Just finished "Tricked" which is a documentary about the prostitution industry.
I don't think it was great by any stretch but it really did show how powerless some of these women are. And it's not just runaways and drug addicts, it basically human trafficking.
I'm not legalizing it is the answer either, I just don't know what the answer is, it's really sad.
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If you can track it down 'Dig!' is a great, sad documentary about the Brian Jonestown Massacre and the addiction and mental instability of their front man, his love hate relationship with the Dandy Warhols. It's a brilliant look at a band staggering from crisis to crisis whilst being on the brink of making it.
You don't have to like the bands for it to be interesting, it's easily one of the best music documentaries ever made.
Thanks for this, what a great documentary. It was released in 2004 and seems like one of those stories where you'd go to wiki and read that he had passed away in the subsequent years since.
But oddly enough as I was typing their name in google "Brian Jonestown Massacre Calgary" came up as an autofill so I clicked and saw they are doing a North American tour and play Marquee in Calgary on May 21st. From everything I read it seems the fights and altercations in the band are still present at their live shows.
I'd go out of interest for the tension and manic behavior of their front man, but figured that's not a very good reason to go seeing as his mental illness is behind it all.
It was pretty crazy when he started stalking the Dandy Warhols and while they're interviewing the one band member in the lobby of one of their shows the camera pans out and he's watching her through the window from outside haha. *shutter
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I am watching Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis right now on HBO. Incredible accounting of the terrorist attack on Bataclan Theatre from the band's perspective. Heartbreaking stuff.
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I am watching Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis right now on HBO. Incredible accounting of the terrorist attack on Bataclan Theatre from the band's perspective. Heartbreaking stuff.
Does anyone know the backstory on the fallout between the Bataclan and the band? There was something about how they felt attached and the Eagles of Death Metal were going to be the band to reopen the theatre but then the lead singer got really racist towards Muslims and then went on to accuse the venue managers of being friends with Muslims or something?
I remember they were barred from even being allowed to attend the reopening as patrons or something.
Found it. He asserted that the attack was an inside job helped out by Muslim security guards in the venue.
Pretty strong words from the manager of the Bataclan
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Referring to Hughes, Mr Frutos said: "Even if he came back on what he said. I mean, this man is just sick. That's all."
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Mr Frutos was referring to previous claims by#Hughes that the attack was an inside job helped by the theatre's Muslim staff and that he saw Muslims in the hall celebrating.
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He told the Fox Business Network in March that six guards at the Bataclan never came to work on the night of the attack, and "it seems rather obvious that they had a reason not to show up
Pretty horrible accusations to throw at the venue, even though he was of course very affected and probably searching for answers and lashing out. He apologized after, but my lord, I can see why they wanted nothing to do with him despite their shared greif.
Found it. He asserted that the attack was an inside job helped out by Muslim security guards in the venue.
Pretty strong words from the manager of the Bataclan
Pretty horrible accusations to throw at the venue, even though he was of course very affected and probably searching for answers and lashing out. He apologized after, but my lord, I can see why they wanted nothing to do with him despite their shared greif.
The film doesn't touch on that at all and I had never heard about it. However, after watching the film it is difficult for me to blame anyone that was there that night for any emotional lashing out.
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The film doesn't touch on that at all and I had never heard about it. However, after watching the film it is difficult for me to blame anyone that was there that night for any emotional lashing out.
To a degree, but this was on another level. He said something so offside that a person that wanted him to re-open the Bataclan banned him and called him sick. Accusing the people that went through the same tragedy with him and his band of being part of an inside job because they had Muslims? Geez.
Didn't he suffer from PTSD from the ordeal? Was he ever helped? He seemed pretty distraught throughout the interview they gave afterwards. I mean, I would almost give him the benefit of the doubt on this. I know they are not at fault, but that guilt has to way heavily on a person, those fans came to see their band and some died as a result. He is probably not in a good state of mind. At least that is my uneducated assessment. He should get help though if he still thinks that this was some kind of inside job by the Bataclan somehow.
Thanks for this, what a great documentary. It was released in 2004 and seems like one of those stories where you'd go to wiki and read that he had passed away in the subsequent years since.
But oddly enough as I was typing their name in google "Brian Jonestown Massacre Calgary" came up as an autofill so I clicked and saw they are doing a North American tour and play Marquee in Calgary on May 21st. From everything I read it seems the fights and altercations in the band are still present at their live shows.
I'd go out of interest for the tension and manic behavior of their front man, but figured that's not a very good reason to go seeing as his mental illness is behind it all.
Go to the show because they are legit. Awesome band, huge talent. Weird dude. One of Newcombe's own albums is titled, "thank god for mental illness".
This is one of the only cases where I agree with that statement! BJM rules.
The Netflix series 'Abstract' is great (at least, 2 episodes in, I think it is). Profiles of designers from different disciplines, produced by Wired editor-in-chief Scott Dadich.
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I have been watching the series "Hate Thy Neighbor" on Viceland. Other than the "stand up comic" aspect of the show, it's completely intriguing.
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So finally watched "Being Canadian". Hate to bash a local guy putting forth his best effort, but basically 90 minutes of celebrities, that haven't lived here in 20 years, giving mostly vapid responses on what it means to be Canadian. And ya, his internal crisis on not being able to determine what it means to be Canadian, until the last minute, didn't seem scripted or planned at all...
As you might guess, some pretty disturbing stuff in there. I can handle the odd disturbing scene here and there, but seeing the aftermath of a gas attack on civilians (especially kids) is really tough to see. Not gory with lots of blood, just.....sad.
I find shows like that fascinating and brutal at the same time. Just unreal how humans treat other humans at times on our planet.
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