U is for… U-571

I bought this once upon a time. It’s here as a reminder that we all make mistakes but cinema doesn’t hate us, it doesn’t banish us from its loving hold. Cinema is patient, cinema is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud…  Instead it nurtures, it educates and forgives. Then it serves up films like Das Boot, that make you realise teenagers don’t have a bloody clue.

You gotta have the sour for the sweet to taste so much better.. and all that.

Flogging Molly

Quick trip to Wales to catch FM on the last night of their tour in the good company of Gareth & Aoife. Always nervous when taking friends along to see bands that I love when they don’t know. Very well received by all accounts, shouldn’t have worried.

The set-list wasn’t the best, I think the new stuff has to grow on me more, or I actually need to buy the album. All the usual banter from Mr King and a tribute to Gary Speed with the following ‘Float’ dedication being fairly apt.

No ticket stub :(

MacGruber

That was just the tonic for my Uncle Boonmee hangover. Very funny and very dumb, the perfect remedy.

MacGruber: Looks like you’re keeping your bod pretty tight.
Frank: You’re looking pretty good yourself.
MacGruber:Well, everday’s a workout when you gotta carry around a 20 pound python in your jeans.
Frank: You and your dick comments.
MacGruber: It’s fun to say them.
Frank: It’s fun to hear them.
MacGruber: That’s why I say them.
Frank: And that’s why I listen.