June 2004

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”?

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1,000 Best Films!

by 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!

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