I Don't Care, Care If It's Old

Art: @thebutcherbilly

People are talking about the new Batman movie on the internet for a little while. What really caught my attention was the Nirvana song on it. It's one of my favorite bands of all time, and when big media wants a part of it, you know it's something big. 

I mean, Nirvana is kinda mythical to be employed everywhere. Since Courtney Love intruded on the rights to use the band's catalog, not even the former members were able to use it anymore. There's "Cold Case" TV series which put a whole set of Nirvana songs on one episode to give a feel of the 90s. At that time, it really blew my mind, it felt special!

This new trailer rekindled that sentiment in me. If only Nirvana tunes were heard everywhere, maybe it didn't feel special at all. Then there's this "Batman" movie coming out, and a Nirvana song in it (at least in the trailer,) which really mixed well with the scenes. I thought it was pretty cool indeed! I didn't quite like the trailer itself though - oh, man, another Batman movie - but the song brought a new all perspective to it. 

I believe I'm ready to watch this Matt Reeves' film. I actually don't know what Kurt would say about this, and I'm not a fan of nostalgia. However, considering Nirvana as a favorite, it is all good then!

What is what I need

                           
             picture from http://photobucket.com/images/nirvana%20smiley/


What a weekend. After studying my ass off for a while, I got some time off watching Nirvana's specials on MTV all along. Yeah, I don't listen to those tunes anymore, they don't play on the radio as well, so get to watch/ listen them back again felt really good.


At the moment I'm tracking down whatever Nirvana tunes were released until now. I'm also listening to other bands from the 'Grunge' years - it represents a lot to me. It was a breath of fresh air listening to Nirvana and bands that came after, cuz there was nothing really innovative at that time - at least of what was available!


This celebration of Nevermind can be checked here too; it's a Spin magazine special for the curious ones, hehe. I'll drink to that! Cuz it's always good to listen to great music.

The social network soundtrack

Poster of 'facebook' movie on a bus stop, in Melbourne CBD

This weekend I went to the movies to see 'The Social Network', which I was anxious for a while. Bear with me - the movie is good, the story is utterly interesting. I value facebook now more than before - which wasn't much.

I was impressed by the cathartic pace of the film, and for the most of it, it runs like a documentary (a very good one). The film tends to be very analytic on the story, and it feels like you are watching the news on TV, but it is David Fincher, and it's his way to tell a story. I think it is his personal touch, and it's cool.

How can I say anything different about this movie than other popular sources did, like New York Times, Business Week? Well, I can't. What other sources paid little attention to is the amazing soundtrack, by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. I don't know if sighting Trent Reznor's name in the intro of the movie influenced me a bit - I have always been a fan of his band Nine Inch Nails. On the other hand, never heard about Atticus Ross, but, as it looks like, he has done a good job too!

The tracks are compelling, to say the least. They take the audience away and board them at this fantastic new reality, the first year of facebook. My girlfriend quote the songs as 'video game' soundtrack. Facebook is a game indeed: one of the co-founders won, Mark Zuckerberg, so I acknowledged her impressions.

The soundtrack could be compared to a hobby of Trent Reznor. I don't really know what his hobbies might be like, but to portray the songs as an intensive share of the movie like that, it's something that deserves an encore.