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I don’t bloody know where to start…

When I first sat down with this album, cherishing the thought of getting to know it a little better (with an option of getting a little intimate) – I didn’t know what to expect. I knew that the album will be good, and good it is, but I also knew that there is a possibility of Franz Ferdinand getting carried away with their experimenting and shit… The good news is – they’re still good old Franz Ferdinand cooked by the same old recipe, but the dressing and the spices are a little different this time around. The bad news is that a lot of people dislike it…

Fuck it all I say. You aren’t a “lot of people” (I’d like to believe), you’re a beautiful and unique snowflake. Keeping this thought in mind go here. No, seriously, click away. Watch the video, then come back.

So, now that you’ve watched that really cool documentary lets get to the point. The album is great. No, seriously it is. I’d buy it just because of the fact that it was recorded in a town hall that hasn’t been used for twenty goddamn years, but that’s just me.

All the way from The Fallen to Ulysses… they’ve come to entertain and make us dance to rock songs. And they’ve been doing a bloody good job.

Ulysses is catchy as hell and pops into your head (seemly at random) throughout the day, making you want to put your headphones on and listen to the track yet again… which you end up doing. Seriously, it’s like a plague. There’s no avoiding it.

Turn It On (which is the second track) has a tendency of… well turning you on. Sweet, sweet, sweet guitars.

After that goes my personal favourite No You Girls acoustic version of which radiates simplicity and charm that you’ll instantly fall in love with. I’m really not sure where to get that acoustic version, I stumbled upon it accidentally, while doing my research, but I’m not gonna tell you where I found it because I’m a mean bastard.

Let me stop right here and tell you something that you, being a beautiful and unique snowflake, may already be thinking.

I can break the album down for you. I can tell you why you should like every single song. I can tell you how guitars sound on every song. I can tell you that this record is beautifully but not overly produced. I can tell you a lot of things about this record. I can even link you to two more reviews that do precisely that (hint: they break it down for you). But what I CANT do is tell you whether you’ll like this record or not…

So how about you just go and pick it up from the store (and yes, I know that you have $20 to buy the CD so stop being a cheap fcuk), go back home, pop it into your sound system and see for yourself?

And that is why this review is so incredibly useless and ridiculously short…

Now if you will excuse me, I have No You Girls to listen to… for an *nth time….

Franz Ferdinand
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Mon, May 4, 2009 08:00 PM

Eleanor Put Your Boots Back On by Franz Ferdinand (ed. note (Allan):we want to friendly with the Web Sheriff so here’s an old track)

The Past and The Pending by The Shins (for Hiro)
I’m Your Villain by Franz Ferdinand (for Sylar/title of Season 3 is “Villains”)
TouchIt_Technologic by Daft Punk (for Micah Sanders)
Cries of The Dead by Chad VanGaalen (for the follow up of who’s dead)
Read My Mind by The Killers (for Matt Parkman)
Morning Bell/Amnesiac by Radiohead (for the wuss Peter Petrelli who can’t remember a goddamn thing)
Electric Feel by MGMT (for Elle Bishop… mmm Kristin Bell)
Muscle’n Flo by Menomena (for Monica Dawson and her muscle memory)
Play Your Part (Pt. 2) by Girl Talk (for Ando and Mohinder playing their part)
Secrets by Oh! Custer (for Claire who ’s secret plagues her, and I can’t find many other songs for her)

Ghost Town Review:

I had the chance to see Ghost Town on opening weekend. Box office success was mild playing 8th. I think for the most part it’s because the storyline isn’t that appealing or original. With a character who develops the 6th sense (same as the movie as the Sixth Sense) he begins seeing ghosts after a near-death experience.

There isn’t much to the storyline other then a seemingly typical/predictable storyline. But all in all it is light hearted and the characters (including ghosts) do progress and show off a real quality about them.

Otherwise it’s just a mildly good movie, that isn’t bad nor great though a 87% RT score probably suggests that more people liked it then not.

My rating is: 3.25 out of 5. Just kind of average but worth your money I guess.

The Dark Knight has been a huge critical and financial success, grossing just under $160 million in an opening weekend, critical praise of 95% and becoming the #1 movie on IMDB. So better late then never with my review and playlist?

My playlist tried to involve some key quotes surrounding the movie. Granted the real soundtrack is great but let’s give the movie a good playlist anyway.

1. The Thieves They Are Everywhere by Bridges and Powerlines
2. Pencil Rot by Stephen Malkmus
3. Only Clowns Are Scary by I Love Math
4. Boy With A Coin by Iron & Wine
5. Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers
6. Knights of Cydonia by Muse
7. I’m Your Villain by Franz Ferdinand
8. The Angry Mob by Kaiser Chiefs
9. Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads
10. No Key, No Plan by Okkervil River
11. Black Heroes by Ratatat

Here’s the movie review below (CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!!!!)
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