According to a survey by comparedownload.com:

A male from the UK on average owns 292 music albums, 49% of respondents admitted to illegal downloads and say more than 50% of their music collections consists of pirated music.

A UK woman owns on average 221 albums. Only 29% admitted to illegal downloads.

(Source: nme.com)

Wow that’s a lot of music! These high numbers are probably because CDs are cheaper in the UK than here in SA.

This makes me wonder:

How many music albums do South Africans own?

How many of these are original CDs

Admittedly, I don’t have a big CD collection. I usually just listen to the radio or pod-casts… and sometimes I put the songs from my CDs onto my mp3 player.

I also think it’s pretty cool that you can download albums directly from the artist these days, which makes it cool if you can play mp3s, but don’t have a CD player. I haven’t done this yet, but I think I might do this next time, instead of buying CDs, especially when it comes to rare albums or ones that aren’t available in SA stores

LARRY:
I know who you are. I love you. I love everything about you that hurts.

***

DAN:
I’m sort of… journalist.

ALICE:
What sort?

DAN:
I write obituaries.

***

DAN:
(About Larry)
So, he’s a dermatologist. Can you get more boring than that?

ANNA:
Obiturist?

DAN:
Failed novelist, please

Movie: Closer (2004)
Script: Patrick Marber (based on his play)
Director: Mike Nichols
Dan: Jude Law
Alice: Natalie Portman
Anna: Julia Roberts.
Larry: Clive Owen

Today is the birthday of British film director/ writer/ producer Guy Richie.

“I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn’t like the film – fair cop. Others, I think, didn’t understand it.”
~Guy Richie

Guy Stuart Ritchie as born on 10 September 1968 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. He dropped out of school at 15.

He got a job as a runner (an errand runner on film and TV sets). He was a fast learner and soon started directing music videos and commercials.

He wrote and directed his first short movie A Hard Case (1995) which was a prequel to his hit feature debut film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (2000). Lock Stock won him a (best director) Tokyo Film Festival award and a (best new filmmaker) MTV movie award.

He then made my favourite Richie film: Snatch (2000). The movie is hilarious and violent and features popular actors like Brad Pitt,Benico Del Toro and Jason Statham. Richie won the Empire “Best British Director” award for the brilliant movie. It was very successful at the box office. I have watched this flick several times

Guy Richie is perhaps more famous for his marriage to Madonna, which has since folded, than for his films. In 2002 he cast his wife as the leading lady in a remake of the 1974 Lina Wertmüller film Swept Away. He won a “worst director” Razzie for this box-office flop. Not surprisingly, it was ill received by critics and disappointed his fans. I think this movie sucks big time. I thougt I’d buck the trend and give it a rave review… but then I actually watched it… and I just could not. Watching it only once was more than enough. Luckily I waited for it to be on TV, so there was no money lost.

He also directed:

• Star (2001) – Short
• Revolver (2005)
• Suspect (2007) – TV
• Rock n Rolla (2008)

His latest film is Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey Jnr, which will be released this year. I look forward to seeing this movie. Judging from the trailers: it looks awesome!

Happy Birthday Guy! I think I’ll pop Snatch into the DVD player tonight and have a good laugh.

Filmography: IMDB
Photo Credit: Albert L. Ortega / PR Photos

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BULLET TOOTH TONY:
Boris the Blade? As in Boris the Bullet-Dodger?

AVI:
Why do they call him the Bullet-Dodger?

BULLET TOOTH TONY:
‘Cause he dodges bullets, Avi.

Movie: Snatch
Avi: Dennis Farina
Tony: Vinnie Jones
Director & Screenplay: Guy Richie