The House Was On Fire

After listening to a few songs from Kaiser Cheif's album Employment I've grown quite fond of it. It actually sounds sort of like a very neat mix between Blur and Franz Ferdinand (which are two of the finer things in life, obviously). So far, it's a pretty freakin' good album. Not as good as Franz Ferdinand's new one though. The Franzes stand their ground pretty well with this one.

On my first un-musical related matter I've become very excited about seeing Lars von Trier's new movie Manderlay which is, for those of you who missed it, the sequel to his masterpiece Dogville. I loved Dogville when I saw it on DVD quite some time ago. It's still the most depressing piece of film I've ever seen and by far Nicole Kidman's best performance ever (which is saying a lot). If anyone missed that then I really urge you to look out for it. It's as far from a feel-good feature you'll ever come but it's very moving and an interesting experiment that works out better than you'd think.
Sadly, Nicole Kidman did not sign on to do the sequel because she didn't like working with von Trier (something almost everyone that's worked with him has said afterwards) so Bryce Dallas Howard (Ron Howard's daughter) has slipped on her dirty slippers for Manderlay. But hopefully that wont matter when I see the film itself. I have my hopes up now so I just have to wait for it to be released on DVD - you can't watch movies like that in overcrowded cinemas.