Biglietto per l’Inferno (literally ticket to hell) is an Italian progressive rock band whose album Biglietto per l’Inferno, in spite of the limited success it scored in the 1970s, is today considered a cornerstone of the genre. Biglietto per l’Inferno’s members were from Lecco, Lombardy, coming from the bands Mako Sharks and Gee. The year 1972 marked the band’s first concerts. In 1974 the band released […]
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Carnage: Roman Polanski in real time.
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I’ve been looking forward to this film. For a while. Besides the fact that i am a (reluctant) Polanski fan – I must say it helped a great deal to see Jodi Foster was willing to be a part of this project – I also have a bit of a soft spot for these one-act […]
Association P.C.: Erna Morena – Jazz fusion/prog/avant garde Canterbury oriented sound
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Get a load of THIS brilliant album! Jazz meets chic in this mish-mash of electronic cool. Association P.C. was founded in 1969 by Dutch keyboarder Jasper van’t Hof along with the Dutch drummer Pierre Courbois and the German guitarist Toto Blanke. The bassist was sometimes the Dutchman Peter Krijnen, sometimes the German Sigi Busch. Association […]
Quick Post: The Guardian’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction
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I’ve come back to this article so many times that I thought I would perform a speedy share here and let you all in on a brilliant little secret. It’s the Guardians Ten Rules for Writing fiction. Usually I avoid writing articles and ‘How-To’s’, but this one has so many gems It is actually helpful. […]
Art that goes deep, not broad.
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Someone very precious to me introduced me to the diverse music styles on this blog. When he saw the effect of the music on me, he generously gave me the (at the time) entire music file on his computer. That turned out to be eight DVD discs filled to bursting with lists, collections, and random tid bits […]
The Young One – Luis Buñuel does English / American
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I just finished watching The Young One, after (I confess) putting it off for about two weeks. I’d never heard of this strange little flick, read it was difficult to get your hands on, a smattering of reviews claimed it was underrated. I’d seen quite a few Luis Buñuel films lately, and – well – I’ve […]
Ryu Hankil – Description for Other things
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다른 것을 위한 서술법 Description for Other Things from Orolo CHE on Vimeo. I blogged recently about Ryu Hankil and his beautiful series of four, but to this date three complete, Typewriter music discs. At the time, I had only heard sections of Hankil’s work. I have, since then been fortunate enough to hear the rest […]
Reverend America – Kris Saknussemm writes The great American Novel.
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“Hard to get a new perspective in a small room. The trick is making the room bigger.” Reverend America A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip […]
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