Saturday, October 31, 2009

Darth Vader Messing with the General

In honor of my 150th post, I decided not to write at all. Rather, I'll post this video:

Monday, October 12, 2009

Central Park

There's a song on my IPod with a play count of 42. It is, of course, "Central Park" from King Kong. Forty-two frankly seems low considering how much I've sought it out for the last two years. Even the other songs on my top 25 most played list (like "Kothbiro" from The Constant Gardener and "God and Nature" from Amazing Grace) come in a distant second in play count. I found the track by liking the composer, James Newton Howard, not by watching the movie. So when I listened to it, I heard and pictured only what the music itself moved my soul to hear and picture.

The trouble is, I watched King Kong last week and today, as I listened, I pictured King Kong holding a laughing Ann Barrow (Naomi Watts) and sliding playfully across the skating rink in Central Park. Curse you, oversized (but totally endearing and lovable) gorilla!

Guess I need some new suggestions for a soul-stirring instrumental song (or one with non English lyrics). Anybody? Hello? Are you still reading, people?

P.S. I know I've been silent a while, but come back tomorrow, I'm going for two days in a row.