No Country For Old Men Spoiler Warning!!!! Okay, I've just seen No Country For Old Men, and I wanted to post my thoughts about it. In the beginning, you really feel that the whole thing is kind of a straight up western- but in the last section of the movie, it becomes clear how metaphorical the movie is, how everything in it may just be a dream in Tommy Lee Jones' head, his struggle with aging and mortality. At first, I really wanted to see the villain, Anton Chigurh, get taken out. I thought "No man is impossible to kill or escape! And more importantly- I know it's the 70's and all, but that hair! So awful! This dude has to go DOWN!" But then, after the movie took it's big left turn with the death of who we *think* is the main character, I started to think about the movie more symbolically, what the weaponry of Chigurh- the pressurized cow killer- might represent in the mind of Tommy Lee Jones, what all the cryptic cross references might mean. And then it dawned on me: = For those who don't know, the dude in the second picture is Death in Ingmar Bergman's classic the Seventh Seal. It all makes sense: Chigurh's awful hair is in fact his cowl, together with his all black clothing evoiking the shrowd of death. He is death incarnate. Take it a step further- his esoteric weapon, the pressurized cow killer is not a martial weapon, but a practical tool like the scythe of the classical grim reaper. When I was looking for an image of Chigurh, I ran across this poster for the movie. Look at the tag line: There are no clean getaways from death itself, indeed. Think of the characters in the movie that "always say the same thing"- bargaining uselessly with death as we all inevitably will in our darkest moments. Now, my take on the movie isn't fully formed. I really have to see it again- it's the rare movie that I see, good or bad, that I don't feel like I fully understand on a single viewing. But this is one, and I want to go back fully armed with my theory and see if I find elements to support it. Also- I have to admit to not actually having seen the Seventh Seal- I just recognized the imagery. Anyone who has seen it have anything to add here? And what do you all think in general? Discuss. P.S. I wonder if Chigurh or elements of Anton Chigurh means anything in another language . . .

Make sure you sit through the animator talking to get through to an amazing and appropriately creepy animated video for one of my favorite Peter Green songs, Green Manalishi.

I can take or leave Stevie Nicks era Fleetwood Mac (though I think Lindsay Buckingham is very talented) but I LOVE Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac! Jimmy has sited The Mac as an influence, and I think there's plenty to inspire a Zep fan Green's work. Here are some vids - more to come! Rattlesnake Shake Oh Well A lot of people have pointed out the similarities between Oh Well and Black Dog, see what you think . . .