Archive for June, 2004

AFI’s 100 Years, 100 Songs

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James McNally
on June 23, 2004
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Brooke and I watched the AFI 100 Years, 100 Songs special on television last night. No real surprises, but I did learn something. I’d always assumed that “New York, New York” was an older song, from the ’40s or ’50s, but it was actually written for Martin Scorsese’s musical flop of the same name in 1977! Yeah, right in the middle of the punk explosion! I was gobsmacked.

In the same vein, where was the Ramones’ “Rock ‘n Roll High School”?

1,000 Best Films!

Published
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James McNally
on June 11, 2004
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The New York Times has published a list of what they consider the best thousand films ever made. Never mind the audacity. How many have you seen? As of this moment, I’ve seen 224, but there are at least half a dozen that I’ll be seeing in the next month or so. Still, that’s less than a quarter of them!