you've got to show me love.

Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! is a japanese dark comedy with everything from knife-fights to incestuous love triangles. It centers around a dysfunctional family reunited by the death of their parents, who were hit by a truck during a panic to save a cat. it sort of reminded me of The Royal Tenenbaums, with the siblings being thrown together despite their huge grievances, which become apparent as the film progresses: 

The charm of the quiet small town is completely lost on failed actress and part-time prossie Sumika; Kyomi is reserved and observant, expressing her anger and family secrets through gruesome manga cartoons; Machiko and Shinji maintain a loveless marriage, made worse by Shinji's alcoholism and money problems.

As the plot progresses in ever-varying directions, you find yourself becoming completely engrossed in this family's unhappy existence, and its worth watching if only for the crazy manga-themed climax.

Buy it from amazon or download it using this torrent

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

today i watched amelie, and then developed a minor obsession with learning piano for every yann tierson song i can get my hands on. his songs are fucking incredible.

- Comptine d'un Autre Etè - Yann Tiersen

- Pas Si Simple - Yann Tiersen

- Summer 78 - Yann Tiersen

- La Valse D'Amelie (Orchestra Version) - Yann Tiersen

audrey tautou is just perfect.

DAMN fine cup of coffee.

i posted about kormac's bodytonic podcast yesterday, and this morning thought i'd give dj yoda's a listen. i've always been a fan of yoda but he really killed it on this one. for the 5 minute twin peaks section alone its up there on my BEST THINGS EVER list.

get it HERE

kor-blimey!

listened to kormac's latest mix on the bodytonic podcast series this morning and its bloody fantastic. all his mashups are spot on. i remember when i saw him live a couple of months back with a-skillz he played a mix of weezer's island in the sun with vanilla ice's ice ice baby. genius? i'd say so.

get the podcast HERE

this track featured on it and made me get all john travolta when i was making my sandwich. it turned out to be a really tasty sandwich so if you want to step up your culinary skillz i'd give this a listen.

download the ep HERE

instinctive travels and paths of rhythm #3

this year marks the 10th anniversary of big l's death, and to mark this dj soul has treated us to a mix of his finest moments. find the mp3 and tracklisting on the mad decent blog here.

i thought i'd heard pretty much everything big l had put out when i developed a borderline-unhealthy obsession with him a couple of months back. but near the end of the tape this freestyle came in and blew me away. apparently it came about by chance when L and jay-z happened to be in the studio together one night. the instrumental gives me goosebumps!

like a heatwave.

our long lost friend the sun has decided to flaunt its shiny face at us again the past couple of days, and what better way to celebrate the bitchin' heat than flopping out some manic dancehall mashups!

i saw the heatwave accidentally at fabric a couple of years back, and they seemed to be having as much fun as their audience, jumping around behind the decks and taking turns to throw vinyl on and off the turntables like it was going out of fashion. a collective of djs hailing from london and bristol, the heatwave have been blowing up summer parties for years.

anyway, here's a few mashups they've come to be famous for:

Limb By LDN (The Heatwave Refix) - Cutty Ranks & Lily Allen

Creezy Hype (The Heatwave Refix) - Gnarls Barkley, Rubi Dan,  T.O.K & Beenie Man

Girls Town (The Heatwave Refix) - Super Cat & The Pharcyde

Trick Me Twice (The Heatwave Refix) - Kelis, Beenie Man & T.O.K

and for those long days spent sprawled out under the sun, here's a couple of ridiculously fun mixes:

The A-Z Of The Heatwave

The Heatwave Live At Bestival 2006

check out www.theheatwave.co.uk for more bashy madness.

school's out!

thursday meant the end of sparknotes cramming hell and the start of what's set to be a fantasssstic summer. i was lucky enough to have my celebratory night soundtracked by a collection of amazing bands at liverpool sound city festival's american showcase night. here's the highlights!

BLACK LIPS

i'd wanted to see black lips for a very long time and finally got the opportunity here. they did NOT disappoint as they charged through a raucous and overwhelmingly fun set, with stagedives and full-mouth gold grills thrown in for good measure. i would advise everyone to go see them if they get a chance. here's a video of the live show that got them thrown out of india, and their new album to download and BUY if you like what you hear.

black lips - 200 million thousand

CRYSTAL ANTLERS

this is a band i'd heard good things about but never actually given a proper listen. their live show blew me away, and i had their epic stoner-rock anthem 'a thousand eyes' in my head for a good 24 hours. see if it sticks with you.

Crystal Antlers - A Thousand Eyes (mp3)

TITUS ANDRONICUS

between the dazed ramblings of the quite clearly stoned and hairy guitarist, these boys blasted out epic (i use that word too much), shambolic shouty guitar rock. i couldn't help sing along the shameless theme tune to the epicepicepic second half of their fear and loathing in mahwah, nj.

the fact that they come from new jersey was a bonus for me too, as right now it seems i cream myself at anything remotely sopranos related.

here's fear and loathing in mahwah, nj. scattaaaaaaa!