A lot of people refer to "Pontypool" as a zombie movie, but there's more to it than numbed out cannibals and lots of blood. This 2008 flick, to me at least, is very underrated and its "less is more" vibe makes the off-screen implications far more scary than any obvious gore fest that goes on in most horror. (Of course the cover doesn't help make my case, does it?:)  )

Its take on what makes the 'zombies' go viral is one of the most interesting I've seen and might possibly change the way you think about the English language and language in general...

more soon...

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You might want to check out shoes...it's an interesting site!:)

Yesterday I was shopping at Whole Foods when the song "Electric Blue" came on over their loud speaker. It had been ages ago (maybe since it first was released?) that I'd last heard it and suddenly (against my will) I flashed to late 1987.

It's weird how certain songs and smells can send your mind reeling back to the past...as though both are some metaphysical form of time travel...not a metaphor for it...but actual time travel.

"Electric Blue" was a one-hit-wonder type deal by the group Icehouse and (to me, at least) sounded a lot like another late 80s hit called "Shattered Dreams" by Johnny Hates Jazz (also a group that never had another big hit again.) Both songs have this harmless enough sound, but somehow have the power to make me want to look for the nearest exit...the memories associated with them are sometimes too much.

Of course, I've found that "overexposure" to 'bad memory songs' can work wonders. I used to feel the same way about "Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran...but one day I sat down and played that song over and over until it lost its power and now whenever the song takes me by surprise I'm just fine:)

When I was going through my old cassettes the other day I found the soundtrack to the 1987 film "Hiding Out." I'd forgotten how wonderful it is, how much it used to mean to me and popped it immediately into my boom box (that I set up a few months ago after getting tired of nothing but constant streams and downloads of digital music.)

...in the 80s I really only loved two songs on it. "Real Life" by Black Britain and Boy George's opening track "Live My Life." But now I hear the cohesiveness of all the songs in relation to the angst and frustrations of teenage life and the film in general... (see here for full track listing)

Scissor Sisters' new album is their most "out there" album yet! It's amazing and they wear their Bee Gees/Queen/Elton John influences like a second skin. Some of the songs may be more fit for gay night clubs than mainstream audiences, but for anyone who loves their disco mercilessly beat-driven and all sweat-inducing...well...wow!!

Night Work certainly lacks subtley with its phallic imagery (just give "Harder You Get" a listen) but it also knows its way very well around the dancefloor. Forget the lascivious invitations for casual gettogethers and promises of safe sex (on songs such as "Whole New Way") and enjoy the show!:) Your cardiac work-out and dance-happy feet will thank you!

My favorite bonus?...on "Any Which Way" Kylie Minogue shows up in the chorus! Other highlights? On "Fire with Fire" (soundling eerily like the band Styx) the mood is light and hopeful and on title track "Night Work" the mood is actually a bit Loverboy's "Working for The Weekend"...both in content and spirit...the Scissor Sisters have definitely got their retro on throughout the entire album and that's a very good thing for anyone looking for a bit of  70s and early 80s nostalgia!:)