It was announced this week that there are 6 new Star Wars movies coming, starting in 2015 and being released ever summer after that.  My immediate excitement was quickly quelled by the fearful thought of why?  Though I was hopeful that a team of Joss Whedon, Steven Spielberg, and JJ Abrams would turn a quality product…it’s Disney.  And Disney live action movies suck.  Outside of the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie…there hasn’t been a good live action Disney movie since Don Knotts was in his prime.  And instead of letting these films breathe and build, they’re pushing them out faster than cellphone updates.  From a studio who has brought us such wonderful cinematic piles of dump like John Carter and Prince Of Persia, don’t you think they would have learned their lesson and not try to mangle creativity with profits.  And no, Avengers was Paramount and was later distributed by Disney.  Many believe this has to do with the sagging profits from the Disneyland and California Adventure expansions that didn’t deliver the crowds they predicted.  So instead of learning from their mistakes from shoving something down the public’s throat that didn’t necessarily want…they’re changing their ways by shoving more shit down the public’s throat assuming maybe more is better.

Sometimes less is more.  And quality can be in the understated.  You don’t need to hit people over the head with a hammer if you have something to say.

Here are the 11 Best Songs By Junip:

1. Always (Fields)
2. Official (Black Refuge EP)
3. Howl (Fields)
4. Black Refuge (Black Refuge EP)
5. To The Grain (Fields)
6. The Ghost of Tom Joad (Black Refuge EP)
7. Carsick (Black Refuge EP)
8. Off Point (Fields)
9. Rope & Summit (Fields)
10. White Rain (In Every Direction)
11. Far Away (Rope & Summit)

 Did you know you can only fold a piece of paper in half 7 times?  Eight times if it’s a thin napkin or tissue.  If somehow you were able to fold it 42 times in half…it would stretch up to the moon.  Swear.  I tried to explain exponential growth to a friend.  They didn’t get it.  They could not believe I was serious…and they thought I was a fool for suggesting such.  To me, exponential growth is very easy to understand.  I can’t understand how some people can’t grasp such simple concepts.  Until…. 

 I didn’t know Jose Gonzalez was Swedish.  This is how badly I didn’t know Jose Gonzalez was Swedish.  I read there was a Swedish band coming out with their debut album and their name was Junip.  I thought this was strange because Jose Gonzalez had a band, too, called Junip.  I didn’t understand how there could be two bands with the same name…not that it hasn’t happened before.  (Just ask the 1960s Nirvana)  For some reason, I could not fathom it could be the same band…because for the life of me, I could not believe that Jose Gonzalez was from Sweden.  I knew he was from Europe.  But I thought the UK, Spain, or France.  Oh well…go Sweden.  I wonder if he ever gets in land battles with Royksopp.

 Here are the 11 Best Songs By Jose Gonzalez:

 1.  Heartbeats (Veneer)

2.  Down The Line (In Our Nature)

3.  Teardrop  (In Our Nature)

4.  Cycling Trivialities  (In Our Nature)

5.  Slow Moves (Veneer)

6.  Remain (Veneer)

7.  Killing For Love  (In Our Nature)

8.  Storm (Austrailian Tour EP)

9.  All You Deliver (Veneer)

10. Crosses (Veneer)

11.  Hand On Your Heart (Austrailian Tour EP)

 Buy Jose Gonzalez’s new band’s debut album:  Junip – Fields