The House Next Door 2 Soundtrack

[Brayan Jacobsen]

Infall of 2017, I was finishing my first documentary, The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical, about Vancouver socialist icon Harry Rankin. My partner and I had recently moved back to my childhood city of Vancouver and since money was tight, we crashed with my mother. She still lived in the house I'd grown up in.

My family moved into the house next door to the Bennetts in 1992. My earliest memories are of spending time with the three Bennett girls: Shea (middle), Della (oldest) and Devon (youngest). Shea was a rambunctious tomboy, and I was instantly drawn to her. We were inseparable for the next eight years.

The Bennetts' house felt like a different world. While my home was quiet and organized, Shea's was always full of people: her parents Doug and Nancy, their colourful social circle, the three daughters, plus whichever friends were visiting. It was loud with laughter, yelling, scolding, dogs barking, basketballs bouncing in the small court.

He was singing the most devastating oldies tune, his voice cutting through the din. This struck me as I don't remember ever hearing Doug sing at the house before that. But this one time he did, I realized he had a true gift and that there was much more to him than I'd understood.

Doug's memorial at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom was overwhelming. I was devastated as I watched a slide show of his home life, and realized I was mourning not only the loss of the individual, but also the end of that period of our lives. I scanned the crowd but did not spot Shea or her sisters. To be honest, I was relieved as I didn't know what to say.

Fourteen years later, I finished The Rankin File. It was the opening night selection at DOXA Documentary Film Festival, and the film - and the soundtrack - received a great deal of positive press. Critics and audiences were overjoyed to hear the music of Doug and the Slugs once again.

The next step seemed obvious: I'd make a rock doc about the band. The Slugs had a great story; the music was fantastic; I had access to the band and their archive; and I even had a personal connection to the Bennett family. This should be easy.

Next, I reached out to Doug's widow, and Shea's mom, Nancy. It had been decades since I'd seen her last, and she didn't recognize me when I walked into her downtown condo. Our hours-long conversation covered not just Doug and the band, but our shared history in East Vancouver as well. It felt like a homecoming of sorts.

Nancy also handed over a box full of Hi8 tapes. I popped them into a borrowed deck and watched the Bennett family in their '90s glory. There was Doug as I remembered him, hamming it up for the camera; Nancy in her ber-hip clothes; the three rambunctious girls. And then I saw myself: a chubby ball of a child, rolling around amid the chaos in their yard.

I popped in another tape. This time, the family and I were at the local bowling alley. As Doug took a break from filming, he handed the camera to each kid, instructing them on its use. Eventually, it was my turn, and the image became shaky as I held a video camera for the first time, feeling out how to capture the action before me. As I watched the footage nearly 30 years later, it dawned on me that Doug was the first person to entrust me with a camera and to coach me on shooting a scene.

I still can't crack this riddle Doug wrote back in 1981, just as things were taking off. Is it acceptance, a lament or a warning? It sounds as if he's mourning the end of a relationship, but the melancholic melody feels tinged with hope. I think this song best represents Doug Bennett and his Slugs: bittersweet, complex and so much deeper than it appears at first.

I'm happy to say that while making this film, I've achieved a sense of closure in my own life that I never knew I needed. I think Doug would be pretty pleased to know how a documentary about Doug and the Slugs ultimately brought two East Van friends back together.

The Girl Next Door is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield. It follows a high school senior who falls in love for the first time with the girl next door, but finds the situation becoming complicated after he learns that she is a former pornographic actress. It stars Emile Hirsch, Elisha Cuthbert, Timothy Olyphant, James Remar, Chris Marquette, and Paul Dano. The film received mixed reviews and low theatrical attendance at the time,[1] but over time has gained cult film status.[1][6][7][8]

Ambitious high school senior Matthew Kidman has been accepted to Georgetown University but cannot afford the tuition. As class president, he has raised $25,000 in order to bring a brilliant Cambodian student, Samnang, to study in the United States, but otherwise has found little else memorable about his high school experience. His friends, perverted film student Eli, and shy and awkward Klitz, rebuff his displeasure with their lack of risky behavior. His life suddenly changes when a young woman, Danielle, moves in next door. When Matthew witnesses her undressing, she sees him and storms over. Introducing herself to his parents, they suggest to Matthew that he show Danielle around town. During the car ride, Danielle coerces him into taking his clothes off and forces him to run naked down the street.

Matthew and Danielle bond through a series of flirtatious dares. At a raucous party thrown by a classmate, Matthew finally finds the courage to kiss Danielle. The following day, Matthew's reverie is shattered when Eli informs him that Danielle is a former adult film actress.

On Eli's advice, Matthew takes Danielle to a motel and treats her coolly. Danielle, insulted, abruptly ends their relationship. Matthew attempts to apologize, but Danielle decides to return to the adult industry. Matthew, Eli, and Klitz go to an adult film convention in Las Vegas where Kelly, an adult film producer and Danielle's ex-boyfriend, menacingly warns Matthew not to interfere with his business. Matthew ignores him, convincing Danielle to leave her past behind.

Days later, an enraged Kelly abducts Matthew from school and physically assaults him, saying that he cost him $30,000. Kelly offers to let Matthew erase his debt by stealing an award from his former partner, Hugo Posh. Once Matthew enters the house, Kelly calls the police and leaves. Matthew narrowly escapes and rushes to an important scholarship award dinner. High on ecstasy that Kelly tricked him into taking, he improvises a sentimental speech. Although he endears himself to Danielle, he does not win the scholarship.

Kelly exacts further revenge by posing as Matthew's student advisor and stealing the money raised for Samnang. Matthew fears that he will be implicated in the fraud. He turns to Danielle for help, and she calls Hugo Posh; they agree to make a pornographic film on prom night with Danielle's former colleagues and Matthew's classmates as actors. Eli directs the production, and when no one is able to perform an important scene, Klitz finds the confidence to undertake it. They celebrate the successful shoot; Matthew and Danielle make love for the first time.

The next morning, Eli calls Matthew, informing him that the tape has been stolen. Matthew enters his house to find Kelly in possession of the tape and talking with his parents and principal. Kelly demands Matthew's half of the eventual profits. When Matthew refuses, Kelly plays the tape for the group, who are surprised to find that Matthew and his friends have made a modern sexual education film.

Hugo Posh and Matthew make millions, and Posh pays for Samnang's trip. Eli becomes a successful filmmaker, Klitz attends college and is pleased to learn that his classmates revel at his scene in the film, and Matthew attends Georgetown, bringing Danielle with him.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 56% approval rating based on 159 reviews, with an average rating of 5.60/10. The site's consensus reads: "The movie borrows heavily from Risky Business, though Hirsch and Cuthbert are appealing leads."[9] At Metacritic, the film has a weighted average average score of 47 based on 32 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[10] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F.[11]

My neighbour, who has not been here long, about a year, is very nice, pleasant and helpful. At the start of the week she told us scaffolding was going to be put up on the gable end of her house which is right next to our kitchen window and overlooks us - we are in a bungalow, she is in a house. That's fine work sometimes has to be done.

The builders have been here all week replacing guttering. They park very close to our driveway out but not totally across it. It is an inconvenience because it makes it difficult for me to get the car in and out, but prepared to live with it for a short spell.

They play loud music to the point where I can't hear my radio at normal volume.

Today they parked their big van right across my drive so no chance of getting in and out at all unless I ask them to move it. And yes I do need to go out later today. I hoped it was for a short spell but it has been there for hours now.

Still I thought they'd be done with the job today, the guttering is done but now they have started to take the roof tiles off, so this is obviously a bigger job than I thought.

The thought of another week of this ..... AIBU ? I don't think it reasonable for anyone to park across my drive for longer than a few minutes to deliver or for something quick. I don't think it reasonable to play music outside that loud.

On the second day of the job my neighbour text to say thanks for my patience while the work is being carried out - it wasn't so bad then for me - but not for others re they parked on pavement at front of house, people had to walk in the road to pass but not blocking my driveway! and the music was not terribly loud then either.

I do not want to fall out with my neighbour, she seems a lovely person, but this is driving me mad! Am I just an old, irritated person?! Should I let it ride or say something.

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