Get thee to England: http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/a… . The cello case is indeed on display as a "vehicle."

Get thee to England: http://www.beaulieu.co.uk/a… . The cello case is indeed on display as a "vehicle."

Shitty filmmakers make shitty films (wink and nod or no). But I do think the filmmakers who position their mediocrity 'ironically' don't tend to realize how difficult that sensibility is to pull off well - arguably moreso than a shlocky film played straight.

Shitty filmmakers make shitty films (wink and nod or no). But I do think the filmmakers who position their mediocrity 'ironically' don't tend to realize how difficult that sensibility is to pull off well - arguably moreso than a shlocky film played straight.

UltraChrist > Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, though not Canadian.

UltraChrist > Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, though not Canadian.

I went opening night in the college town of Ames, Iowa, (drove an hour to see it, in fact) and the house was packed. It was an event experience - it's just that everyone who was looking for that experience saw it on opening night.

I went opening night in the college town of Ames, Iowa, (drove an hour to see it, in fact) and the house was packed. It was an event experience - it's just that everyone who was looking for that experience saw it on opening night.

…spurred by the success of that Mexican flash-animated Top Cat movie that came out last year? 

…spurred by the success of that Mexican flash-animated Top Cat movie that came out last year? 

"Another Way to Die" doesn't work, but it has a sense of risk and energy to it. It also has the line "another blinger with a slick trigger finger for her majesty," which makes me cringe just writing it. "Die Another Day," is awful, aggressively bland and ill-conceived on every level.It has the line "Sigmund Freud -…

"Another Way to Die" doesn't work, but it has a sense of risk and energy to it. It also has the line "another blinger with a slick trigger finger for her majesty," which makes me cringe just writing it. "Die Another Day," is awful, aggressively bland and ill-conceived on every level.It has the line "Sigmund Freud -…

A friend of mine described it as having "unironic desperation," which I think is a solid description. I dig it.

A friend of mine described it as having "unironic desperation," which I think is a solid description. I dig it.

Even though - in this case - I think this is a mostly justifiable reason for hating Imagine, I would like to note that the persona signing in a song does not necessarily equate to the songwriter.

Even though - in this case - I think this is a mostly justifiable reason for hating Imagine, I would like to note that the persona signing in a song does not necessarily equate to the songwriter.

Now that's a more interesting argument against the song!

Now that's a more interesting argument against the song!

The song allows for more interpretations than the straightforward one its usually assigned, and that the song (on its own) doesn't necessarily have to be judged in relation to Lennon's life. You could take the song as sort of a meditation, a clearing of one's mind, to imagine a life without divisions, people living in…

The song allows for more interpretations than the straightforward one its usually assigned, and that the song (on its own) doesn't necessarily have to be judged in relation to Lennon's life. You could take the song as sort of a meditation, a clearing of one's mind, to imagine a life without divisions, people living in…