Does Hollywood Do It Again?! David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

If you are like me 

you read and loved all of 

The Millennium Trilogy.

You then raced to see all 

of the movies 

as soon as they were released. 

Since then I've been reading everything I can by

Henning Mankell,

Karin Fossum, 

Jo Nesbo,

Camilla Lackberg,

and other fine Scandinavian authors.

It has been a pleasant 

if chilly

ride.

When I heard that there would be a 

Hollywood version of 

The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo

I was nonplussed. 

The Scandinavian version 

was just fine with me. 

Why did we need another,

Hollywood version? 

Well the previews are out

and quite frankly

the new version

looks better than I had thought. 

Perhaps

Stieg Larsson's works stand up to 

numerous interpretations. 

The preview above has 

peaked my curiosity.

What do you think?

Old Friends, New Friends - Serge Gainsbourg

Serge Gainsbourg

was

hip,

quirky,

fun, 

charming  &  romantic.

His music was too.

You can often hear wonderful tunes of his like 

Comic Strip

Viens petite fille dans mon comic strip
Viens faire des bull's, viens faire des WIP !
Des CLIP ! CRAP ! des BANG ! des VLOP ! et des ZIP !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !

J'distribue les swings et les uppercuts
Ca fait VLAM ! ça fait SPLATCH ! et ça fait CHTUCK !
Ou bien BOMP ! ou HUMPF ! parfois même PFFF !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !

Viens petite fill' dans mon comic strip
Viens faire des bull's, viens faire des WIP !
Des CLIP ! CRAP ! des BANG ! des VLOP ! et des ZIP !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !

Viens avec moi par dessus les buildings
Ca fait WHIN ! quand on s'envole et puis KLING !
Après quoi je fais TILT ! et ça fait BOING !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !

Viens petite fill' dans mon comic strip
Viens faire des bull's, viens faire des WIP !
Des CLIP ! CRAP ! des BANG ! des VLOP ! et des ZIP !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !

N'aies pas peur bébé agrippe-toi CHRACK !
Je suis là CRASH ! pour te protéger TCHLACK !
Ferme les yeux CRACK ! embrasse-moi SMACK !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZ !
SHEBAM ! POW ! BLOP ! WIZZZZZ !

streaming from my windows.

If you're lucky

you might hear strands of

Bonnie And Clyde...

or

Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde.

Don't miss his music

and a glimpse into his life when 

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life

comes to the screen 

or your DVD player. 

I've been dying to see this ever since I saw the 1st preview.

Great Jewish Music: Serge Gainsbourg

is another fine recording

and a nice way to experience

Gainsbourg's music interpreted by others.


Elysian Fields, Fred Frith, Blonde Redhead, John Zorn, Cibo Matto, Marc Ribot

and others...

 make sensitive, fun contributions.

I recently picked up a copy of

Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited,


which...

"Features 15 total tracks from the likes of Franz Ferdinand with Jane Birkin, Portishead, Cat Power and Karen Elson, Michael Stipe, Jarvis Cocker & Kid Loco, The Kills, Cat Power with Karen Elson, Tricky, Marc Almond with Trash Palace and more." - Amazon


... and couldn't listen to it. 


It was hard, and angular and loud. 


It wasn't fun. 
It didn't groove.
It didn't sway,
and I had to turn it off!








Do treat yourself to 


The Music of Serge Gainsbourg.




And while you're at it


keep your eyes peeled for the movie









Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life.




You'll be glad you did!