Monday, May 12, 2008

She and Him-Sentimental Heart, The Last Shadow Puppets-The age of Understatement, Neil Diamond-Home Before Dark

Happy day after mothers day. Our mother's day weekend was kind of shot by the fact that Sarah and I both got sick. On the plus side we both got some antibiotics and are starting to feel better. Monday's is usually free food day in our office. They have a weekly meeting on Mondays, and they always get too much food, and we all wait around until we get the word that it is OK to go scavenge for food, then we all go freaking nuts! Usually by now I have gotten the word, but today no such luck. Oh, and I saw parts of Evan Almighty last night, and that is one crazy religious movie. I kind of enjoyed Bruce Almighty, but if I remember correctly Bruce made his girlfriends breasts larger with his almighty powers. Well first of all Evan doesn't really get Almighty powers, he just gets a long white beard, and he turns into Noah, kind of. But more importantly he learns a lot about how great god is. Anyhow don't see it if you don't have to.
She and Him is the album by Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward. Deschanel is an actress you may know her from Elf and I guess M. Ward is some sort of indie star. Anyhow the album was really quite enjoyable. Last Shadow Puppets is also a supergroup of sorts, with the lead singer from Artic Monkeys and a guy from The Rascals. This one was not as good. It seemed more like a vanity project than a good rock and roll album. Finally Neil Diamond continues his collaboration with Rick Rubin and it is another fine album. These albums are not as good the Rick Rubin/Johnny Cash albums but they are way better than anything Diamond has done in years, and they kind of grow on you. Two Thumbs up, Two Hats (remember the hat lady!) and Three Stars!

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