craigb
I miss when people used to use English... 

p'shaw...
 
Even the so called "English" never fingered out how to "speak" "english".
 
Cripes... the marble mouthed whargarble most of those freaks fart out their gob holes barely registers as a language most of the time.
 
Also... neanderthals!
 
/maximum trolling

I'm a meander thrall.

I couldn't get past the trailer. There was a shot of the kid's bleeding hands...my idea of suffering for your art is staying up past bedtime for a gig.
 
 

 

I suffer for my art by waiting on collaborators.
 
At least I go to bed on time.
 

Interesting. I'd peg you more as a "meander malls" type chap.
 
yanno... because wicked old people like to walk in malls.
 
cuz... yanno...
 
wicked old

hmm...
 
Ya'll ruined my timing by posting.
 
NOW who's old? EH?!
 
/senility noises
 

I thought "Whiplash" was great. The music connection of course was great. But I also like movies where you have the hard-ass pushing their subordinates to achieve their best. "The Paper Chase" and "An Officer And A Gentkeman" come to mind right a way.

jamesg1213
I enjoyed it. Although...I didn't warm to the main character at all, and it stretched credulity just a tad that someone would be involved in a car crash and still carry on to the gig, no matter how committed he was.

Didn't see the movie yet, but in Bill Bruford's autobiography he tells the story from Yes' early day of wondering where the rest of the guys were when the gig was rapidly approaching only to get a call from Chris Squire who was at the police station.
 
Jon Anderson was driving and had fallen asleep at the wheel and they went off the road. Everyone was miraculously OK, but Chris asked Bill to go over to the club and start setting up without them:
 

This was the only man I was ever going to know who could impose upon me, give me a near heart attack. force me to change my own plans, and then get me to set up his bass, all in the same sentence.

 

 
From Bill Bruford The Autobiography

 
 
 
            No.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
            Weenis.