I remember when ACO came out there was quite a stir over it and even seeing it in theaters was kinda taboo, almost treated like porn of the day was. Gotta remember, at that time there was no real video to be had, so the theater was the only place to see it.

I can appreciate it for its oddity, much like how I view Natural Born Killers. Both are exceedingly violent but carry something else on another level if you can muddle through to get to it.

I don't do slasher movies at all, period, just not my bag. Seeing someone being stabbed without actually seeing it gets the point across well enough for me.

Several years ago I went on a "short" binge of makin the rounds at various poetry night readings at some places here and found it interesting. What I found most prevalent though was people spewing a lotta angst and precious little I had much appreciation for.

After a few nights of watchin I had to give it a shot myself, which I found nerve wracking as I pretty much bared my soul to a club full of 15 or 20 total strangers as I hammered out 5 or so of my faves. I suppose I was well received, at least I didn get booed off the stage, but I also think the angst crew problee didn care for my stuff, which was Ok considerin I didn care much for theirs either

Just for shitz and giggles here's one I penned about watching others. I titled it:

Night Out


Went to a reading the other night,
not of cards, or palms, but ...
words

Sittin there in the darkness,
hearing others words, feeling others words,
art, one to a dozen or so

Heard emotion playing out from pages,
thin white sheets,
vocalized to spoken status,
validation, purpose, release

Sat lonely and lonesome in the dark,
had a beer,
too many cigarettes

Wishing only for the comfort your presence
could bring to this gathering
someone to listen with,
someone to talk with,
experience these moments,
share thoughts

Just someone