[Gig] Sonic Youth

February 16, 2007
Webster Hall
w/ Wooden Wand

[Gig] Arcade Fire

February 15, 2007
Judson Memorial Church

I just don't have the heart to write about that night. This was by far the most anticipated rock show for me. From the moment I saw the five shows being announced on Bowery's website, to the brutal on-line battle for tickets, all the emotion built up and I felt that it would be one of the most memorable day in my life. But it didn't happen. As if my heart shut down that evening, and after way too many times of repeat hearing and remembering lyrics, news song didn't strike me, and old ones didn't give me goose bumps. I still love them so much, Wake Up will still be one of my favorite songs in the world, and I won't hesitate a bit if I have one more chance to see them. Yet there was something missing.

Cache (2005)

Austria / Italy / Germany / France
Michael Haneke - Director / Screenwriter

Daniel Auteuil - Georges
Juliette Binoche - Anne
Lester Makedonsky - Pierrot

Abbas Kiarostami Shorts

MoMA
Toothache (1979)
Orderly of Disorderly (1981)
The Chorus (1982)
Fellow Citizen (1983)

Duel in the Sun (1946)

UK / US
King Vidor - Director

Jennifer Jones - Pearl Chavez
Gregory Peck - Lewt McCanles
Joseph Cotten - Jesse McCanles
Lionel Barrymore - Senator McCanles
Lillian Gish - Laura Belle McCanles

Memories of Tomorrow (2006)

明日の記憶
Japan

Yukihiko Tsutsumi 堤幸彦 - Director

Ken Watanabe 渡辺謙 - Masayuki Saeki
Kanako Higuchi 樋口可南子 - Emiko Saeki

Tears of the Black Tiger (2000)

Fah Talai Jone
Thailand

Wisit Sasanatieng - Director / Screenwriter / Screen Story

Chartchai Ngamsan - Seua Dum (Black Tiger)
Stella Malucchi - Rumpoey

[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