2000s Disco-Pop Tracks Under Neon: "Hung Up" by Madonna (2005)

Jazz/Blues/RnB/Funk/Soul Under Neon: "Up From the South" by The Budos Band (2005)

The Last Days of House Under Neon: "In My Arms" by Mylo (2005)

Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'The Baxter' (2005)

Movie: The Baxter (2005)
Director: Michael Showalter
My Rating: 6.9/10 Stars ******'

This movie is funny and worth checking out once. Nerdy and stable Elliot (Showalter, also the Director) seems to have the curse of getting into relationships with women, who then end up reuniting with their ex-boyfriends and running off with them. He calls himself a 'Baxter' due to this happening to him multiple times during his young adult life. Check this one out if you are looking for a light-hearted romantic comedy. 

The Last Days Of House (weekly edition): 'Doctor Pressure' by Mylo vs. Miami Sound Machine (2005)

And now for another edition of The Last Days Of House we have a legendary mashup-track from 2005 called Doctor Pressure, by Scottish record producer/DJ Mylo. This is without a doubt one my personal top 20 house tracks of all time, and it was originally released as a bonus track on the 2005 re-release DJ Mylo's Destroy Rock & Roll album. This track involves the 1984 track Dr. Beat by American band Miami Sound Machine, and it has been mashed together with Mylo's 2004 house-track Drop the Pressure. 
The version being featured here is the Dirty Club Remix, so be sure to check that out.

The Last Days of House Weekly: 'My My My' by Armand Van Helden (2005)

This weekly back-issue of The Last Days of House shuffle goes to to American record producer/DJ/remixer Armand Van Helden and his 2004 club hit My My My. Armand Van Helden hails out of Boston, Massachusetts, USA and has been active in the music biz circa 1990. My My My was released in 2005 on Helden's Nympho album where it peaked at #2 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart that year. More house tracks to come...

A Brief Movie Review for 'The Girl In The Cafe' (2005)

Movie = The Girl In The Cafe (2005)

Director = David Yates

Rating = 5/5 Stars *****

Excellent film, and one that actually has an important message to it too! You think this is a love story for the first half of the film, only to realize that there is much more to it which directly addresses the issue of inequality and all of its effects on the human world. Also great acting by the whole cast, Bill Nighy is always great, and Kelly Macdonald does a great job....hint, you can catch them both on the British TV Drama State of Play which was also good.

Brief Movie Review for "Kung Fu Hustle" (2005)

4/5 STARS ****

Una peli magnifica! Quite an entertaining and interesting story. A couple of young and clumsy Chinese lads make their best attempt to join the infamous "axe gang," but in the meantime they stir up a lot of trouble in their hometown which leads to some interesting developments. Lots of action and insights. I am interested in seeing more movies like this for sure. If you like martial arts movies that aren't too serious, than you will enjoy this flick.

Brief Movie Review for "Down to the Bone" (2005)

4/5 STARS ****
Very realistic, and an educational story about what I believe is probably the experience for most people in modern society who are not wealthy or well educated and who rely on drugs to numb their pain, although the wealthy and educated spend just as much time if not more, on drugs and alcohol to numb their own inner-conflicts and insecurities in life. The story is about a mother who works at kmart and is also a drug addict, and everyone in her life are also drug addicts. Drugs and alcohol can turn off some of the mind's constant fear-mongering and harassment, but it really is a trap in of itself, and the only way to really quiet one's mind (without destroying one's own body and life) is to put a lot of time and effort into facing issues that one does not want to face, but must if healing is ever to occur, and then to once the majority of one's issues have been at least accepted and surrendered to, then one can start to work at cultivating a quiet/peaceful mind...a theory anyways.