To Check Out

If I survive tonight's meeting with The Dulcinea, I've found some interesting stuff that I'd like to check out.

First is a progressive chamber rock band called Far Corner. They hail from Milwaukee. A review I have have here describes their music thusly: "Think Presence rewriting a Stravinsky composition in blood." Sounds like heady stuff!

Second there's Sally Potter's latest film, Yes. The film's webpage:

YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual.

Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband, Sheila Hancock the beloved aunt and Shirley Henderson the philosophical cleaner who witnesses the trail of dirt and heartbreak the lovers leave behind them, as they embark on a journey that takes them from London and Belfast to Beirut and Havana.

While it sounds like an interesting tale, there's also a novelty to it: the dialogue is almost entirely in iambic pentameter. I'd also like to check out her earlier films, The Man Who Cried and Orlando among them.

Reading a review of Yes somewhere (Salon?), I came across Peter Greenaway's name. It's been a couple years since I've watched a film of his. I see that in 2003 he came out with a trilogy of films entitled The Tulse Luper Suitcases so I think I ought to try and find them.

Ooh! And now I've got a source for strawberries and raspberries! The guy is gonna make me a steak dinner and give me a country ton of raspberries if I show him how to put more RAM in his home computer. Sounds good to me.