ROCK AND ROLL!

I've been indulging in some of my favorite rock movies lately: High Fidelity, About a Boy, Wayne's World, the Wedding Singer, School of Rock and even Airheads.

Now, High Fidelity and About a Boy both deal in deeper matters, and that's the cool part about Nick Hornby's books. They take the everyday, examine it, and just make it cool. It's also good for thinking about the human condition and all that rot. It's all in the brilliant writing in the original novels that translate extremely well into those two films (however much they were changed, distilled, and otherwise distorted to put together a cohesive story that would work well on film.) They're great, really. And High Fidelity should be required viewing for almost. . . well anyone.

The others movies are the visual equivalent to a brilliant pop song. Mostly useless, sometimes a bit novelty, but something you that will make you smile. Airheads is about what's cool about Rock'n'Roll. You might suck, you might have been a dweeb, but still, in the end it's all about "ROCK AND ROLL!" (Hell, School of Rock examines the power of rock and how it changes lives. And it does. Really.)

Sometimes, it's all about one great song or one great show that will people will remember.

Here's a little collection of You Tube postings having to do with most of those movies.