EP that precedes the release of the album 'Super'. It contains the single, 'The Pop Kids' (also available in two remixed versions) and two new tracks, 'In Bits' and 'One-Hit Wonder'. more
Record-breaking film in terms of box office for Irish cinema. Shot in the beautiful county of Galway, it’s a black comedy and a crime thriller featuring Brendan Gleeson as an Irish sergeant addicted to prostitutes and alcohol, and Don Cheadle as a meticulous and punctual FBI agent on the trail of an international cocaine trafficking gang. The characterization of the characters and the settings are well done. more
It’s rare for Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant to “miss” an album. Anticipated by the single, ‘The Pop Kids,’ ‘Super’ is yet another album from one of the bands that have remained truest to themselves over the years while also managing to innovate with the advancements in technology and the multi-level differentiation of the musical offerings in the market. Produced by Stuart Price, I can't find any flaws in this work, where all the songs are more or less on the same level (for now, I particularly prefer the opener, ‘Happiness’). more
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman playing basketball. more
Not bad more
I would like to give a lower score. I would. But I can't. I've never adored them, but I've grown fond of them. I've seen them live too many times. Too many times I've sung their songs at the top of my lungs. How can you not like songs like "Utopia"? I can't conceive it. more
Funny bastards more
7'' clandestine featuring three tracks including a cover of Johnny Thunders' 'Too Much Junkye Business', released - presumably - in 1989. It briefly showcases the entire range of the band. more
Good and beautiful more
A bit too scripted for my tastes, but he has a rather engaging way of singing and several songs that are well above average. All in all, there's certainly much worse. more
Debut album of the J. Geils Band. The band's sound is beautifully raw and mostly oriented towards rhythm & blues vibes. Dominating it all is J. Geils' guitar ('Serves You Right To Suffer', 'First I Look At the Purse') and Richard 'Magic Dick' Salwitz's harmonica runs wild ('Sno-Cone'). more
Second album by the J. Geils Band featuring guitarist J. Geils and vocalist Peter Wolf, who is becoming increasingly central to the group's dynamics and is practically the author of almost all the songs on the album. Released on Atlantic in 1971, it’s a mix of rhythm & blues sounds and the garage rock'n'roll acidity of Stones-MC5. A must for genre lovers. more
Masterpiece of psychedelic rock, a band as memorable as few. more
Psychedelia had become their essence: MAJESTIC... more
seems interesting more
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Joe R. Lansdale, a thriller directed by Jim Mickle featuring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, and Don Johnson. The plot is unpredictable and unfolds through a series of twists with an explosive ending, which, however, does not ultimately represent the true strength of this clever and well-told story. more
The album (twenty tracks) is an imaginary autobiography of the legendary James Charles 'Jimmie' Rodgers, also known as 'The Singing Brakeman,' 'The Blue Yodeler,' and 'Father of Country Music.' A somewhat seminal figure in terms of country and country folk. However, Rodgers died in 1933, he was white, and his sound was inevitably influenced by the reality of his times, and Paul Burch's attempt, viewed also through the autobiographical lens mentioned, does nothing but make this work outdated, unbearable, even irritating. more
Shrek is love, Shrek is life. It's not ogre. It's never ogre. more