This Week At Dontmindme.com - July 1, 2001

This week there isn't a particularly consistent theme, but I am doing a couple of items based around one movie. If anyone has any suggestions for themes, or links, or whatever, e-mail me or better yet, hit the forum.

Song of the Week: This song is recent and a reasonably big hit, although from a fairly new and emerging band. The song is "Astounded" by Bran Van 3000. I can't really classify this, but I really like it. And the Bran Van is from Montreal, and it's fitting that I feature a Canadian band on Canada Day, even if the aforementioned Canadian band is on US label.

Link of the Week: Say perhaps you want to find out more information on Bran Van 3000. Where would you go to find this information? The answer is the All Music Guide, located at www.allmusic.com. A great resource for information on all things musical.

Quote of the Week: "How do you shoot the devil in the back? What if you miss?" — Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects. This naturally leads me to the. . .

DVD of the Week: In case you haven't guessed, the DVD of the week is The Usual Suspects. If you haven't seen this brilliant film, well, I'm not going to recommend you run out and watch it, because this movie will disturb a lot of people. The violence is considerable, and the strong language is ubiquitous. That aside, this is an amazing film. It was only nominated for two Academy Awards (and won both, I should add), which is a bit of a surprise, considering Babe, Apollo 13, and Sense and Sensibility were nominated for Best Picture in the same year. So, if you aren't easily offended, and are up for a cinematic near-masterpiece, check out The Usual Suspects. It's a movie you'll have to watch more than once.