Election noise pollution
Rainbow, Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia, 4 May 2010.
I cannot wait for this election to be over so I can hear myself think again. Every morning I am awakened by campaign vans roaming the neighborhood, blaring campaign jingles. We are exhorted to vote for their candidates to the tune of Bad Romance, We Will Rock You, Pokerface, You Spin Me Round and other pop hits, and what is the probability that the campaigning politicians actually got permission from Lady Gaga, Queen, Dead or Alive and the other copyright owners? FILSCAP, ASCAP, whoever is in charge, I hope you’re monitoring this. As for the noise pollution and the violation of our human right not to be awakened by campaign jingles causing the building to vibrate, we’re on our own.
Sometimes the vans park near my place and try to drown each other out. The funny thing is, I recognize the melodies but the sound quality is so bad I can’t make out the name of the politician on sale. It’s louder than Iron Man 2, except that Iron Man 2 is fun.
Speaking of which, I finally saw the movie yesterday. My friend says Robert Downey Jr makes narcissism sexy. Are you kidding? Robert Downey Jr could make not being sexy sexy. He can do anything! Please, he made Sherlock Holmes watchable. I’d like to see him in another romantic comedy—he was brilliant in Chances Are, Heart and Souls, and Only You, it’s the vehicles that let him down.
Mickey Rourke with a Russian accent is a great villain, but my favorite scuzzball is Sam Rockwell as Tony Stark’s competitor, a clueless man just dying to be cool.
Answers to questions you might be asking, unless you wandered onto this site purely by accident >>>
May 8th, 2010 at 14:43
I love RDJ. His character in Only You loves trees. I love trees.
Ivan Vanko: “That’s not my bord.”
May 8th, 2010 at 17:43
The characters played by Samuel Jackson and Scarlet Johanssen are both unnecessary. Audi and Rolls Royce paid a lot for the appearance and the use of their cars,yes?Also, how did Mickey Rourke manage to build his own iron machine without any obvious access to equipment from his financier?