With autumn fast approaching, what better time to re-explore a band absolutely made for the time of year when leaves pale and crackle. Every song on “Broom,” which is set to be re-released in a remastered form, with dynamite new artwork on Polyvinyl Records next month, captures that odd sense of cyclic human emotion. Written primarily about a college romance gone south, it’s full of the memories of good times and bad and holds with it a tenderness that is fairly timeless. Please introduce yourselves to these lads before the crowd around them gets thousands deep. Here’s what captivated the “nice people from Missouri” last week. – Sean Moeller

This is William Lincoln Knauer, guitar extraordinaire from the local Springfield indie pop band Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

I will tell you about something I experienced that falls into your “watched” category. However, as my daily life usually prohibits “interesting things” from happening, I will take a slightly different approach to your query and list five interesting things about my one category.

The movie I watched was “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” and I want to tell you why I think it’s the best movie ever.

1) Acting. When people make “movies,” they hire ordinary people who have become “actors” and “actresses” (they pretend to be other people for a living) to play fictitious characters in their stories. This is not the case with “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” starring Geena Davis and Sam Jackson. The instant those two walked on set together the cameramen had to do nothing but follow them, as they honest to goodness became the living embodiment of their roles. They were not acting. They were becoming. They were denouncing reality and creating their own, and that reality was “The Long Kiss Goodnight” (Renny Harlin, 1996).

2) Sexy. Genna Davis’s character (who only existed mere moments before becoming reality) was a government operated assassin before a fight left her with amnesia. In her new life she has forgotten any knowledge of this, and is instead a sweet school teacher with a family and an appreciation for the simple things in life. In this image of her we see classic Davis. Long flowing red hair that speaks in unison with her matching lips as her signature mole is a laser light that burns into my retina for all time. But when this one guy tortures her by tying her hands and legs to an old water wheel and dunking her in water while she wears white see-through lingerie, she remembers her past and shoots him. From here on she is her old self! She smokes cigarettes and cuts her hair, dying it blonde and dons dark eye shadow. It’s time for hooker-mode, and boy is it hot. Wielding guns and taking care of herself, she drinks vodka and kills a lot.

3) Rainy Day. This is a perfect movie for a rainy day when you don’t want to go out. I found myself escaping reality in a way I’d never thought possible when I put this tape in my VHS player. The rain muffled the sounds of screaming and chemical bombs exploding, leaving my neighbors care-free and unconcerned.

4) Dialogue. The characters spoke to each other in what movie people refer to as “dialogue.” Sam Jackson’s “dialogue” involved lots of the f-word.

5) Google image search. When I typed in “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” I had fun for almost two minutes.

From drummer/songwriter Philip Dickey… These are my five favorite songs by Jonathan Bentley last week and this week.
1. “Whatever You Want (No Ceiling, No Sky)”
I like it when he says “Whatever you want/I’ll be cool for you.” I don’t think that’s possible.
2. “Stockton Town”
It’s a song about a real small town in Missouri that got hit by a tornado. I like Stockton because you can see the whole town from one hill.
3. “Look Away”
Not my favorite song, but I just realized what the words were in the second verse and I think it’s a cool rhyme – “All the trees bow/To the misery of old King Kong/And smithereens surround/All that he’s done wrong.”
4. “Flowers in The Wood”
It has my favorite line. You know…”You’re retarded and a little bit poison-hearted.”
5. “Dog Cart”
This song is actually by Wharf. It’s three horrible chords, but it works. They really push that dog in the cart on this one.

From John Robert Cardwell… “I discovered YouTube this week, and found a very rad video of The Kinks playing ‘Victoria’ on TV in like ‘73. Ray doesn’t even play guitar, just slinks around in cocaine glee. It’s also real sped up and they have a fucking horn section. Also, a great one of Booker T and the MGs doing ‘Green Onions.’ Saw a movie called ‘Elevator to the Gallows.’ It’s French new wave starring Jeanne Moreau, who was hot. Started reading The Coup by John Updike. One interesting thing I’ve seen from the window of my brand new apartment was a man, maybe a pimp, maybe not, slapping his lady around and yelling at her while her girlfriend jumped on his back. Hot time in the city!”

The Smashing 4-song SSLYBY Daytrotter Session

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