My Favorite 100 Films at 32

Heres my list. There's many good films left off and some I've merely forgotten. But this is a good list for my favorite films at 32 years of age. Please comment with recommendations.

100. Wild At Heart-Lynch

99. What's Eating Gilbert Grape-Hallstrom

98. The Beales of Grey Gardens-Maysles Brothers

97. Burden of Dreams-Blanks

96. Danton-Wajda

95. Don't Look Back-Pennebaker

94. Simon of the Desert-Bunuel

93. Harakiri-Kobayashi

92. Werchmeister Harmonies-Tarr

91. Howl's Moving Castle-Miyazaki

90. School of Rock-Linklater

89. Raising Arizona-Cohen

88. Blow Up-Antonioni

87. Mademoiselle-Richardson

86. How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman-dos Santos

85. Lucifer Rising-Anger

84. Cleo from 5 to 7-Varda

83. Fando y Lis-Jodorowski

82. Heartworn Highways-Szalapski

81. Raging Bull-Scorsese

80. Before Night Falls-Schnabel

79. The General-Keaton

78. 8 1/2-Felini

77. Rushmore-Anderson

76. Blue Velvet-Lynch

75. There Will Be Blood-Anderson

74. Paris Texas-Wenders

73. Masculine Feminine-Godard

72. Hiroshima Mon Amour-Resnais

71. Mala Noche-Van Sant

70. The Elephant Man-Lynch

69. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia-Peckinpah

68. Dr. Strangelove-Kubrick

67. The Thin Red Line-Malick

66. Band of Outsiders-Godard

65. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-Gilliam

64. Aguire Wrath of God-Herzog

63. Persona-Bergman

62. Down By Law-Jarmusch

61. Jesus' Son-Maclean

60. La Strada-Felini

59. Seven Samurai-Kirusawa

58. L'Age D'Or-Bunuel

57. The Gleaners and I-Varda

56. The Last Wave-Wier

55. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou-Anderson

54. Empire of Passion-Oshima

53. Gummo-Korine

52. Blood Wedding-Suara

51. Edward Sissorhands-Burton

50. Veronica Voss-Fassbinder

49. Brand Upon the Brain-Maddin

48. Brazil-Gilliam

47. Haxan-Christenson

46. McCabe and Mrs. Miller-Altman

45. This is Spinal Tap-Reiner

44. My Own Private Idaho-Van Sant

43. Stalker-Tarkovsky

42. Alphaville-Godard

41. Pat Garret and Billy the Kid-Peckinpah

40. Breathless-Godard

39. F is for Fake-Welles

38. Satantango-Tarr

37. 3 Women-Altman

36. Sweet Movie-Makavejev

35. Dead Man-Jarmusch

34. Quest for Fire-Annaud

33. The Marriage of Maria Bruan-Fassbinder

32. The Big Lebowski-Cohen

31. Spirit of the Beehive-Erice

30. The Exterminating Angel-Bunuel

29. The Mirror-Tarkovsky

28. General Idi Amin Dada-Schroeder

27. Fitzcarraldo-Herzog

26. The Limits of Control-Jarmusch

25. Passion of Joan of Arc-Dryer

24. La Vallee-Schroeder

23. Eraserhead-Lynch

22. Le Jetee-Marker

21. Solaris-Tarkovsky

20. Ali Fear Eats the Soul-Fassbinder

19. Andre Rublev-Tarkovsky

18. The Badlands-Malick

17. Weekend-Godard

16. Bottlerocket-Anderson

15. The Sacrifice-Tarkovsky

14. Synechdoche New York-Kaufman

13. Stroszek-Herzog

12. The Double Life of Veronique-Kieslowski

11. El Topo-Jodorowski

10. Shoot the Piano Player-Truffaut

9. My Life to Live-Godard

8. Jules and Jim-Truffaut

7. Holy Mountain-Jodorowky

6. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner-Herzog

5. Pierrot Le Fou-Godard

4. Vagabond-Varda

3. 400 Blows-Truffaut

2. San Soleil-Marker

1. Inland Empire-Lynch

DEATH

LOVE

LYNCH

Psychedelic Mix----"Pyramid Texts"

I've been making mix cds for my wife for years. While listening to The Velvet Underground song "Ocean," I thought to myself, "well this would sure make a good first song on a psychedelic mix for Heather!" This is the mix I made her, with notes on each song.

1. OCEAN-The Velvet Underground

The whole song is great but it is one of the best vocal tracks ever by one of the most powerful vocalists ever. Lou Reed knows when to talk, when to sing and when to shout. I love when he chants "Here come the waves!" toward the end of the track. That song must be about heroin. Right?

2. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE BEFORE-Roky Erickson

My new favorite musician. He's from Austin and was the singer for The 13th Floor Elevators (great band name) that was popular in the 60's. Their tune "You are gonna miss me," begins the movie High Fidelity which we re-watched recently. There's a good documentary about Roky you can get from Netflix too.

3. MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON-The Grateful Dead

I love the Grateful Dead. I would bet that most of my friends do not. This is a great acoustic psychedelic song . Hi Ho the Carrion Crow Folderolderiddle!

4. THE RED TELEPHONE-Love

I first heard this song in the film Taking Woodstock. Its cute and weird.

5. LITTLE WHEEL SPIN AND SPIN-Buffy Saint-Marie

Another folky one. I almost put her cover of Leonard Cohen's "God is Alive."

6. THE RED QUEEN-Pink Floyd

I liked the Alice in Wonderland (one of my favorite books) theme to this song and that its from the film Zabriski Point by Antonioni. I still haven't seen that movie.

7. SEMI GREY CHORUS-Pregnant

By one of my good friends Daniel. A very psychedelic guy. He has a very psychedelic partner too in Jocelyn of Alak. Most psychedelic couple?

8. BIG EYED BEANS FROM VENUS-Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

Heather doesn't really like the Captain but I put it on there anyway. I did recently find her enjoying his song My Head is My Only House Unless it Rains. Anyhow, I love this song and thought she would like its humor. "Men let your wallets flog out/ and women open up your purses/Because a man or a woman without a big eyed bean from venus/Is sufferin' from the worstes' of curses. I also like the line "Earth people around the circle."

9. I'M SET FREE-The Velvet Underground

I beautiful song that's not very psychedelic but I know Heather loves it.

10. WITCH MOUNTAIN BRIDGE-Stephen Malkamus and the Jicks

11. 1983 (A MERMAN I SHALL TURN TO BE)-Jimi Hendrix

Great guitar riff and merman lyrics.

12. KINGS CROSSING-Elliot Smith

Intense song.

13. SANTA FE-Bob Dylan and the Band

Old Weird era Dylan from the Basement Tapes out-takes. I think he's making this song up on the spot.

14. HOMECOMING QUEEN-Sparklehorse

This song gives a little shout-out to Andre Breton and the Surrealists via the "Ramblin on magnetic fields" line. The French Surrealist movement being some kind of precursor to the whole psychedelic movement in Rock n Roll. Interestingly, the Surrealists hated Rock n Roll. But they hated a lot of things.

15. RIDE INTO THE SUN-The Velvet Underground

It's hard to live in the city. So true.

Roky Erickson flyer.

A painting by Don Van Vliet.

I'm already planning another similar mix cd for Heather that should feature music by Alak, David Lynch, 13th Floor Elevators, the Beatles, Hexlove and others. Heather says there's a resurgence in psychedelia around our household. We got a nice Paul Klee print and sometimes things get a little strange around here. I recently watched a documentary about the history of the movement. They had famous rock stars trying to define the word psychedelic. I won't try. Also, the Pyramid Texts are hieroglyphics found on ancient tombs in Egypt. They are the oldest known sacred writings.

Maelstrom's Heart-Cutups and Rorschachs

BREATH THE VERY BREATH By Ernest Hemingway

From time to time

Since the Beginning of time

more and more.

Three things, without which man could not live

WATER-WATER-WATER

Yes! yes!

Untitled

He points to a sky

Bolbous, golden flowers

"Things were out of whack,"

spiders-everywhere spiders

like seashells on black sand.

The ground was black and the woods were

magical to the Apache who used to drink here.

All dreams are Triggered by radar Joan

John completed this dream in his diary as followed:

Prince Phillip, pretend you're doing the Twist!

It was wonderful watching her impersonate a hooker.

The desert starts to bloom.

Pussycats and fascinating women

and Jean Harlow end up together in Hell.

Do you folks realize you're on a milk train?

THE HOUNDS OF HELL

High in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming in a cloud of bad. A low-slung pistol more truly sexy to the tip of the wing. Hostile cities with monster battering rams mounted on wheels we need for our health. You killed yourself with a heart attack, it was the "right" whale to kill.

The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves...

The batlike manta ray is one of the most frightening-looking of the bottom of the sea, powerful fins for swimming. Our way to Magic Mountain the ocean is also home.

A Band History-Pt 1-Seabirds Castaway Heart

This band started in summer of 2005 when Scott Sowa asked Darin Spring (then Darin Coelho) to form an opening band for a show at the Cozmic Cafe. Labeled as Loomfixer and Friends, it featured Justin Haney on drums and bass, Jacob Mingle on guitar and vocals, Scott Sowa on vocals, guitar and drums, Ruebi Lynn Freya on banjo, guitar and vocals, Adie Beatty on keyboards and vocals and Darin Coelho on guitar, banjo and vocals.

We had a lot of fun rehearsing at Scott's old house by the American River. We drank Miller Highlife mostly and recorded one practice that I still listen too from time to time. Justin's drumbeat on Adie's song "Ghost Town" is truly amazing.

That first show at the Cozmic we opened for Scott's other band San Similar. Our second or third show we ended up opening for one of my favorite musicians ever, Karl Blau. I think we played twice at the Cozmic, once at Luna's Cafe, once at the N St house and our final show was again at the Cozmic but only Scott, Jacob and I made that one.

The band's name came from a word game that Jacob, Adie and I were playing. Some of us liked that name a lot. Others, not so much.

Songs I remember playing; Clifford Lee and Banjo on Fire by Ruebi, True Love by Scott, Thoughts and Gods by Jacob, Ghost Towns and Holy Ghost by Adie and she also covered the Daniel Dale Johnson song The Sun Shines Down on Me. We also played some of my songs. The Fish Can Sing and Hell is a Place among them.

All of us still play music thankfully. I'm playing a show with Ruebi this Saturday and a in a band with Jacob still. I also play in Adie's band Coal Beautiere sometimes. Justin plays in The Pretty Littles, Los Webelos and Soft Devil. Scott still has San Similar playing sold out shows from time to time and Jacob does Treesus and other bands featured in Parts 2 and 3 of this blog.

HOPE

In the eternal struggle of darkness and light, good and evil, this and that; I am rooting for the underdog.