Everything is Frodo

After a long recording session it's best to go to the movies to clear the brain of song detritus. Today we catch two flicks: the "Constant Gardener" (amazing, brilliant, devastating--catch it at the theatre if you can) and "Everything is Illuminated" which has the ever-illuminated Elijah Wood portraying Jonathon--and a great score which feaures Marc Ribot cranking out some smoking guitar. I haven't read Jonathon Safran Foer's novel, so I can't speak to what sort of job was done of adaptifying it from the world of words to that cinematic medium of visual theatrics known as film. But it is a compelling tale to be sure. And what's more, I will tell you this: Frodo, I mean Elijah/Jonathon undertakes a great journey and is entrusted with a ring. There is a terrible war that the characters struggle to make sense of. At the denoument, as our misfit Elijah/ Jonathon prepares to board his ship, I mean train, he kisses Sam, I mean Sammy on the forehead. As the credits roll I feel so very melancholy. Hey now! Sam will miss you.

But in real life Elijah Wood is doing cool things like photography, and starting a hip record label, and not heading off to a super-exclusive and remote Elvish spa. Maybe we should send him SEAWORTHY...if someone had his number we could give him a ring.