According to the ‘Innovative housing solutions for older Australians” paper brought out by the Australian Government recently, the baby boomers can be expected to transform aging in exactly the same way they have changed every other aspect of life they lived through. Among other things, the paper had the following quote: People are living longer and with […]
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Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 46 – 50
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This post is part of a series. For the previous post, click here. We’re well and truly into the mid seventies with this series of five incredible albums that changed the world while no one was listening. Not all of these albums drive me nuts with pleasure, but they are all the best of the […]
Heart of Glass – Herzog hypnotizes everyone.
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I’ve just watched Heart of Glass. You know the one – the Herzog film where he hypnotizes his entire cast. Everyone, except for the mystic who plays the central role and (thankfully) the professional glass blowers in the film, are hypnotized before their scene. This gives the film a totally bizarre feel, as if the […]
Interview – Lisa talks to Kris Saknussemm about life, love and Reverend America
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I’m a good friend of Kris Saknussemm. In fact, to come completely clean, I consider him one of my best friends. Kris Saknussemm is the internationally acclaimed author of Zanesville, Private Midnight, Enigmatic Pilot and the short story collection Sinister Miniatures. His work has appeared in Playboy, Nerve, The Boston Review, The Hudson Review, The […]
Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando
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I don’t usually buy ‘hot new albums’ – it’s not that I’m against anything new, and I am most certainly not against anything ‘hot’ – it’s just that there is so much music available that can’t fall into the category of ‘hot and new’ that I get distracted by the beauty that is easily available. […]
FFF: Paris-Manhattan review
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I saw this little flick tonight at the French film Festival. OK – It’s not the Charlotte Rampling documentary, nor is the final night screening of Francois Truffaut’s The Last Metro (how much do you think I can’t wait for THAT one!!) but it was a very pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. […]
French Film Festival
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Well, the French Film Festival started for me today and it looks like I have a series of joyful happy days ahead of me. This is my second favorite event on the Sydney calendar – my first being our world class writers festival. The mood is jumping here tonight … ripe with cliche(d) striped shirts and berets! […]
CATHERINE RIBEIRO+ALPES— PAIX
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The strength of Catherine Ribeiro+Alpes’ exceptional debut album, “No. 2” caught the attention of Philips Records, who quickly signed the group in 1971. For the next nine years Catherine Ribeiro+Alpes would wind up producing a total seven albums for the label, with an additional two solo albums by Ribeiro essaying the songs of Edith Piaf […]
Brainstorm – Smile a while! Add a little Jazz fusion to your day.
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So, this is a nice and snazzy little number to start your weekend with. Sure, its Jazz fusion, but it adds some Prog with a dash of Zappa for spice. We start this album with the gettin-ready-to-hit-the-town fun of Das Schwein Trugt (above), and then track two Zwick Zwick eases us into the rest of the […]
Anal Magic and Rev. Dwight Frizzell – Beyond the Black Crack: Insane as Insane gets
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Beyond the Black Crack was the concept of Reverend Dwight Frizzell, a musician, film maker, Doctor of Metaphysics and minister in the Universal Church of Life. It remains a little known classic, and one of the most unique listening experiences in modern experimental music. Recorded between 1974 and 1976 in locations as diverse as […]
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