We caught this movie last night. It was quite good–very intense. When it comes to “thriller” movies, I prefer the ones with the human monsters in them rather than plain-old monsters. This one had the human variety in it so it was right up my alley. The movie was rather short–another plus. It was a good movie for a weeknight.
qotsa: live
Last night we headed to the Pittsburgh area to go to a concert. I learned an important lesson: never drive to Pittsburgh at sunset. The sun was a huge, glowing ball of fire in the sky and I thought my eyes were going to melt. I’ve never seen anything like that before and hope to never see anything like that again. I’m surprised I can see anything today.
Anyway, Jake got to attend his first rock concert last night. Queens of the Stone Age played at the Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, which was a really cool venue. We normally arrive at concerts late, in order to skip the opening acts, but Dax Riggs was the first band of the night and we wanted to catch his set. Dax used to sing for an incredible metal band called Acid Bath. They broke up years ago. He’s had a few other projects since then, but now he’s performing as a solo artist. We don’t like his solo stuff as much as Acid Bath, but it was still interesting to see him play. The second band, Howlin’ Rain, is the reason we normally skip the opening acts. Not so good.
QOTSA definitely made it worth the trip, though. It was a perfect show. They are a great bunch of musicians and we couldn’t have taken Jake to a better first concert. Our seats were in the balcony and we were probably 20 feet from the band. I’ve never had better seats than that at a show, that’s for sure. It was a pretty tame crowd, too, so no problems there. Brian brought his camera along just in case the venue allowed it. He got lucky, so here are some pics from the concert. Enjoy!
zodiac
We watched this movie last night (and the night before–it was kind of long). It told the story of the Zodiac serial killer. It was pretty interesting, but more from a detective standpoint than from a “here’s a bunch of people being murdered” standpoint. Oh, it was also directed by David Fincher (the guy who brought us Fight Club and Seven, two of my favorites), so you know it had to be good.
I was wondering how the film would end seeing that the Zodiac crimes went unsolved. They did a good job handling that in the movie, but I won’t give the ending away. You’ll just have to see it for yourself.
steve
Our friend Steve came over for dinner this evening. As always, it was a pleasure. On the menu tonight was chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, oven-roasted ratatouille, white bean dip, baguette, antipasto, and marble cheesecake squares. I’m still full. Among many other things, we got to talk about some of my favorite subjects–gardening and dogs.
Brian had practice scheduled for 7pm, so Steve hung out with the “band” for a bit. I was upstairs with Jake, straightening up and playing the 20 questions game Steve brought for Jake. Boy, is that game addicting.
Anyway, I can’t think of a better way to spend an evening–good food, good drink, good friends.
the exorcism of emily rose
I rented this movie to get us in the mood for Halloween. Unfortunately, it was more like watching a version of Law & Order: Exorcism Victims Unit. Ripped from the headlines, of course. The story had an interesting premise–the main focus was the trial of a priest who performed an exorcism on a woman. The woman died. The exorcism story was told in flashbacks during the trial.
Sounds interesting enough, but it wasn’t.