R.I.P. Mitch Mitchell

For those unaware Mitch Mitchell passed away today. For those unaware Mitchell was the drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Him and the late bassist Noel Redding are two of the most underrated musicians of all time and let's all just give Mr. Mitchell a moment of silence, or a moment of listening to any of the Experience albums.



Listen to "Manic Depression" if you have any doubt that Mitchell (and Redding as well) were on par with Hendrix musically.

My first Watchmen rant

For all those who have been living under a rock and haven’t seen The Dark Knight, attached to it was that really weird trailer with the blue guy and the Smashing Pumpkins song for a movie called Watchmen. Now, as many of you know the film is based on a graphic novel of the same name written by the king of the medium Alan Moore. Now, when I saw Dark Knight, all the high school jocks and frat boys in the audience saw “From the director of 300” and started mumbling to each other, “Whoa dude, this is gonna be cool,” but Watchmen is the furthest thing from 300. Let’s just say the action that defined 300 is limited to about 3 sequences in Watchmen, and the plot is much more interesting than a few battles and a whore wife (who couldn’t act) trying to overthrow some stupid all male government.

But with this movie coming out I have one major qualm, and that is that a book that I’ve held closer than any other in recent years is more than likely going to be ruined by massive media hype, as well as an audience of millions that will only know it for it’s film version. While it’s cool to see the world exposed to the content, it’s one of those things that no matter how loyal it is to the book, reading it panel for panel is an experience that must be had to truly appreciate the work that is Watchmen. Alan Moore has never been a fan of his works being made to film, V for Vendetta is seemingly the closest one to the source material, and for those that have read the book, it’s really not that close at all. So of course Mr. Moore would be upset about seeing his child, and the most beloved work in the graphic novel medium, get the same treatment. I just feel as though the novel is fantastic as a standalone piece of media and should be experienced in it’s original content before it’s seen on movie screens. All of you Harry Potter fans probably have similar feelings towards those movies.




With that in mind, I beg all of you who saw that trailer, liked it, and haven’t read the graphic novel to get out there and do it. And for those who think that because it’s a comic book it’ll be all fun and light like Iron Man, you’re incredibly wrong. Let me put it this way, Watchmen as a book is about 100 times better than The Dark Knight was as a movie. So for those of you who thought that Dark Knight was the first “deep” comic book experience, you are very, very wrong. The philosophies of all the characters, as well as the overall depth exceed anything that Dark Knight threw and the originality is so sharp and unpredictable. And I don’t mean to make it like I disliked Dark Knight, I thought it was fantastic, but the feeling that was going through me as I left the theater wasn’t even comparable to that of when I finished Watchmen for the first time.


I’m not going to rant and rave anymore about something that damn near changed my life some three years ago, I’m going to make a desperate call to you readers unfamiliar with the source material. Read Watchmen, I urge you too, hell I will go to you with my copy and hand it to you myself if it gets you to read that book before the movie comes out. Because god knows we’ve lost V and the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen to the millions who are “too cool to read comic books.” Think about it. And seriously, I will bring you my copy if it gets you to read it.

Eagles of Death Metal are AWESEOME!

For those unfamiliar with Eagles of Death Metal, take Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age, add in the equally talented and insane Jesse Hughes and you have the coolest rock I've heard all year.

Check out this track.



The album is Heart On and it will rock your face off.

Check this out.

c/o iGoogle, when you do this look at one of the yellow dots and the other two will disappear.



DAMN!

Fanboys?

This movie has been on my radar for a while and it finally looks like it's gonna see the light of day.



Apparently there were some issues over the content, cause the Weinstein's wanted a more marketable outcome. I just pray it's good because god knows half the people in it aren't funny. George Lucas loved it, but then again he directed the prequel trilogy and you'd think he has to like his own movies.

The greatest music video of all time...

Now a lot of people say that Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" is the greatest video of all time, but nothing epitomizes the 90's and G Funk more than Snoop Dogg's "Who Am I? (What's My Name?)" because it's just a hilarious video and the song is so darned catchy.

The future?

Let's be honest, this blog doesn't get updated all that often.

Because again, let's be honest, I don't have too much to say all the time, unless you want short entries where I write two sentences about how much I hate a certain album, song, artist, or how much I love it.

And let's not forget that I'm pretty much a nerd in general. Just like Dwight Schrute I have seen many films (I don't know whether or not the number is more than 240, I feel like it is) and I clock in many an hour watching my usual programs. So from hencefourth...Winch's Listening Corner is no longer solely a "listening" corner...but just a blog.


"But Dave, does this mean you'll stop giving us insightful lists about your favorite music and artists?"

No Mr. Christ, it means that I'm just going to do what everybody does. Post shit that makes me laugh, or makes me think, or things I happen to be thinking.

So let's all have fun okay?