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i'm bringing this back just like justin brought sexy back - because damnit i just obtained a copy of his new cd and i am not ashamed to say I LOVE IT - what a freakin ass shaker
"life does throw curveballs sometimes but it doesn't mean we shouldn't still swing for the homerun" ~ me

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I like George Michael's "Faith." I've been listening to it all day. There, I said it. :S



Are you dancing, too?
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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I usually manage to watch about 20 min. of early morning movies over breakfast, before I have to leave for work. This week I was enthralled by about 20 min. worth of "Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman" on the Sundance Channel. It stars Timothy Spall (better known as the cowardly ratfaced Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter films), as Albert Pierrepoint, once Britain's "hangman to the stars". Spall is an amazing actor when given a serious role. Pierrepoint was a real guy (1905-1992), a grocer and barkeep who made extra income by expertly dispatching some of the most infamous murderers of the 20th century, including over 200 Nazis at the end of World War II. The film is by turns ghastly (tons of hangings), and yet riveting as you're drawn into the life of this really very nice and ordinary working class bloke. Juliet Stevenson ("Truly, Madly, Deeply") gives another of her usual incredible performances as his quiet and loving wife.

The film was a total commercial flop, it showed for one weekend in exactly 3 art house theaters in the US, but has found its way onto DVD, and apparently some of the artsier cable channels. Not exactly what I'd call a "date film", but well worth checking out.

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