Hard Sun

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When I walk beside her, I am the better man
When I look to leave her, I always stagger back again
Once I built an ivory tower, so I could worship from above
When I climbed down to be set free, she took me in again

There’s a big… a big, hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world

When she comes to greet me, she is mercy at my feet
Yeah, when I see her pin her charm, she just throws it back at me
Once I dug an early grave, to find a better land
She just smiled and laughed at me, and took her blues back again

There’s a big… a big hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world
Aw, there’s a big… a big hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world

When I go to cross that river, she is comfort by my side
When I try to understand, she just opens up her hands

There’s a big… a big hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world

Once I stood to lose her, when I saw what I had done
Bowed down and threw away the hours of her garden and her sun
So I tried to warn her, I turned to see her weep
Forty days and forty nights, and it’s still comin’ down on me

There’s a big… a big hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world
Aw, there’s a big… a big hard sun
Beating on the big people, in the big hard world

{oh there’s a big… a big hard sun…
beating on the big people, in the big hard world} x5
Eddie Vedder
feat. Corin Tucker
Into the Wild
Release: 2007
Lyrics: Gordon Peterson
Music: Indio

HOORAY!

Just got back from an eventful….weekend with the bros. from Tau Delta Kappa whilst attending the wedding of Matt and Julie. Everybody had a lotta fun, particularly the 8-year old who made about four trips to the keg and the bartender who liked to dance for nickels. Throw in eight dirty old men, an elderly woman dancing on the bar, two roast pigs, and a technically-challenged DJ and you’ve got a recipe for nonstop fun and hilarity. Congratulations to Matt and Julie!

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Keg Kid

The Bourne Ultimatum | A

director: Paul Greengrass
starring: Matt Damon, Joan Allen, David Strathairn, Julia Stiles, Albert Finney, Scott Glenn

BourneThe first two Bourne flicks brought new life to the genre of “taut action thrillers,” placing an emphasis on realism despite managing to “wow” the audience with non-stop action and suspense in the form of frenetic hand-to-hand combat, rooftop acrobatics and heart-pounding car chases. The term “realism” wouldn’t seem synonymous with said brawls or car chases in a Hollywood action flick, but therein lies the reason for the success of these movies–everything is ground in reality. And while you’re liable to see things in The Bourne Ultimatum you’ve never seen before, there never comes a point where you’ll say, “that’s impossible” and chalk it up to Hollywood digital effects or trick camera shots.

Speaking of camera shots, let’s get the one “negative” out of the way: the oft-maligned “shaky-cam,” wherein most of director Paul Greengrass’ shots are handheld. While it gives the director a lot more freedom in terms of shot-making, it also means you’re not going to see steadicam or fixed shots of two characters talking to each other, or smooth panning shots of action sequences. It’s down and dirty, and doesn’t work for everyone. The camera work will undoubtedly turn a lot of people off, but I’m a fan of the technique. It gets the audience right in there with the characters, whether in the midst of a bare-knuckle brawl or a tense conversation between two people. Unfortunately, many people will dislike the film because of it, to their loss.

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Everything in Between

A nice, unexpected surprise on a Monday: new Pearl Jam! This showed up out of the blue today; leaked from an “internal promo disc” used during the production of the band’s rarities album, Lost Dogs (2003). So it’s not “new,” necessarily, but the public-at-large hasn’t heard it ’til today, so that’s enough of a qualifier to call it as such.

Here’s the full tracklist, most of which is already available in stores (and is thus not presented in audio form below):

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