shutter island

First of all,unlike Gronwall Di Caprio is not at the top of my list even if I'm a heterosexual. I think he has the typical physiognomy which can attract teenagers (especially now that his face is becoming more and more roundish... sorry Gronwall).
In spite of this I believe he is a very talented and brilliant actor, so brilliant that Martin Scorsese recently seems very keen on having him in many of his movies. I really loved his interpretation of Arnie in What's eating Gilbert Grape by Lasse Hallstrom in 1993, it was simply moving.

About Shutter Island, my mother told me "You have to see it, it's your kind of movie".
"Is it Mum?"
"Yes, those strange movies you usually like and I don't"
"like what?"
"like I don't know, the ones you are into, monsters, ghosts,goblins, spirits, murderers, psychopaths, possessions, slaughters, graveyards, zombies,vampires, werewolves, poltergeists.... ".
"ok ok stop it...I think I understand now"

Shutter Island is not about monsters, but in a way it is.
The monsters I'm talking about are those produced by our minds, those that never die, those that repeatedly come back. Those monsters never leave us alone sometimes even when we sleep, even when we think they finally disappeared.
those monsters are connected with the Sleep of Reason that produces them.
I don't want this to be a spoiler so I won't say anything more about the plot. The movie reminded me a lot of Goya's etching El sueno de la Razon produce monstruos which I believe it to be a powerful iconic image of the unconscious.
Very brilliant performance of Mr Ben Kingsley.

a minute of mayhem

Mr Malcom McLaren died on the 8th of april this year at 64.
This controversial and bizarre man proclaimed himself the inventor of punk and I believe he was. In the early 70s he briefly managed the New York Dolls at the beginning of their career and later he was the brilliant impresario of Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Sid Vicious aka the Sex Pistols.
Some say he was a genius, some an impostor, others say he was just a marketing prodigy. I think he was all these things together, surely his great merit is to have brought Punk to a wider audience.
His funeral was held in London on April 22nd and his family asked to observe the funeral procession (the black horse-drawn coffin was painted with the words"too fast to live too young to die") and to observe "a minute of Mayhem"in his honor at noon. The precise instructions were "put on your fav record and let it RIP".
I'm really sorry I missed Mr McLaren's procession in Camden lock, but in my own small way I decided to play out loud the Buzzcocks ever fallen in love....
RestInPeace dear old genius bugger!

Amazing Things You can Discover about Yourself with Google's New Interface

I had a dream tonight, of Leonardo DiCaprio telling me: "I like to get kissed before I get fucked."

So sweet, uh?

Then, as soon as I reached my office, I went ask Google about that admittedly disturbing phrase (I'm flattered, Leo, really - would I ever have a gay experience, you're at the top of the list): you know, I often use Google (and the Web) as a supplementary Jungian unconscious- and I'm not the only one around doing so for sure (according to these guys, you'd better stay home on July 8th - a major terrorist attack is due by that date - provided that you really want to assist to the World War III, in theaters November 11th, 2010).

Thus I asked Google... and what a surprise!

Google's New Look

Go query Google! for whatever. You will notice this new panel on the left, with lots of options to chose from (click on "More" or "Show search tools").

Looking for videos? Or blogs? Want something new? Latest? Past 24 hours?

Are you annoyed by all that shopping sites? Filter them out.

Ok, the new Google's look can make you feel uncomfortable for a while: it's like an old friend of yours with a funny haircut or a new pair of glasses...

(Not the same feeling with Facebook's ever-changing interface, righ?:).

Ok, most of these things where already there, just somehow hidden. But I think it definitely improves the user experience...

What's your opinion, my dear reader?

But, before you answer, just one more thing...

The guys at Google added a new (at least for me) crazy feature.

Read on.

How I Discovered I'm 161 Years Old

I was searching for "Leonardo DiCaprio" when, suddenly, I noticed this tiny link: "Timeline" - the left panel, again.

C'mon, let's click!

A strange plot will show up, telling you where Leo left a sign on History.

For example, Google tells me that Leonardo DiCaprio's first appearance dates back to 1860 (Gangs of New York, I guess); then you have a lot of hits in the recent past, something you would expect; but you have to look at the mid 1950s to see where Leo really belongs to (guess again: Revolutionary Road?).

Cool.

Then I queried Google about myself: alas, nothing interesting... Then I tried with this extension of my ego - looked for Mperience.

Wow, guys, we're already there in 1849!

We feel so young and startuppish, but we are 161 years old, in fact...

The Challenge

Now, dear readers, go search for yourself.

How Google-old are you? Can you beat us? :)

PS: btw, Leonardo DiCaprio's quote - "I like to get kissed..." - is from Blood Diamond.