Oops, Forgot one! Left out one movie I saw last year, Hellboy. Not bad as superhero/comic book movies go, but it was weak in comparison to Spiderman 2. Biggest problem, too much action and CGI, not enough character and emotion. Ron Perlman is a great actor, and he IS Hellboy, but it was pretty much a big monster fight in the end.
Support Your Local Musicians. I'm on a big local music kick all of a sudden. Katie and Debra Jean of the Buckarettes just put out a great Christmas CD called Snow Angels, and it's awesome. They will have a new "regular" CD of cowgirl tunes out soon. I can't wait! Katie has dubbed me the Buckarettes biggest fan, and dammit I intend to live up to that monicker. Buy all their music now! Katie Gill also has a great solo CD called All in Good Time.
I also bought three other discs from local folk, all available at CD Baby. Make Everything Alright is the latest from Santa Fe blues wunderkind Alex Maryol. Why Alex isn't on a major label I'll never know. Some of the best contemporary blues out there.
Keep It On the Road from Albuquerque's Breaker 19 is a collection of gritty truck-driving songs that recalls the best of the 1970s trucker country fad. Funny, a bit goofy and lots of fun.
Then there's No More Music By The Suckers from Bernadette Seacrest and Her Yes Men. Okay, I mostly was attracted to this by the cover. Bernadette is a super hot tattooed bad girl, whom I just happened to see dining at my neighborhood Mexican restaurant a couple weeks ago. She also has an awesome voice, and the album is a collection of smoky, sexy and slightly creepy jazz tunes....sort of like music you'd hear in a David Lynch film. Very cool and different.
Albuquerque is full of great music and musicians. Many of these people deserve to make it big time. Show your support by going to their gigs and buying their CDs. Okay?