Today's Schedule

Up at 9. Eating breakfast while watching the latest episode of The Simpsons. Check and answer email before watching the first episode of Teachers. Take a break. Look for work, do dishes and a few other things around the apartment. Back to to sofa to watch the latest episode of The Walking Dead before digging into Winter's Bone. Around this time it's time for some food. After that it's either time for another episode of Teachers or the episode of Misfits from last week that I haven't got around to see yet. Then I might see if I can find something fun to watch or else I end off with the latest episode of Boardwalk Empire followed by the end of Piranha that I began watching last night. Reading a bit of Kevin Smith before going to bed. Exciting life, eh?

Hot Tub Time Machine

Hot Tub Time Machine

Review: What more do I need to say than check out the title. I rest my case. Verdict? It sucked. But hey, at least Chevy Chase was in it.

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

Review: I can't believe I actually watched this! I knew it would be aweful. Why oh why? Somebody should be here to stop me sometimes.

Easy A

Easy A

Review: I'm starting of this Sunday with an easily digestible high school comedy. For some reason they are always kind of fun to watch. Not that I ever think they will make better ones than Breakfast Club or Can't Buy Me Love, but still, it's easy entertainment. By the way, now that I was thinking of high school flicks I just realized that I want to see Gregory's Girl again. Have to make a mental note about that. Well, back to Easy A. First off, I dig Emma Stone. She's always fun to watch. There's nothing original about the movie, but that is part of the charm with these kinds of movies. With that being said I have to say that Easy A was easy entertainment. Just what I needed for a Sunday morning. And now I all of a sudden begin humming "easy like a Sunday morning", seeing the really crappy Faith No More video in front of my eyes. God, today I'm rambling. Peace out!

Soundtrack of Week 47

Animal Kingdom

Animal Kingdom

Review: And now it's time for the second movie tip from Pippa, and it's yet another Australian flick. And another dark one. And most importantly, another good one. This one is about 17-year old J and his struggle to survive inside a family totally ingulfed in criminal destruction. It's dark, but at the same time warm and human. A good script and a perfect casting makes this another movie I highly recommend. 

Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land

Review: It's always nice when people around suggests movies for me to watch. Because then you sometime stumble across movies you perhaps would miss out on otherwise. Such as Van Diemen's Land. My Australian friend Pippa suggested this one and I'm really glad she did. The movie is based on true story about Alexander Pearce, an infamous Australian convict and his escape with seven other convicts. During their escape from a penal settlement on Van Diemen's Land (nowadays known as Tasmania) their initial enthusiasm and joy of being free soon changes into cannibalism and a struggle to survive. This is a truly strong movie which stays with you after it's finished. It's far from a feelgood movie, but it's extremly good and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Now I can't wait to see the next movie that Pippa suggested to me.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Review: I expected this movie to be quite crappy when I began watching it. 116 minutes later I knew for a fact that it was quite crappy.

Free Music from Cadence Weapon and Big Pauper

First up we have a free mixtape of Cadence Weapon rapping over his favourite beats. Featuring amongst others Buck 65, Subtitle and Birdapres. Go here to download.
Next up is a free EP of psych-laden hip hop from Big Pauper and Circle into Square. Go here to download.

Josef Mauritzson - Höstens Färger feat. Linn Höglund

I just realized that I almost never post any music in Swedish here on beats, breaks & big smiles 2.0. I really don't know why, even though I'm the first to admit that the majority of what I listen to is in other languages. I think that with exception of Swedish punk rock, I never listen to songs in Swedish. Time to go a different route. The video of the day is my friend Josef Mauritzsons video Höstens Färger. The song is about a strong memory from Josefs darkest days when he was trapped in his abuse of alcohol and drugs. He was out picking mushrooms with his father when he all of a sudden stopped seeing colours. Everything around him was in a greyscale and he was sure his last moment had arrived. But he survived and have now been drugfree for 8 years. And now came the time when he felt he was ready to record this song. And what a song it is! I got goosebumps from it and couldn't stop watching it. I've always known that Josef was a good producer, but here he also shines as a lyricist. And what about the soulful vibes from Linn Höglund! Here we have a talent to look out for in the future.

Triune Gods

I've been a fan of both Scott Da Ros and bleubird for quite a few years now. So what could make me more happy seeing them joining forces together with Japanese emcee Sibitt? Not much. What we have to look forward to is Triune Gods debut album Seven Days Six Nights that drops in the middle of January next year.

Soundtrack of Week 46

Douglas Coupland - Player One

I can't wait to get this one on my nightstand.

passage - Wrec Center

Unreleased track from passage from the upcoming DVD Broken Machine Films.

passage and the lost & found sound - wrec center from joshua rogers on Vimeo.

Motörhead Shiraz

I'm definitely getting myself a bottle or two of this!

A Treat in November

A Celebration of Micheal Larsen

Rhymesayers have posted this video from the benefit for Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen on November 9, 2010. If you want to read a detailed description of the evening, click here. It seems to have been an evening to remember in so many ways.

Grimace Federation feat. Aesop Rock - Bosico

It's always a treat to hear Aesop Rock doing his thing. Here he is rapping on and doing a remix of Grimace Federation's track Bosico.

Marathon of Dope Compilation Vol. 1

Let us all start the week with a wicked free compilation. It's the good people at Marathon of Dope who's dropped their first label compilation and as usual it's for free. It consists of new and unreleased tracks from artists such as Speed Dial 7, Mike Ladd, passage, Pip Skid, Elissa P, Zucchini Drive and bleubird. Go here to get it.

The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right

Review: This is a movie that I've been wanting to see ever since it first came out a few months ago, but I haven't got around to it until today. So did it hold up to my expectations? Yeah, it did. It was a warm and sweet movie which put me in a good mood. Which was what I really needed after a kind of crappy weekend. But back to the movie. I totally recommend everyone to see it, it was really good. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore are excellent in this one, and Mark Ruffalo is also making a very good performance.