Hired Gun

This was a super cool movie about musicians that play in the shadows, along the lines of "Twenty Feet From Stardom".  Unlike that movie though, I could really relate to "Hired Gun" because I am a guitarist and songwriter and producer.

Some of the stories were a little sad, most were positive and cool.  A lot of my favorite musicians were featured like Phil X and Justin Derrico, and I learned about Jason Hook, who is a great guitar player.

I loved this movie!

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a Fuck - Sarah Knight

This is a typical self-help book, but written as a parody of Marie Kondo's "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up".  Kondo's book is a good, if not just a little weird (see my review somewhere else on this blog).

In this book, Knight talks about "not giving a fuck", but obviously by the use of vulgarity, it's taking a bit of a negative perspective on not caring about things.  And it's weird, because it's advocating something that I think is more positive.....  to not worry about what other people think, etc.

I don't know that I buy her perspective, but I think overall it's better to not worry so much about things like attending events that you don't want to go to, etc.

It is an interesting perspective though, and like any book, you take from it what you want to.  My friend asked me how a book like this reconciles with the teachings of the Dalai Lama, and I think if you read it a certain way, there is a theme of letting things go that permeates both this book, and the teachings of the Dalai Lama.

I'd give this a 7 / 10.