There is something awkward about women singing tales of failed love. When a man does it we immediately imagine him swamped by strings of adoring female groupies now, because his album is a huge hit. We giggle behind our hand at that stupid woman who let him go – just before he hit the big […]
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FFF:Le Skylab – Julie Delpy does family
posted by lisathatcher
I’ve just spent a delightful couple of hours romping through Julie Delpy’s childhood – or at least one particular part of her childhood. Julie Delpy is a woman of roughly the same age as me, and even though we lived and grew up in different countries it turns out there are many similarities in our upbringing. The […]
Fox and his Friends – Fassbinder on sex
posted by lisathatcher
Well! What an interesting film! I completed Fox and his Friends on the weekend – I’m on a bit of a Fassbinder ‘thing’ at the moment, having ADORED Beware of a Holy Whore a few weeks back. This film is a little more difficult to dissect, even though Beware of a Holy Whore is a […]
Patrick Farmer and Dominic Lash – Bestiaries
posted by lisathatcher
I have been so fortunate to hear so many beautiful pieces of music in the past couple of weeks. I am still reeling from my “Necks Exposure” and there have been many beautiful soundtracks I have added to my collection. One that I have had for a few weeks now, is the beautiful Bestiaries by Patrick farmer and Dominique […]
The Necks at the Sydney Opera House – I was there!
posted by lisathatcher
Last night Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton lulled me into a trance, teased me into a kind of delirium and stole a cherry I didn’t know I had. They took me into a room – it was a spectacular room. High ceilings, bulging walls that swelled at the peak of the throb of […]
Vijay Iyer Trio – Accelerando
posted by lisathatcher
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. […]
French Film Festival
posted by lisathatcher
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
posted by lisathatcher
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 […]
Bear Ground – The sound of objects / the object of sound.
posted by lisathatcher
I’ve had the most glorious day today with this CD caressing my ears. My assumption on this blog is that I speak mostly to those who don’t know much about this sort of music, but a fast analysis of my stats on the weekend revealed that (sigh) my experimental music posts are not very popular […]
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