Nightrain
OIAM
Double Talkin Jive

I find it p impossible to choose a fave UYI2 song - CW, PTU, So Fine, Estranged, YCBM, Don't Cry (alt), 14yrs are all on any given day my fave song ever. I'll go w/PTU today I guess.

Human Being (tho, like every song on TSI?, the original is fuckin so much better) tho I do love Axl's vocals on DOTF..

TWAT

count yourself lucky. don't be like michael corleone, stay out.

Zero Dark Thirty

watched it last night. enjoyed it.
had trouble hearing what was being said sometimes, which was kinda a blessing really cause some of the script was p cack. also was a bit thrown by harold perrineau & a few of the other actors who were just too well groomed & unrealistic. (on the other hand jason clarke, of brotherhood & home & away fame was brilliant but looks eerily like my cousin to the point of distraction). jimmy gandolfini & john barrowman showing up also kinda spoiled the impact kinda.

it is a bit long tho. a lotta scenes earlier in the film coulda done w/sharper editing - the scene where the CIA agents are killed goes on for like 10mins & coulda been done in 20seconds. i actually had time to go for a piss & get food & be back in time & not miss a beat.

as for the actual assault on bin ladens compound it all came across a bit tom clancy for my liking. it may have been a true reflection of what went down but that itself seemed weird - the moron who crashed the helicopter for one; surely they lost the element of surprise w/the noise of the helicopters & why weren't there escape tunnels below the compound? for a film based on reality it seemed a bit unrealistic!

but taken as a whole it was interesting & the action sequences were generally p cool - those moments rescued the first part of the film from being terrible.
it was good if a bit long.

maybe gonna watch searching for the sugarman or the imposter tonight..

i find this whole thing utterly depressing - both the history of the leaks & jarmo's behaviour.

ultimately the embarrassment of the leaks rest w/axl & his behaviour. maybe he's to blame for jarmo's idocy to, partially at least.

the only thing these things serve is to heap further embarrassment on what should be one of rock n roll's greatest legacys & greatest bands.

these things call into question the legitimacy of the band & it's history, unfair as that may be. it's embarrassing & weak to have these things go on in the name of GnR.
they're ruining everything. axl's attempts at playing the game have, for all intents & purposes, been woeful & we're left w/nothing but bitterness & a laughing-stock litany of leaks. what we oughta have had was one of the strongest, boldest & most brilliant catalogues & stories rock n roll ever got. they're fucked it all up. they've killed what i loved & i'll never forgive them for it, & they've killed me to. there's nothing in this for me.

i'd like to be able to laugh & the whole jarmo thing but it's just too indicative of the vile pettiness to do anything but depress me. it didn't have to be like this & it shames the story. the story shoulda been the music but instead it's ultimately failure & shame.