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January 17, 2008 | Filed Under Music |

Today, I went to the movies and saw I Am Legend – which was good, but I still like The Omega Man better. I also finished my first book on this journey. I read Into The Wild. This is an excellent, well written and thoughtful story. Maybe I’ll see the movie, but I worry about Penn glorifying McCandless. Nature bites anyone who thinks they’re Her boyfriend…

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers – “As It All Began: The Best Of” Tracks picked by Mayall himself from 1964 to 1968.
Jeff Beck – “Wired” and “Blow By Blow” Actually, I thought I had these already. My favorite of his solo work.
Guano Apes – So I’m watching the German music video show (as opposed to the Russian or Arabic or International music video programs) and they are showing this kick-ass, live performance vid by a metal band with a woman shredding away on vocals. The song is called “Lords Of The Boards” from their album Proud Like A God. It’s on iTunes but it dates back to 1999. Don’t know where they are now. “Open Your Eyes” is also a good track.
Tom Jones and Neil Diamond – Not together. Just a smattering of the old 60s singles: “What’s New Pussycat”, “Sweet Caroline”, “Delilah”, “Solitary Man” and a few more. Come on! This stuff is classic!

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  1. Tommy January 18, 2008 6:23 am

    He absolutely glorifies McCandless but it doesn’t ruin the movie. It actually sort of makes it better. I don’t think Sean Penn is a good enough director to have made this movie any other way than the way he made it and what I mean by that is that he doesn’t have a lot of interesting techniques or skills at his disposal. So he uses what he’s got and what he’s got fits perfectly with a script that is literally in love the idea of Chris McCandless. It all ends up being a pretty excellent film.

  2. terry January 18, 2008 6:31 am

    As long as you have read the book, definitely see the movie.

    It is so beautifully shot, the music and the small performances (Hal Holbrook) make it worth it.

    Now have you read Into Thin Air??