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Published GASLIGHT ANTHEM AT THE KOKO WERE AMAZING!.
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Published sovietsky:
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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Tweets for 2012-06-11
- @damianjohnson Only if I'm being passive aggressive with the council in reply to damianjohnson ->
- @damianjohnson Maybe? in reply to damianjohnson ->
- just finished painting my nails and realised that I've done them bright green & should have done one pink so they'd match my hair ->
- @kakapojayne I hate when that happens, always feel so bad afterwards in reply to kakapojayne ->
- @Xfm_Lliana Do you follow @jeffnoon ? in reply to Xfm_Lliana ->
- @cra1gharrison Because they love me and realised I wouldn't want to be at home while my mum curses the TV in reply to cra1gharrison ->
- gaslight anthem were awesomesauce! excellent night
-> - @stevexfm how totally ace were gaslight steve? ->
- @emmaprew YOU WERE IN FRONT OF ME. SOMEWHERE. HIS LITTLE SMILING FACE WHEN HE JUMPED OMG in reply to emmaprew ->
- @emmaprew YES. THIS IS THE BEST PART (other than the music and the rockin') and so excited too
in reply to emmaprew ->
Daily Digest for June 12th
Red Tails (2012)
I have so many feels, you guys. I can’t.
This may well top Avengers Assemble as my film of the year, and  Avengers Assemble was incredible. And I saw that twice and would happily see it again.
The tension throughout was  incredible – most notably during the aerial engagement scenes. I don’t think I’ve been more on edge during a film since I saw Jurassic Park for the first time and I was…what? 9 years old at the time? Admittedly a large part of the  tension stems from the fact that at every moment I was expecting one of the main cast to die – it’s a war film, that happens.
I admit, yes, I do love watching war films – it’s something I grew up with, thanks to my Dad. A lot of the films  we watched were about just this era – World War Two. More than that though, he used to read books written by ex-servicemen from that time and I suppose that’s where Red Tails really comes through. The books that my Dad and I read really brought through the experiences of the airmen (all the books tended towards the RAF rather than any other service, since my Dad had been in the RAF when he was younger) and not just of the time they spent fighting in the air, but the relationships  on the ground.
Red Tails really captures the loss and heartbreak suffered by those at war – both in the armed forces and to an extend, for the  civilians too. It’s easy to forget, often, that the men doing all these heroic deeds had families back home waiting for them and though the focus of this film is obviously on the pilots, you don’t forget that they all belong to someone – whether as a husband, father or son.
I only have a limited knowledge of the segregation and racism faced by black people at the time (and for that matter, now – I’m a mixed-ethnicity girl in the UK) but seeing this film has made me want to really find out more about the situation then. I think every single film or book that I’ve seen/read about the Second World War has been from an entirely white perspective. The only alternative view I really know well is that of my mum’s father’s experience in Malaysia at the hands of the Japanese and my lack of Hokkien and his lack of English, combined with the generation gap and that he didn’t like to talk about it…well, that doesn’t really give that full a picture (although there is still quite a story there about my Chinese grandparents).
This is a great film.
Rating: 8/10
Originally published at half girl, half robot. You can comment here or there.
Tweets for 2012-06-10
- Up to 58% Off at Recipe – http://t.co/qGRkjoGi <-Recipe is like… the best chinese restaurant in the country. For sures. ->
- So. Thor right? Does anyone else get the impression that Odin lost his eye fighting the Jotuns? ->
- Have realised why I don't like Prince Charming in OUaT – he's not as awesome as Fandral ->
- New blog post: Red Tails (2012) http://t.co/h9YoLokn ->
- Video: Against Me and Joan Jett cover The Replacement’s “Androgynous†(by liabungalo) http://t.co/mzk3oMjM ->
- @anatsuno @deepsixv The other thing about Toms for me is that I think they're kind of awful looking :/ in reply to anatsuno ->
- @anatsuno I think it's more that I prefer to have shoes that look like they've come from the future. in reply to anatsuno ->
- Big news: I have just finished the first of this year's easter eggs. ->
- @mrtonylee Hell yeah. I loved Mark Strong in it too in reply to mrtonylee ->
- @anatsuno Haha I finally got round to sticking my one piece of Avengers fic on my fic LJ last week, and my WIP isn't even typed up yet. Win in reply to anatsuno ->
- @emmaprew @gaslightanthem I AM SO EXCITED in reply to emmaprew ->
- @emmaprew Ahaha yeah.I'm so glad I don't live on the other side of the country. in reply to emmaprew ->
- STOP IT GENERAL ROSS. Don't monkey with the science gear without the proper safety precautions. #nolabcoat #nogoggles ->
- “State Of Love And Trust (iTunes Session)†by The Gaslight Anthem is my new jam. ♫ http://t.co/NKhNlPLB ->
- @stephmuji That kind of thing always weirds me out a bit. in reply to stephmuji ->
- I suppose I should put the bins out before the street-lights go out and plunge my road into pitch blackness ->
- NEW SERIES OF PRIMEVAL NEXT WEEK HOW DID I NOT KNOW OMG ->
- …now curious where all the helicopters flying over my house are going. ->
Daily Digest for June 11th
Tweets for 2012-06-09
- Yaaaaay my copy of @maximopark's new album arrived this morning
😀 -> - @grrlinterrupted …you've only just discovered this? O_o in reply to grrlinterrupted ->
- @wanderlustlover I use Flickr, but it has its limitations AND is owned by Yahoo, so who knows what shenanigans they might pull in reply to wanderlustlover ->
- @wanderlustlover So mostly I use my own hosted gallery (which you've seen), if you can't come up with an alternative I can set one up for u in reply to wanderlustlover ->
- @silverturnsgrey uh. scrobbler plugin turned off? in reply to silverturnsgrey ->
- @auntyel ME TOO. in reply to auntyel ->
- @silverturnsgrey last.fm is judging you in reply to silverturnsgrey ->
- @smartmatt All my mum could say when I asked her if there was anything special about it was that that was the year we nearly moved to Oz in reply to smartmatt ->
- @auntyel The Barfly is like 200 people though right? So… that's 100 people who bring a friend? in reply to auntyel ->
- Fairly over the hyper-saturation of Father's Day stuff in the shops now. ->
- zomg. stewart lee. ->
- interval tweet: 13 year old raging crush on stewart lee still going strong. ->
- randomly, have realised he looks a lot like someone i was at uni with ->
Daily Digest for June 10th
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Published I’m bringing the party to you..
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Tweets for 2012-06-08
- time for ill manors. i had been thinking about seeing avenger again after… ->
- @eruvadhril Ahah oh god my head hurts now. And it'd be more expensive than an early ticket. Maybe next week in reply to eruvadhril ->
- @LordWoolamaloo It was really really really good. in reply to LordWoolamaloo ->
- GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS GUYS, look what arrived before I went to the cinema http://t.co/aBOIGJjL ->
- Also. iLL Manors was unremittingly grim. But really good. Woah. ->
- Next time I have the bright idea of seeing two films in one day, the second one will be something light and fluffy. ->
- INCIDENTALLY, I almost squeaked with joy when John Cooper Clarke appeared in ill Manors. That was like… the one ray of sunshine ->
- @purpill Not got a clue in reply to purpill ->
- @McKelvie With Tom Cruise and Russell Brand in in reply to McKelvie ->
- @JohnDylanger All you need now is British citizenship…
in reply to JohnDylanger -> - @mrtonylee If there's no episode where he pops round to yours for fashion tips, i'll be disappointed in reply to mrtonylee ->
- @JohnDylanger hahah, maaaybe. Admittedly, I've not seen any of Game of Thrones because I don't have Sky tv or cable. And I'm lazy in reply to JohnDylanger ->
- @JohnDylanger All I know is that the usual happens to Sean Bean, and all the girls on tumblr swoon over…the entire cast in reply to JohnDylanger ->
- @mrtonylee Ahaha YES. in reply to mrtonylee ->
- THIS RT @kellysue: What's with hating on Black Widow? http://t.co/joCxZTLE ->
- @canada_bear I think on the whole, Pepper is my favourite so… I don't entirely get it either. She's definitely kick-ass though in reply to canada_bear ->
- @silverturnsgrey Too much booze, not enough cake in reply to silverturnsgrey ->
- Ahaha Daniel Craig doing James Bond in Layer Cake ->
- Video: Prince – Creep (Radiohead cover) http://t.co/4zcbdEq7 ->
Daily Digest for June 9th
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