Hard Candy
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I am spending my weekend in Copenhagen by myself. Well.........visiting friends but my family is at home. I haven't slept enough, I'm coming down with a cold and I've got a bad hangover. Since yesterday I've been staying with a friend of mine who is as single as can be. His apartment takes me straight back to the time when I was single with no love and no children in sight. Funny how fast I can get used to this. He's not here now.......I've had the apartment for myself all day. Really weird because I have so much time on my hands, no food in the fridge, a couch, a blanket, a toothbrush and a huge TV. My friend is part of the local hip hop/r&B scene. He owns a record store in town, writes album-reviews for a music-magazine and writes r&b-lyrics for others to sing. I am his only friend coming from the rock-world. It is so funny being here 'cause I don't fit in at all. No "bling bling" when it comes to me. I introduce him to Joanna Newsom and he shakes his head. I introduce him to Feist and he calls her boring. I claim to be more open-minded when it comes to the songs he wants me to hear. He's currently raving about this guy named Bobby Valentino and I listen. Don't like it though....but I can see why people would.I look at his huge collection and think about MOG's three funky stooges. I should be diggin' up something for you to hear. I'm just too hungover and something else is demanding my attention..............and this is actually why I'm writing. He has a massive DVD-collection and that it one of my reasons for looking forward to every visit. Lots of new movies and lots of classic. I watched The Squid and the Whale + Punch Drunk Love last night. Two of my favorite movies. This morning when I woke up I decided to watch Hard Candy. Wow.........this is a great movie dealing with a rather heavy issue concerning a man in his 30's and a girl at 14. I don't want to get into details. Those who have not seen this movie should do so. Those who have........tell me what you thought about it. The movie ends with this song. A favorite of mine but also a song I haven't heard for some time. It was a pleasant surprise and a perfect way to end the movie. Here's a clip from the movie + the song Elephant Woman by Blonde Redhead.ONE NOTE THOUGH!!! IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET YOU SHOULD PROBABLY SKIP THE CLIP SINCE IT REVEALS A BIT TOO MUCH. AT LEAST YOU SHOULD STOP WATCHING HALF WAY THROUGH.I hope you'll all have a nice sunday!!!
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