Flame On!

Another day off, which started normally. After getting hooked on Challenge with Takeshi's Castle and the Crystal Maze I got into yet more packing. It's strange seeing my room slowly depleting, and it will be bizarre to see it as an empty shell.

This evening I cycled down to Drum firstly to drop off a CD at Drew's, which I found in amongst my various things; it's called "Essential Hi-Tech Sound effects", released by the BBC in 1984. It features the "hi-tech" sounds of computer hard drives graunching, various cutting-edge blooping sounds of start-ups and the like. Some of them should fit well into Milk Paton and it's even better because the booklet explains that the sounds are all encouraged to be used in productions so it's completely legit as well.

After this I went to the cinema with Danny Angus and Jamie. We saw 'Get Him to the Greek', the sequel/spin-off to 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', which I did enjoy back when it was out. After the funny opening it seems like it's not going to be very good, but it slowly progresses, struggling to find a balance between setting the scene and characters, and keeping it funny and entertaining, as many films like it struggle with. Once the scene is all set it is very entertaining and very funny, and by the last third it is hilarious. Some of the funniest bits feature Kanye West as a record executive, completely taking the mickey out of himself; a move I would never have predicted him doing. It wasn't such a shock to me liking it, as I quite like Russel Brand; the star of the movie; but even Angus who grimaced at the mention of his name said it was really good. It was a really pleasant surprise, as even I didn't expect much of it, but we all thought it was great. 8/10.

Song of the day is something I stumbled across on my iPod this morning. It's Beelzeboss by Tenacious D. It kind of completely spoils the last scene of their movie, the Pick Of Destiny, so here be spoilers, but if you've seen it or don't care, it's an amazing song. The "we are the D, we are the D.." section never fails to amaze me; it's all in all a near perfect metal song in my opinion. It's by far the best song from a film containing some pretty damn good music.