Notes from a Genius

So, at the end of September I went to see Coheed and Cambria play their second album "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth" in its entirety, because they were on tour celebrating its 10th anniversary. What an amazing show! I've seen them four times now, and they are always a tight band. Their opening band was actually surprisingly great, as well, "Thank You, Scientist" who are on the band's record label. Prelude   Feed the Horses   Carnival   In the Company of Worms   My Famed Disappearing Act   I can remember way back in the day, now, 10 years ago, listening to this album after buying it at Bull Moose. There was just something about their sound and the entire story behind the band and their songs, albums, etc. that I gravitated towards and fell in love with immediately. Main Set The Ring in Return   In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3   Cuts Marked in the March of Men   Three Evils (Embod...

"Blue Ruin" starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargeaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson directed and written by: Jeremy Saulnier It’s clear from the outset that Dwight (played by Macon Blair, a rather unknown actor turning in a stunning performance) is a ruin, although we have to observe him for a while before the film discloses what caused such human wreckage. Disheveled and unkempt, Dwight is a loner who sleeps in the backseat of a bullet-riddled car that’s parked somewhere in the Delaware dunes. He slips into unoccupied houses to bathe, which is where we first come upon him. Wordlessly, we witness his solitary routine, and we have no idea whether the man is merely eccentric, down on his luck, or flat-out crazy. Then a sympathetic cop gives him some news and Dwight bursts into action like a man with a plan. What a great build up and opening sequences for a film!  Dwight’s parents were murdered when he was a child, and the news he receives is ...