Films you've seen recently and would unreservedly recommend:

[CrowleyHead]

 

[rubberdingyrapids]

frenzy is an underrated hitchcock movie...

 

[craner]

It is, as is The Paradine Case.

I don't mean that the films in the overrated list are bad, by the way. I mean that their reputations are inflated, particularly (at the moment anyway) Vertigo.

 

[HMGovt’s Glorious Return!]

These Final Hours
Neville Shute's On The Beach must be the inspiration behind this end-of-days, big-hearted Australian movie. One particular scene towards the end got to me. Someone on IMDB has mentioned Blue Ruin in relation to it - good point, watch that too.

 

[luka]

I started watching beneath the volcano last night but 5 minutes in realised it was a joke sO I put on chopper instead which was really entertaining. I hate watching acting, it disgusts me but banas performance is unimpeachable

 

[empty mirror]

i saw ravenous (1999) recently

really loved it. sort of a campy reflection on morality and cannibalism and homoeroticism.
great soundtrack by michael nyman and damon albarn.

directed by the woman who directed Priest (1994)

 

[empty mirror]

The Stones Throw doc OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON was pretty good. I sort of lost track of the label around 2004 - I think the last thing I bought was Madlib's (as Monk Hughes) a Tribute to Brother Weldon. It got me interested in the label again. The doc connected some dots for me. Recommended if you like the label. I am a huge fan of Madlib so it was a real treat seeing the footage of him - I have seen him spin a couple times, I feel lucky to occupy the planet at the same time as him. Apparently a big fan of shrooms, Madlib is.

 

[luka]

Shrooms have been around west coast hiphop circles for 20 years or more. One of the interesting things abt the west. I badly wanna go California

 

[luka]

I'm a half Atlantic half pacific human

 

[empty mirror]

Interesting turn in the conversation.

I am a mushroom hunter.

There is a species of rare (but locally abundant) psychedelic mushroom, psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, that grows in a nice patch on the grounds of a nearby mansion. It will fruit at the end of next month for a couple weeks, and then in lesser numbers in October.

Personally, I find I can only stand to listen to spare acoustic music in that state. Anything else is TOO MUCH MAN!

 

[luka]

I had some on Tuesday

 

[luka]

I picked them in London over autumn but it took enormous amounts of time and energy. Slim pickings. An a pacific mushroom is apparently colonising the UK but I haven't seen it yet. It's wavy. It's was introduced in commercial woodchip

 

[empty mirror]

i haven't since independence day of last year
i burned myself out on them and have been trying to save up my endorphins for another journey

really just trying to be in a better place psychologically before peeking behind the curtain again

 

[luka]

They will do that sadly

 

[empty mirror]

Have you seen Know Your Mushrooms?
it is an excellent documentary

 

[luka]

I micro dosed this time, by necessity, a little under 2 grams so I could just mooch abt public places without seeming too too weird and also go to sleep at a normal time etc

 

[luka]

No, I haven't. Will investigate.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Have you seen Know Your Mushrooms?
it is an excellent documentary

This sounds like my kind of thing. Is it just about psychedelic shrooms, or fungi generally?

 

[luka]

General not just psychedelic

 

[empty mirror]

yes, but the author of the Audubon mushroom field guide tells an excellent story about a mushroom trip. Gary Lincoff is a unique fellow - it isn't in the documentary but he commented elsewhere about the common names of mushrooms - apparently the publisher insisted that the guide list common names alongside scientific names. Since most mushrooms do not have common names, he pretty much sat at the pub and made them up.