Weird et al Humdinger

This is a road right? Nope. It's dead fish mimicking a gravel road unwittingly. The image is from a US Louisianna waterway near the gulf totally covered in dead fish,eels,stingrays and tricks the eye into believeing it's seeing a road. Oh mankind, you know what you do.

XY Chromosome Sundae:Haaz Sleinman

Lebanese born actor Haaz Sleinman grabbed my attention in the movie The Visitor for all the right reasons. Not only is he great to look at he's also a good actor. He brought an exuberance and humour to his role the film needed. He also stars in Nurse Jackie.

Blog Feature

The lovely Ronke who writes the fabulous The Musings of Ondo Lady blog has featured Sober In The Cauldron in her Myspace section. Check out my little tidbit interview and the rest of her blog through the link below. It's a veritable trove of addictive fashion and culture morsels.

http://themusingsofondolady.blogspot.com/2010/09/my-space-ire-okojie-from-sober-in.html

Takers

So Takers is out, I've seen it and it's not reinventing the heist genre or pushing any bounderies...But, I cannot wait to own this movie on dvd. It is pure, unadulterated fun and the man candy in it is superb!I'll probably watch it repeatedly while pleasuring myself, yup, I said it. Idris Elba, yummy yummy,praise Jesus, allah,or whatever God you worship, check. Paul Walker, absolutely stunning man,drools on laptop and clothing.Paul has a black girlfriend in the movie and I love him even more.To that actress, you were living the dream girl! Michael Ealy, gorgeous, check. TI, fiiiiine, check. Jay Hernandez, delicious, check.Hayden Christenson, tasty, check. Chris Brown. Hmmm... I will say it doesn't end well for Chris(oh well, that's what happens when you beat on the world's favourite bajan princess).Though he does have the best scene in the movie. How often do we see a film with a predominantly black cast and black produced do so well? TI and Will Packer produced the film and I'm really pleased it shocked all the nay sayers and was number one in its opening weekend and is still in the top 10.

Maps

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are awesome and Karen O is incredibly charismatic. I love this song. It's one of their classics. The lyrics are haunting and true.It unlocks something in me and makes me feel melancholy. I really like the video, Karen isn't featured in it but it's creepy and atmospheric.Love the blind folded drummer playing with wooden spoons in the back of the couple's car. Incongruous and a little unsettling but in the best way.

Treat Of The Week

I did try to upload my song of the moment Cee Lo Green's Fuck You but blogger is giving me problems. Grrrrr! The man from the fantastic Gnarls Barkley is back and Fuck You is a funky slice of music heaven.Anthemic and infectious, it's the song everybody will be talking about if they aren't already.The video is brilliant, retro cool and hilarious.The pic features the delightfully eccentric Cee Lo and another equally awesome crooner, Janelle Monae.Check the video out on youtube, I'll try to upload again at some point.

Telescopes To Russia

I've developed this habbit of reading several books simultaneously. I've always been intrigued by Russia and plan on visiting someday. It's a fascinating country;Pushkin,Fyodor Dostoyevsky,the winter palace,the mystery shrouding the disappearance of Anastasia from the royal family... So much to pique your curiousity. I'm also reading Daniel Kalder's Strange Telescopes,an anti travel novel about his year long quest in search of the most bizarre people and places in Russia.Follow his search for the mythical lost city of tramps in the sewers of Moscow,and hunt for demons and exorcists in the Ukraine. Then there's the messiah, a one time traffic cop with thousands of followers awaiting the apocalypse in Siberia. Plus a secret lurking in the only wooden skyscraper on the plannet. It is darkly comic and heaving with weird and wonderful characters.