are definitely more things I've read recently that I should've posted on my book Tumblr. The problem is finding the motivation. Life for me is busier since Dad's passing, helping to look after Mum and the big family home/big yard, while also still doing p-t work to pay the bills, and keeping up with my exercise goals and various nerdy hobbies. A choice between writing about a day trip or engaging in, say, a relaxing movie binge is barely a choice at all :-)

Playing: "Peglin" [Steam].

Listening on my walks: The Big Finish audios featuring the Fourth Doctor, Harry Sullivan and Naomi Cross ("Storm Of The Sea Devils", "Metamorphosis", "Dominant Species").

Lunchtime viewing: "Treasures" S1&2 with Bettany Hughes, "Caesar's Doomsday War", "Wheeler Dealers World Tour".

Gambling: Horses - 7/9 collects over the past three Saturdays.

Anyhoo, on to the latest seven-word fillum reviews...

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* "Chief Of Station" (2024) [Netflix]: Reasonable spyjinx, if you're in the mood.

* "Force Of Nature - The Dry 2" (2024) [Prime]: Bushland disappearances/corporate conspiracy. Aussie-faves cast.

* "Gettysburg" (2011) [Kanopy]: Ridley and Tony Scott docofilm. Savage insights.

* "My Mom's A Werewolf" (1989) [YouTube]: Feels like 1979. Minimal horror or comedy.

* "Roar - The Story Of The Southern Columbia Football Tigers" (2024) [Kanopy]: Champions battle declining population, key injuries, expectation.

* "The Conference" (2022) [Kanopy]: To adapt Arendt - the beaurocracy of evil.

* "The Lie" (2023) [Netflix]: Kiwi crime. Chilling footage. That poor girl.

<<< Pick of the bunch is any of the docos. >>>

Recent viewing

"Dredd" and "Warcraft" were rewatches.

* "Dredd" (2012) [Netflix]: A crime it never got a sequel. AND: Send the execs responsible to the isocubes.

* "Flash Gordon - Spaceship To The Unknown" (1936) [Prime]: Quaintly-faintly amusing...apart from animal cruelties.

* "Invaders From Mars" (1986) [Prime]: Kid can act. Rad aliens. Deteriorates halfway.

* "Kingmaker" (2022) [Kanopy]: Masterpiece of historically inspired political chicanery, smoking.

* "Satan Wants You" (2023) [Kanopy]: "recovered memory" lies that sparked Satanic Panic.

* "Senses Of Cinema" (2022) [Kanopy]: Aussie underground film, '60s-'80s. Fascinating! Important!

* "The First Slam Dunk" (2022) [Netflix]: Didn't expect such detail, emotion or style.

* "The Jester" (2023) [Prime]: Decent killer clown. Soporific estranged-family plot.

* "The Killer" (2024) [Netflix]: Assassinations...smuggling...who cares? New John Woo!!!

* "The Union" (2024) [Netflix]: Surprisingly well crafted, endearing accidental-spy romp.

* "Warcraft" (2016) [Prime]: Very good fantasy fillum. Screw the haters.

<<< Pick of the bunch is "Kingmaker". >>>