Many happy returns, amigo 
Me too, me too
Yes, Happy Birthday Earl. Nineteen is a good age. Enjoy it!
Can you remember that far back amigo?
(edit - forgot the ;))
My wife is celebrating her birthday too tomorrow
Not her 19th thoâ
[quote=âReverend Danite, post:1264, topic:372â]Can you remember that far back amigo?
(edit - forgot the ;))[/quote]
I certainly can.
1979. The Undertones and The Skids featured large in my gig going and record buying. A 10 day holiday with my mates in Benidorm which contained far more drinking and less shagging than I had planned. A slimmer waistline. A full head of hair. A wage packet that was paid in cash and was entirely my own to squander as I chose. My first trip to Paris. Apocalypse Now and The Tin Drum at the pictures. Plus Woody Allenâs Manhattan (whoops is SD watching?? :o) Thatcher not yet in power. (when I turned 19 anyway)
A bloody great year.
My memory is sadly failing in many other directions but that stuff seems just like yesterday. :â(
AhhhâŚThe Undertones!!! The Skids, as well! But, I quite liked The Undertones!
I bought their first US LP the day of my Senior Year High School Prom.
Even though I lived in Ripley, Oklahoma, USA at the timeâŚI was heavily into the mix of Pop/Punk/Powerpop/Mod/Reggae/Ska that was happening around '79-'80 in the UK.
At that time, I was likely the only kid in Payne county that owned singles (remember those?) and LPâs by the likes of The Undertones, The Ruts, Purple Hearts, The Chords, The Equators, Squire, Secret AffairâŚnot to mention the Beat (here they were known as The English Beat), Sham 69, Stiff Little Fingers, and my all-time favorite rock band, The Jam!!
I used to do the whole Mod look, too! Thatâs rightâŚtight, early 60âs era Italian-cut suits, pointed shoes, and even a Parka!! Never owned my own scooter, but I used to go 'round on a buddyâs old Lambretta back in the day.
And now look at meâŚdoing gunfight shows in Tombstone, Arizona!!
Talk about a switch!! 
Of course, none of this has anything to do with what film I will be watching tonight (which will be the Japanese crime film JEANâS BLUES with Meiko Kaji)âŚbut, I just couldnât resist engaging in a bit of wistful nostalgia!!!
Right there with you guys, I turned 19 in '78. Those were the daysâŚ
Watched The Hitchhikerâs Guide to the Galaxy with the family tonight. Good fun but I enjoyed the radio series more.
My wife rented Casanova (Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons) so I suppose I will be watching that tonight. Sheâs been better about putting up with the westerns so I guess I owe her one!
The Hallelujah Trail is on Encore tonight. Might just watch that, although Iâm tempted to put something in the player.
Watched the late, great Roy Scheider last night in one of my alltime favorites - âSorcerer.â Never have understood the title though. Why didnât they keep the title of the original, âWages of Fear?â âSorcererâ wasnât even Scheiderâs truck in the movie.
Need to see this one!
The Bounty Killer with Tomas Milian. Sounds after great fun! 
Just finished watching Carnimeoâs Holy God Itâs the Passatore. Iâve always thought that this is a western but it wasnât, itâs set in Italy. Slapstick comedy in style of Crazy Bunch. Awful film.
Apologies Bill - my fault ⌠but then again I thought it shit as well!
EDIT - having said that - well choreographed and it canât be all bad (I have still to sell it on ebay ;))
I watched THE KINGDOM (2006, Peter Berg)
A rather silly action movie about a team of four American specialists investigating a terrorist attack on an American Compound in Saoudi Arabia
Cliche-ridden and highly improbable, but there are some redeeming qualities
The opening scene sketches the history of Saoudi Arabia very well and viewers get a good idea of how things work (or donât work) in this Arab country where a corrupt military and an fundamentalist opposition are the only real social forces.
People who have ever been in an Arab country will know that itâs even difficult to get a new stamp in your passport, so investigating a crime in which representatives may or may not be involved, must be nearly impossible
Those who have some knowledge of Arabic, will notice that most Saoudiâs in this movie speak with a Libanese accent: theyâre played by Druzen, an islamic sect (with pro-Israeli sympathies) living near the Israeli-Libanese border
[quote=âscherpschutter, post:1277, topic:372â]I watched THE KINGDOM (2006, Peter Berg)
A rather silly action movie about a team of four American specialists investigating a terrorist attack on an American Compound in Saoudi Arabia
Cliche-ridden and highly improbable, but there are some redeeming qualities
The opening scene sketches the history of Saoudi Arabia very well and viewers get a good idea of how things work (or donât work) in this Arab country where a corrupt military and an fundamentalist opposition are the only real social forces.
People who have ever been in an Arab country will know that itâs even difficult to get a new stamp in your passport, so investigating a crime in which representatives may or may not be involved, must be nearly impossible
Those who have some knowledge of Arabic, will notice that most Saoudiâs in this movie speak with a Libanese accent: theyâre played by Druzen, an islamic sect (with pro-Israeli sympathies) living near the Israeli-Libanese border[/quote]
I didnât care much for this one, myself.
One curious thing to note about itâŚ
Most people think they shot this film strictly in Abu Dhabi, UAE. But, the bulk of the movie was done here in Arizona. And all the beach scenes were done in Puerto Penasco, Mexico!
âhad to edit my post for some big misspellings! :
Yesterday I âfellâ into Der Untergang which was broadcasted. It is about the last days of Hitler in his FĂźhrerbunker.
Very impressive to see how people behave when their lives as they know it will become hopeless. Flying away in any way you can.
To see a mother killing children, amongst them 1 of her own. Itâs chilling when you have children yourself and you canât imagine doing a thing like that yourself.
I wonder if such a movie could be made like it is without the sixties decade where european films broke through the traditional way of film making of Hollywood? I personally think that films from then on became more realistic.
Watched Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia yesterday. Everything until the graveyard scene was just OK, but after that the movie really became incredible, emotional and filled with tension. Warren Oates performance was genius in my opinion. I definitely loved that one after all.