I saw Queen of the Damned this weekend. The commercials capitalize on the death of Aaliyah
and make it seem like she is a lead in the film. She's not. The real lead is Marguerite Moreau, the dullest actress in the entire universe. Although she is playing the only "living" person in the primary cast, she was the most inanimate and uninspired of them all. Since I knew it was going to be a bad movie, I wasn't disappointed and even enjoyed seeing it. Although I think I am going to run away from anything I see Marguerite Moreau's name attached to.

I also saw In The Bedroom, the feel bad movie of the year. The actors all gave very good performances, but I really don't understand what all the hype is about. The story was pretty predictable and at times it drags. While I thinks it's a good movie, it's not a great movie.

I've been listening to Irving, Texas born singer-songwriter David Garza a lot lately. At times he sounds like Jeff Buckley. I think his music is innovative and pioneering like Prince can be. I bought a couple of his albums on a whim and liked them so I got his latest, Overdub, a few weeks ago. On Overdub there are bonus MP3s on the disc. They sound like the demos for the albums' songs which provides and interesting contrast to the finished product. One of my favorite songs is "Let Me". It's just a simple and sweet song.

Here's what I don't like. His liner notes are crappy and hard to read. One album doesn't even have any, just the packaging. On his latest album the are all printed in one big run on paragraph. That's not amusing David. Obsessive audiophiles like myself like reading the liner notes. Here's the format I like: Title, Lyrics, Performers.