Psych-rock (pop) is not my thing, but I’m making an exception in the case of Eclipsing, the new album out by Dreamboat duo Daniel Donahue and Paige Campbell. Despite the depth and headiness of this album, a folk infused minimalism weaves in and out of its reach. At times it almost reminded me of Clannad […]
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November
20
Eclipsing – Dream Boat: Floating to the other side. (Music Review)
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November
20
Punch Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson and the Rom-Com. (Film Review)
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Seeing as I was so impressed with The Master, I thought I’d check out all the other Paul Thomas Anderson (or PTA as I see he’s being called around the traps) films this week and be the last person to get on board with a fantastic contemporary director. I just watched Punch Drunk Love, the […]
November
19
Is Genre Fiction Art? Pt 2: The difference between genre and literary fiction. (Article)
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This is a multiple part article. For the first part, which serves as a brief introduction, please go here. In the first part of his discussion, I posed the central question: Is genre fiction art? I mentioned a lot of different points, splattered around as if I had paint-gunned my thoughts onto the blog page. In this […]
November
19
Emily L. – Marguerite Duras and the agony of words. (Book Review)
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Her body, hidden before, is now visible, visible in its mortality. Her body is dressed like a girl’s, in the worn out clothes of youth; on her fingers, the diamonds and gold of her people in Devon. But under the dresses and the skin, death is naked; under the eyes, too, with their pure, shy […]
November
19
777 – Ryu Hankil and Bryan Eubanks are the confessional outsider. (Music review)
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I have had a wonderful time working my way through the Cathnor recordings. Richard Pinell has just about as fine an ear as anyone interested in this sort of music, and what he’s put together in his catalogue are starting to hold many of my favourite recordings – recordings I return to time and […]
November
19
Dead Europe – Tony Kravitz tells us we are what we believe. (Film Review)
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I haven’t read the novel Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas, though I know at the time of its release there were quite a few people impressed with it. It has been a novel that can’t be adapted to the big screen, in the past, so now that I enjoyed the film, and would like to […]
November
17
American Mary – The Soska Twins take on Bod.Mod. (film review)
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I’m not really a horror buff, but I’ll watch one when its good. A great horror film was Franju’s Eyes without a Face, the story of a surgeon gone mad in his attempts to restore his daughters disfigured face by stealing the faces of young women he murders. The surgeon gone mad theme has became a frequent and strong […]
November
16
The Venetian Twins – An Australian take on an Italian Classic. (Theatre review)
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I don’t possess the adequate theatre knowledge to give you the lowdown on all the clever internal theatre references in The Venetian Twins, but this doesn’t mean I missed the spirit of them. I haven’t seen The Venetian Twins before and somehow I missed studying the play at school. I’m sorry for that because Enright and Clarke’s script […]
November
16
In Box Drops – Music and stuff that’s landed on me this week.
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Check out some of the stuff that’s landed this week: Kail Baxley Anyone who reads this blog knows country’s not my thang, but when I like it I really like it. Kail Baxley has a pretty new album out Feb 5 that will be a double for lucky us. Check this out. Its pretty, no? […]
November
15
I served the King of England – Jiri Menzel’s take on Bohumil Hrabal just after the Prague Spring.
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I got the distinct feeling all the way through I served the King of England, that i was missing the “in” joke. It’s entirely likely of course – I’m not Czech, and I’ve never read the book. There is something deeply beautiful about Jan Dítĕ (Ivan Barnev) despite his rather appalling opportunism. Jiri Menzel made this […]
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