Strike Twelve are punk rock band from Southern California and this is their full length album containing 14 songs of nineties influenced melodic punk/skate punk and if I must compare it to some other band it would be Pennywise, but more melodic than Pennywise. Vocals are great so melodic and sweet but backing vocal harmonies are superb too, just check out ‘Brother’, one of my personal highlights on this record. There are some reggae influences in that song and they fit perfectly to the song. This is more nineties influenced skate punk with less philosophy yet at the same time technical, fast and having also pure mid tempo punk rock songs, wicked bass solo and this all would be nothing without great musicianship. Other songs I must mention as my highlights would be ‘Not a Phase’, ‘Baseball Bat’, ‘Isn’t the Same’. I listened this album couple of times in a row, so it was really hard for me to stand out some favorite songs because album as a whole is one big hit and it will melt your face off with melodic punk.
Monthly Archives: October 2023
(review) Mollygogo – ‘Living Under Influence’
Norway is not only land of metal and fjords, but it also has excellent punk rock scene and Mollygogo are from Bergen, Norway. These guys play melodic punk mixed with ska and reggae parts not unlike bands like Mad Caddies, Less Than Jake and similar. Music is fast and up tempo with many not only ska parts but straightforward melodic punk rock faster parts and just makes you move along with it while listening to this fine record. Saxophone only enriches the sound and makes songs already rich with melody and emotion even richer. Main vocals are excellent, just enough deep and melodic not to be too mellow or snotty, I love it, even reminded me a bit of Chuck Robertson of Mad Caddies in couple of songs like for example ‘St.Lucia’, which is one of my personal favorites on this release. Backing vocal and harmonies sung by other guys fit perfectly to the songs and even made goosebumps on my skin couple of times while listening to the album. There are eleven songs on this little beauty. Lyrics are mainly personal but some can be read between the lines like awesome ‘Peace Talks in Beirut’. I also can say that ‘Famous Last Words’, ‘Only Way’ and ‘Marie’ are highlights for me on this album. This is one of better albums I have listened to in last couple of months.
(movie – action) Red Notice(2021)
Oduvijek sam volio Dwayne The Rock Johnsona, još od njegovih wrestling dana pa sve do karijere akcijske zvijezde koju je stvorio. Jako sam se veselio ovom Netflixovom filmu, pošto je postava odlična, obožavam Gal Gadot, a ni Ryan Reynolds mi nije mrzak. Ovo je klasičan heist/action/adventure buddy buddy film kojem se radnja proteže od ruskih bespuća, preko Balija, džungle, napuštenog nacističkog bunkera u džungli sa skrivenim blagom, uglavnom film je šaren i vrlo gledljiv. Naši protagonisti su prevaranti koji traže tri artefakta, jaja, kako bi ih prodali dalje. Proganja ih Interpol i profesionalni kriminalci, trgovci oružjem.
E, sada imamo problem. Film je jednostavno akcijska razbibriga i ne očekuješ ovdje neku dublju filozofiju, no svejedno si misliš da je film ipak malo mrvicu dublja priča od ove jednostavnosti i nije me baš oduševio, nakon što sam pogledao film osjećao sam se kao da sam pojeo recimo McDonaldsov hamburger, jestivo, ali prazno nekako. Ostavljen je prostor za nastavak odnosno za cijelu franšizu na kraju filma, Ima nekih upečatljivih momenata kao jurnjava pod zemljom sa starim nacističkim vozilima, koja me na neki način i u nekim momentima podsjetila na onu poznatu jurnjavu u rudarskim kolicima u drugom Indiani Jonesu, možda je namjerno to napravljeno kao hommage imam neki osjećaj, ali možda sam to samo ja i varam se. Uglavnom film je zabavan, pitak i dobar, no mislio sam da će biti nešto još bolje prema trailerima i najavama. Ima momenata da se nasmiješ, vrtoglave akcije i dobrih zabavnih doskočica.
Zaključak: 7/10 sjekira – film je dopadljiv, gledljiv i zabavan način za potrošiti gotovo dva sata vremena. No, što se mene tiče, mogao je biti puno puno bolji.


