velvet goldmine

christian bale with a face full of makeup is the funniest fucking thing. i've seen this movie about a million times now, and i still laugh every time i see him with the blue hair & dreadful makeup, dancing around like a dork.

ewan mcgregor can really sing. i kind of wish he had been an actual rock star instead of an actor. and why doesn't he make more movies?

also, why doesn't jonathan rhys-meyers make more movies? he's stunningly beautiful and i guess an ok actor? i dunno. i've only really seen him in two things-- this and bend it like beckham. hard to judge.

something else i'll never get over is that thom yorke is singing up a storm all over the movie and it doesn't even sound like him because he's not whining and he's enunciating. but still, ewan's vocals > thom's vocals.

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there are a lot of good tours happening right now. i want to see the dead weather (btw, i'm so envious of jack white's talent. he kind of reminds me of joey when joey would start playing piano and be like "what? i'm not good... i never took lessons..." and he could sing and play drums and a million other things... i hated him for being so fucking talented. ...but i guess i'm more in awe of jack's talent, and less jealous... k bye), regina spektor, placebo, and obviously trent. i know i'm leaving something out. (and i wish manson would tour NOT with that stupid "rockstar energy drink mayhem festival"...wtf? but just headlining in normal venues like a normal band). but it always happens this way. why do all the people i want to see tour at the same time? all the shows in end of august/early september. ARGH. and the thing is, trent ALWAYS takes priority and that's where all my money and time goes. and i'm ok with that. but still, i've missed out on some other good stuff because of bad timing. =/

also, it's pretty obnoxious because, like, regina and dead weather are only playing la. which isn't that far, but still takes a day away from me because it's not like i can just drive there after work.

ok i'm done complaining about this. i'm just waiting for trent to announce ticket prices and then i'll have a clearer picture of what i'm doing. i'm expecting them to be a helluva lot cheaper than the nin|ja shit, but you never know.