Today’s selection of albums that The Wire list have chosen are eclectic to say the least (WAIT till you get to the Fred Lane) but each and every one heralds the entrance the 80’s. Music, more than ever before was becoming a parody of itself and its own influences. The anxieties of post-modernism we well in […]
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Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening.56-60
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Conrad Schnitzler: Endtime – A final farewell
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On the fourth of August 2011 the world lost a little piece of greatness. Conrad Schnitzler died and those of us with a passion for electronic music – among whom I happily count myself – lost one of the great masters of cybernetic sound. Of course the wonderful man died while working on another project, […]
How to read Lacan: Zizek on Lacan – Part 2. Lacan turns a prayer wheel.
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This is a follow on post from a previous one that you can read here. It is important to note, that this is not my own work. This is merely a condensing and simplifying of How to Read Lacan by Slavoj Zizek (Author), Simon Critchley (Series Editor) that can be purchased here. 2. Lacan turns a prayer wheel. And […]
Ernstalbrecht Stiebler – Minimalism Maximised
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Ernstalbrecht Stiebler is the first German composer that based his compositions on minimal techniques. This record is the first part of an edition of his works on the label m=minimal. Due for release April 9, this is first vinyl edition of works of this minimal music pioneer. According to the m=minimal notes, Stiebler, whose first reductionist work […]
Night Sun – Mournin’ : Kraut / Prog / Doom / boogie cool.
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Any regulars to this blog know that I have a very very soft and welcoming spot for prog and krautrock. Maybe its a gen x thing. I’m not sure where it comes from. Like absolutely every other musical genre without exception, the truly great prog music was hidden and acting as influence to the […]
Farewell Adrienne Rich – A valediction forbidding mourning
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I tried to get a copy of A valediction Forbidding Mourning for us today, to whisper quietly together about the passing of the sublime and beautiful Adrienne Rich. Copywrite laws forbid it, but I found something better. A young woman reading it for us. Take a look: Isn’t that lovely? Adrienne Rich’s ‘A […]
A dangerous Method – Cronenberg spins a Jungian yarn.
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When I first saw the shorts for this film, I distinctly remember the feeling of unrest that curdled my stomach. I so wanted this to be a good film. David Cronenberg has made some good films in the past – well I liked The Fly – and I hoped that we were in the hands of […]
FFF: Elles – A day in the life of journalistic integrity.
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I’m not sure why I rally liked this film. I’ve read around several of the reviews and mostly the film gets panned and I have to agree with all of the reasons provided. I think, in the end however, Juliette Binoche is just so good – so good- over and over, that watching her is […]
Jin Sangtae – Sacrifice 2 : Sounds stretched to a parallel sequence in me.
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I first read about this great little disc on Matthew Revert’s blog, Trash Complex. The review had me compelled so I ordered the disc from Erstwhile immediately. In the act of listening to everyday objects, slowly one is able to transform the relationship from a ‘glob-of-object’ into a complex system within itself, a series of […]
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