OK, so I didn't post a review of KILL BILL Vol. 2 right away. You may have thought I was killed. No such thing. I DID, however, see it twice. It was that freakin' amazing. Bad thing is, I really can't say anything about it without giving something away. Spoilers, they call these tidbits of info.
What I can say, is that what Vol. 1 had in violence and just damn good action sequences, Vol.2 more than makes up for in dialogue. The film making techniques, the tributes to martial arts genres of the past, and of course, the element of surprise made for a fantastic film. See it.
Last Friday (April 30) I went and saw my old band, Squeaky Wheels. Once again, they have no permanent drummer. Hoss left, and now beating the skins is none other than John Walsh, recording engineer extraordinare! I knew of Walsh from Sosumi and the records he's produced for Cleveland groups like Bluto's Revenge, and called him when he worked at Buchanan Recording Complex where we ended up recording the project that never got finished (I left the group at the tail end of recording). So it was great to see him and hear him play. It was a good time and I went up to play "Run Like Hell", "Faith Healer", "Dummy Seat", andthe old "Roadhouse Blues/Freeway Jam" medley. A possibility of a reunion 'tour'? Maybe a few dates here and there, but nothing permanent.