Formed in the late 60’s by Rainer Brüninghaus, Houschäng Nejadepour, Detlev Landmann, Herbert J. Kalveram and Bill Brown, EILIFF were a German instrumental band who turned fusion on its head with a pair of studio albums featuring classy Canterbury-style jamming with bass, guitar and keyboards plus some ethnic instruments thrown in (mostly the sitar). Two […]
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Exciting Newsletter announcement #1 – Booker Prize short listed author Stephen Kelman chats with Lisa Thatcher
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I told you the newsletter would be good! Exciting announcement #1 is: Acclaimed author Stephen Kelman – currently hard at work on his second book – has agreed to take a little time out to have a brief chat with me about the pleasures and pressures of being a first time author short listed for […]
Short Film – Homecoming. (C’me on! We’ve ALL been there)
posted by lisathatcher
I have nothing to add. This short film says it all. Ben Thatcher is my brother. You can see more of his short films and / or listen to his latest music here.
Dome #1 – A little retro punk pleasure
posted by lisathatcher
Punk brought us many diverse pleasures, the best of which remain little known and still cushioned in a kind of semi-permanent underground where the authentic gather (one presumes) to laugh at the record collections of the rest of us. In order to gather a little cred with these folk (whoever “they” are – and we all […]
Love is Colder than Death – Fassbinder starts out with a bang.
posted by lisathatcher
The above scene gives a strong indication of the power of Fassbinders full length feature, Love is Colder than Death. I felt this was a wonderful debut although I have read it got him little love at the time. He was seen as an arrogant upstart – which, lets face it, he probably was – […]
Like Falling out of Trees into Collectors Albums – Patrick Farmer and the field.
posted by lisathatcher
“With no small case of uncertainty or elation, in equal measures all pertaining to all that they pertain, I attached microphones to the bamboo, recorded, stepped backwards, a number of everything’s occurring, in apparent nothings. The opening recording, a peculiarity of sole spontaneity. Though how far spontaneity stretches when recording equipment is ensconced in the […]
Air Supply – Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet go deeper into the realm of the Breadwinner.
posted by lisathatcher
I recently reviewed The Breadwinner by Graham Lambkin and Jason Lescalleet on this blog. That disc and its followup, Air Supply, are not recent releases although they are both available at Erstwhile Records still. However, the contribution to the ongoing musical conversation they make is valuable, and back in 2010, Air Supply was a disc that made it into most “best” […]
Jozef Van Wissem and Jim Jarmusch: Concerning the Entrance into Eternity – the spirit of a new music.
posted by lisathatcher
“With regard to the general subject of the life of souls, that is, of novitiate spirits, after death, I may state that much experience has shown that when a man comes into the other life he is not aware that he is in that life, but supposes that he is still in this world, and […]
Announcing: The Lisa Thatcher Newsletter
posted by lisathatcher
A warm and very friendly greeting to all the lovely folk that pop in and read this blog. I want to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your visits. I feel very encouraged by the strength of your response. The blog has now hit the “regular” 100,000 visits a month club […]
Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism – Slavoj Žižek and a passion for Hegel
posted by lisathatcher
Well – its FINALLY here. I’ve ordered my copy. I’ll be sure to write about it here when (if – no no WHEN) I get through enough of it to be able to establish a decent opinion. Certainly the above trailer is a big tease, and I have a snazzy little excerpt below taken directly […]
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