[Gig] The Books

Jan 27, 2007
Webster Hall
w/ Jack Rose, Essie Jain

Volver (2006)

Spain

Pedro Almodóvar - Director / Screenwriter

Penélope Cruz - Raimunda
Carmen Maura - Irene
Lola Dueñas - Sole
Blanca Portillo - Augstina

The Queen (2006)

Italy / France / UK

Stephen Frears - Director
Peter Morgan - Screenwriter

Helen Mirren - The Queen
Michael Sheen - Tony Blair
James Cromwell - Prince Philip
Helen McCrory - Cherie Blair
Alex Jennings - Prince Charles

[Gig] The Dears

Jan 19, 2007
Webster Hall
w/
Annuals
Pilot Speed

Garden State (2004)

USA
Zach Braff - Director / Screenwriter

Zach Braff - Andrew Largeman
Natalie Portman - Samantha
Peter Sarsgaard - Mark
Ian Holm - Gideon Largeman

Breathless (1960)

À Bout de Souffle
France

Jean-Luc Godard - Director / Screenwriter
François Truffaut - Screen Story
Raoul Coutard - Cinematographer

Jean-Paul Belmondo - Michel Poiccard
Jean Seberg - Patricia Franchini

Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

USA
Clint Eastwood - Director / Producer
Paul Haggis - Screen Story / Executive Producer
Tadamichi Kuribayashi - Book Author

Ken Watanabe - General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Kazunari Ninomiya - Saigo
Tsuyoshi Ihara - Baron Nishi
Ryo Kase - Shimizu
Shidou Nakamura - Lieutenant Ito

Notes on a Scandal (2006)

US / UK
Richard Eyre - Director
Zoe Heller - Book Author
Patrick Marber - Screenwriter (Screenwriter of Closer)

Cast:
Judi Dench - Barbara Covett
Cate Blanchett - Sheba Hart
Bill Nighy - Richard Hart
Andrew Simpson - Steven Connolly

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

El Laberinto del Fauno
Spain
Guillermo del Toro - Producer / Director / Costume Designer / Screenwriter (screenwriter of Mimic, Hellboy)
Carmen Soriano - Screenwriter
Guillermo Navarro - Cinematographer

Cast:
Ariadna Gil - Carmen
Ivana Baquero - Ofelia
Sergi López - Vidal
Maribel Verdú - Mercedes
Doug Jones - Pan / Pale Man
Alex Angulo - Doctor

Children of Men (2006)

US
Alfonso Cuarón - Director / Screenwriter / Editor
David Arata - Screenwriter
P.D. James - Book Author
Timothy J. Sexton - Screenwriter
Emmanuel Lubezki - Cinematographer

Cast:
Clive Owen - Theo Faron
Julianne Moore - Julian Taylor
Michael Caine - Jasper
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Luke
Charlie Hunnam - Patric

[Gig] Spoon

December 30, 2006
Webster Hall

[Gig] Gomez

6 Oct 2006
Bowery Ballroom

The Band members felt just so at east on stage, maybe the hint of smoke/pot emitting from backstage during Encore helped.
So thrilled to heard Ben Ottewell's voice in person. Low, soulful voice from a skinny white guy still somehow miraculous to me.

California
Shot Shot
Love Is Better Than A Warm Trombone
Hamoa Beach
See The World
Nothing Is Wrong
Long Long Gone
Bring Your Lovin' Back Here
Notice
Ping One Down
Charley Patton Songs (Ian solo)
Baby, Please Don't Go (aborted)
Hangover
Ruff Stuff
Girlshapedlovedrug
We Haven't Turned Around
In Our Gun

Encore:
How We Operate
Make No Sound
Silence
Get Myself Arrested

The Puppetmaster (1993)

戲夢人生
Taiwan

The Hole (1998)

洞
Taiwan / France

[Broadway] The Little Dog Laughed

December 21, 2006
Cort Theatre

Written by: Douglas Carter Beane
Cast:
Tom Everett Scott
Julie White
Johnny galecki
Ari Graynor

[Gig] Lou Reed - Berlin

December 15, 2006
St. Ann's Warehouse, DUMBO, Brooklyn

I walked alone in the cold night, as always, on the street of Brooklyn. After few turns, there is was, the Bridge. Magnificent but not intimidating, surreal as as the show I was going to hear. Everyone sit, the swing of the body could only within few inches parameter. I could not help wonder what was it like if the performance took place 30 years ago. This was the second one of the four shows, and I felt like it locked in the secluded place and night, became some kind of tale or myth.
I might have to persuade myself that I've seen Lou Reed years from now.

The Painted Veil (2006)

US
Director: John J. Curran
Book: W. Somerset Maugham
Cast:
Naomi Watts - Kitty Fane
Edward Norton - Walter Fane
Liev Schreiber - Charlie Townsend
Toby Jones - Waddington

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)

De battre mon couer s'est arrêté
France
Director: Jacques Audiard (Read My Lips)
Screenwriter: Jacques Audiard, Tonino Benacquista
Cast:
Romain Duris - Tom
Niels Arestrup - Robert
Linh-Dan Pham - Miao-Lin
Aure Atika - Aline
Emmanuelle Devos - Chris

Big Eden (2000)

US
Director / Screenwriter: Thomas Bezucha
Cast:
Arye Gross - Henry Hart
Eric Schweig - Pike Dexter
Louise Fletcher - GraceCornwell
George Coe - Sam Hart

[Gig] My Morning Jacket

November 30, 2006
Roseland Ballroom
w/ The Slip (who are moose, raccoon, and wolf tonight)

If I can reserve a section of my brain, dedicating to My Morning Jacket, engraving their performance this evening in my head and never letting anything else to overwrite that section, I will. Maybe I've already done so. In my short-listed gig-going history, this one easily reaches the top of my list. Lack of knowledge and vocabulary in rock'n'roll writing prevent me from properly documenting my overloaded senses, but the brain-exploding experience can not be more authentic. The first time I find a band/performance so integrated, impeccable team work and chemistry, and Jim James.

My Morning Jacket and the voice of Jim James will haunt me for a long time, and I welcome it heartily.

My Morning Jacket is:
Jim James
Two-Tone Tommy - bass
Parick Hallahan - drum
Bo Koster - keyboard
Carl Broemel - guitar

Setlist:
one big holiday
wonderful man
gideon
way he singz
off the record
just one thing
it beats
wordless
lowdown
lay low
phone
dondante
run thru
they ran
--
tonite i want to
nashwille to ky
golden
steam
dancefloors
mahgeeta
anytime