Lost Highway Found at Last

We've met before haven't we

More weekend off topic from The Curly R, Friday I picked up my regular copy of The Onion, new issues drop Thursday but arrived too late for me to nab on the way in to Metro and when I went to website for the link to the hilarious story about the Washington Nationals evolving the cliched Kiss Cam into the crowd pleasing Fuck Cam (be sure to link through to the full size image) I saw a link to the AV Club's latest re-review of a new cult classic, this week Scott Tobias ran through the David Lynch masterpiece Lost Highway. This is one of my favorite movies, top twenty if not top ten

At this point I should probably reveal that there is another David Lynch movie in my top ten, Blue Velvet. Knowing this and that other movies among my top ten or twenty are the Gary Oldman vehicles Romeo Is Bleeding and Leon/The Professional, the Crispin Glover-Keanu Reeves pic River's Edge and Christian Bale's American Psycho (still the toughest book I have ever read) should give you some idea of my deranged tastes.

Like David Lynch's later Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway is disjointed and tells a story that is difficult to follow. Bill Pullman plays a musician that may or may not have committed a crime, Patricia Arquette plays two roles, one of which is Bill's character's doomed wife and Robert Blake, in what so far is his last movie role, plays the Mystery Man, taunting Bill's character about something he does not really understand. Check the first video clip in the Onion piece for the seminal moment between the two as the Mystery Man greets Bill's character at a party. I bought the movie soundtrack alone for the background music in this scene.

I saw this movie on its release in 1997 in the theater and then again later on a premium movie channel, there was no other way to see it for the last decade as this movie was not on DVD. Well I am pleased to say Lost Highway has finally been released on DVD and I have already ordered it.

Enjoy your weekend.



Robert Blake as the Mystery Man in Lost Highway from here.

The Galactic Core

One of the coolest things I have seen in a long time

A photog at the 2009 Texas Star Party in Fort Davis Texas took the incredible sequence of images above, check the original video here and read through the comments to see how he did it, it has to do with disabling a stock lens filter for one that permits hydrogen alpha infrared, as the party nears dawn the Milky Way rises with the galactic center displayed prominently. If you have ever been out in true darkness and seen the galaxy and the satellites above then you will appreciate this, what you see in this video could not have been visible to the naked eye.

Enjoy your Saturday, I am currently unemployed and sequestered in a remote cabin in Cecil County Maryland with a stash of whiskey and surrounded by Eagles fans, feel free to drop a comment or send an email with one liners for the Philadelphia crowd.



Vimeo embed from here, Vimeo is the service I prefer over YouTube, to get a look at any of the 100+ videos I have posted on Vimeo, have a look here.

Today We Are a Virginia Lacrosse Blog

glad-ing. n. The feeling of euphoria that comes from having Danny Glading on your team

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend the NCAA May Madness men's lacrosse quarterfinals day two in Annapolis Maryland, the University of Virginia slaughtered Johns Hopkins University 19-8, then I saw Duke win a squeaker against the University of North Carolina. It was all truly awe inspiring lacrosse to watch.

Right now I am watching 2008 NCAA champion Syracuse dismantle Duke 14-6 midway through the fourth quarter, UVA versus Cornell is next on ESPN 2 and I will be glued to the TV.

UVA takes the field with at least five of its nine seniors as starters, led by points leader attack Danny Glading, fear not for UVA, midfield shooter twins Rhamel and Shamel Bratton are sophomores and number one national recruit attack Steele Stanwick is a freshman.

Cornell tied for the regular season Ivy League championship, there is no Ivy League tournament, and beat Hofstra and Princeton in the NCAA tournament by a combined score of 17-12.

This ought to be a great game and the Cavaliers matche up well with this Big Red team, Virginia beat this Cornell team 14-10 back in March. Feel free to drop a comment or hit me on Twitter @curlyr. Wahoowa!

Washington Post mini preview | Virginia will be wearing shirts honoring their former teammate Will Barrow, Will graduated last year and committed suicide in Charlottesville in November.

Danny Glading in last year's NCAA Men's Lacrosse Semifinal: Getty Images from here.

Tonight Once Again We Are a Capitals Blog

He put the biscuit in the basket

The Red will be Rocking in Chinatown tonight as the Washington Capitals take on the Pittsburgh Penguins in decisive game seven of round two of the NHL playoffs and I am once again a hockey fan. Our man Alexander the Great, Alex Ovechkin leads a team that went up two games to none, then lost three straight then won the tying game on the road, Monday's game was another heart attack overtimer.

Lay back and enjoy the show, 7pm on Comcast SportsNet, and head over to On Frozen Blog to drop them a comment on the gamenight open thread.



Alex Ovechkin scoring over Marc-Andre Fleury last Saturday in Washington: Reuters Pictures from here.

Tonight We Are a Capitals Blog

Up against the wall.  Again.

Time to strap it on for another elimination game, my Washington Capitals are down three games to two to the hated Pittsburgh Penguins, losing three straight after taking a commanding 2-0 lead to start the series.

Our man Alex the Great, Alex Ovechkin is doing everything he can, need to see the rest of the team step up, Mike Green what happened to you and can we get one more goal from the back line from Sergei Fedorov who it still seems weird to me plays in Washington.

Go Caps!

Alex Ovechkin:  Getty Images from here.