Scott Hurff

merlin: debbiestier: yourebeautiful: (via ache)

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:35:27 -0500

merlin:

debbiestier:

yourebeautiful:

(via ache)

lolz

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:34:41 -0500

lolz

still love this photo

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:10:13 -0500

still love this photo

I think European car companies should get into the business of...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:52:14 -0500

I think European car companies should get into the business of “re-issuing” their classic designs, instead of refactoring them. Wouldn’t you buy this from BMW?

nevver:

HotWheels

from a country that’s no longer there nevver: DDR

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:50:59 -0500

from a country that’s no longer there

nevver:

DDR

Love Facebook’s new HQ

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:05:55 -0500

Love Facebook’s new HQ

About Time

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:55:26 -0500

I’ve finally updated my personal site at scotthurff.com with a basic splash page linking out to my identities throughout the Web. As always, I’d love your feedback.

who on here has used the @foursquare iphone app? thinking about taking a look after hearing a lot...

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:49:31 -0400

who on here has used the @foursquare iphone app? thinking about taking a look after hearing a lot about it

wow: 61% of all online movie ticket sales being driven this week by michael jackson’s this it...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:07:09 -0400

wow: 61% of all online movie ticket sales being driven this week by michael jackson’s this it it — http://bit.ly/1aCNHz

started rewatching @entourage from season 2 this weekend forgot how good it was. season 6 barely...

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:35:32 -0400

started rewatching @entourage from season 2 this weekend forgot how good it was. season 6 barely redeemed itself at the end.

sick after marathon. apparently post-marathon runners are 6x more likely to get sick b/c of immune...

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:16:11 -0400

sick after marathon. apparently post-marathon runners are 6x more likely to get sick b/c of immune sys. ok, enough running posts. onwards!

finished 1367/3910 in the marathon i just found out…sweet! http://bit.ly/HGHVd

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:15:34 -0400

finished 1367/3910 in the marathon i just found out…sweet! http://bit.ly/HGHVd

No longer a runner but a marathoner, yeah! Finished Nike marathon in SF today in 4:48 / ~11 min...

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:40:51 -0400

No longer a runner but a marathoner, yeah! Finished Nike marathon in SF today in 4:48 / ~11 min mile. 26.2!

airtran + free trial in-flight wifi is fun, but it still doesn’t distract from the God-awful...

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:57:54 -0400

airtran + free trial in-flight wifi is fun, but it still doesn’t distract from the God-awful legroom. on way to SF for Nike marathon!

another iphone os update, another bricked iphone. WTH Apple?!

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:25:44 -0400

another iphone os update, another bricked iphone. WTH Apple?!

amazing sequence from 2001: a space odyssey http://bit.ly/ftvuW

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:59:43 -0400

amazing sequence from 2001: a space odyssey http://bit.ly/ftvuW

great weekend with @briannorgard @mviamari in LA, total awesomeness spillover into Monday

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:20:37 -0400

great weekend with @briannorgard @mviamari in LA, total awesomeness spillover into Monday

can’t forget @lifto and his mad skills

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:20:37 -0400

can’t forget @lifto and his mad skills

amazing writeup of the most “tantalizing tunes” in tarantino’s movie soundtracks...

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:36:28 -0400

amazing writeup of the most “tantalizing tunes” in tarantino’s movie soundtracks http://bit.ly/3pVtfa @missgoodvibes

::23 of the most tantalizing tunes:: Quentin Tarantino soundtracks

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:11 -0400

beatboxavenue:

The man knows how to make a soundtrack, and the testaments are everywhere: his staggering 395,135 fans on Facebook praise his soundtracks in every language, and despite the fact that last.fm defines him as a “tag error” (since Tarantino himself is not the recording artist) he still holds nearly 17,000 listeners. Major record companies continue to honor his commitment to the old school by making all of his soundtracks available in vinyl— and given his remarkable penchant for nailing double-edged commercial/critical success, it’s easy to see why. Case in point: Not only did Pulp Fiction win an Academy Award, the Palme d’Or (the highest award at Cannes), and various Critics Circle Awards, but its soundtrack also spent over 100 weeks on the Billboard Top 200, and by 1997 sales had surpassed 2 million. Similarly, after Kill Bill’s box office debut at #1, the soundtrack quickly made its way to #1 on the Billboard Soundtracks chart and sold over half a million copies over the next few weeks.

Tarantino’s approach to crafting such blockbuster compilations is still to this day refreshingly unornamented—it all begins with his own massive vinyl collection that has been soundtrack-heavy since he was a kid and now includes unmistakably Tarantino subgenres like “spaghetti western” and “blaxploitation”. The director openly rejects the idea of hiring composers to score his films and instead seeks out what he called in a recent Billboard interview “second-generation quality” song selections that resonate more powerfully with contemporary audiences.

In tracking down music for certain scenes of his newly infamous Inglourious Basterds, Tarantino turned to actual German films released under Nazi propoganda minister Joseph Goebbels— a figure he also utilized in the Basterds script as a pathetically subservient character who cries tears of joy upon seeing Hitler’s enthusiasm for the minister’s carefully constructed movie premiere. Tarantino also specifically chose a song by Zarah Leander, a real star in Nazi Germany who was rumored to have been spying on the Nazis much like Diane Kruger’s character in the film.

The process of blending history into scenes and song selections transforms both elements in such a way that they become perfect for each other— necessarily interdependent, even— and although Tarantino does not stand alone in his mastery of such cinematic synthesizing, I am certain no filmmaker before him ever considered how perfect David Bowie’s “Cat People” would be for the violent, incendiary climax of a World War film. That selection alone revolutionized the final scene, turning it into an iconic spectacle that we still can’t stop talking about. And thereinlies the signature genius of Tarantino.

So without further ado, 23 of his most memorable tracks:

1. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” ::Nancy Sinatra [Kill Bill Vol. 1]

2. “You’re So Cool” ::Hans Zimmer [True Romance]

3. “Pumpkin and Honey Bunny (Dialogue)/Misirlou” ::Dick Dale, Amanda Plummer, Tim Roth [Pulp Fiction]

4. “Cat People (Putting Out the Fire)” ::David Bowie [Inglourious Basterds]

5. “L’Arena” ::Ennio Morricone [Kill Bill Vol. 2]

6. “Strawberry Letter 23” ::The Brothers Johnson [Jackie Brown]

7. “Woo Hoo” ::5.6.7.8’s [Kill Bill Vol. 1]

8. “Sweet Jane” ::Cowboy Junkies [Natural Born Killers]

9. “Baby It’s You” ::Smith [Death Proof]

10. “Coconut” ::Harry Nilsson [Reservoir Dogs]

11. “Surf Rider” ::The Lively Ones [Pulp Fiction]

12. “Hold Tight!” ::Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich [Death Proof]

13. “Jeepster” ::T-Rex [Death Proof]

14. “The Verdict (Dopo La Condanna)” ::Ennio Morricone [Inglourious Basterds]

15. “Burn” ::Nine Inch Nails [Natural Born Killers]

16. “Ironside” ::Quincy Jones [Kill Bill Vol. 1]

17. “Natural High” ::Bloodstone [Jackie Brown]

18. “Son of a Preacher Man” ::Dusty Springfield [Pulp Fiction]

19. “Chick Habit” ::April March [Death Proof]

20. “The Chase (Album Version)” ::Alan Reeves, Phil Steele, and Philip Brigham [Kill Bill Vol. 2]

21. “Little Green Bag” ::George Baker Selection [Reservoir Dogs]

22. “After Dark” ::Tito & Tarantula [From Dusk Till Dawn]

23. “Urami Bushi” ::Meiko Kaji [Kill Bill Vol. 2]