supersoul

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Led Zeppelin III

2 may 11

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just to say some nonsense... the folk-electric tension of a "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" the Led Zeppelin can forget about it, one might say, but there's "Since I've Been Loving You" but for me, it's just not the same thing.

Game Theory Lolita Nation

27 apr 11

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It's a bit unfair to compare Scott Miller to Stipe and company; that guy was a fucking genius while R.E.M. were skilled craftspeople. His idea of pop is similar to that of young Alex Chilton with Big Star, and that Chilton was a genius too. This double album is packed with gems, from heady pieces filled with varied melodies like "Chardonnay" or "Last Day We’re Young," from which others could extract four or five songs. When the crystalline purity of "Nothing New" kicks in, with Scott singing "...girl we know there's nothing new in finding someone to fall in love with you/ and if you're so inclined to change your mind a thousand times then do it," I just melt. One of those rare double albums that are worth every penny.

Beasts of Bourbon Sour Mash

16 apr 11

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Wow, brother Borrito...good to see you!

The Shadows Of Knight Gloria

16 apr 11

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let's be honest... kids like the Count Five or the Shadows of Knights were good at stealing riffs from people like the Yardbirds. For me, the second "Back Door Man" is much better than the first; they sound better and it's way more creative, with a couple of Eastern-influenced instrumentals in addition to having an absolutely trippy cover of Hey Joe.

Beasts of Bourbon Sour Mash

15 apr 11

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And the extraordinary thing is that while everyone, including Iggy, softens as they age, Tex Perkins with the new Beasts remains the same damned soul as ever, even in the new releases. Take "Little Animals," which is beautifully pissed off from start to finish without a moment's pause. The Beast of Bourbon had a moment of weakness in their last album, "The Low Road," where the exceptional rhythm section of Baker/Sujdovic was gone to focus on their band Dubrovnics (let's not forget that more than a stable identity, the Beasts were a supergroup). Indeed, in that album, there's a "Goodbye friends" that has the bitter taste of one last beer.

Akira Kurosawa Rashomon

14 apr 11

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the cry of the newborn ...I would say a call for hope, more than a film about truth, it seems to me a film about the selfishness of man. Everyone takes on the material responsibility of the crime but not the moral one. Kurosawa steps out of ambiguity and gives his moral lesson. The film doesn't end with the lumberjack's testimony but precisely with the scene of the abandoned newborn, the bandit steals his clothes and the protesting lumberjack is silenced by the bandit because he cannot preach morality to him since he has stolen the woman's precious dagger. In the end, he decides to take care of the child even though he has other mouths to feed. To the calculated cynicism of selfishness (everyone lies), Kurosawa opposes the selfless leap. As if to say we are disgusting but we must help each other :)

Beasts of Bourbon Sour Mash

14 apr 11

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For me, 3 is way too little; it may be inferior to The Axeman Jazz, but it remains an astonishing record. In my opinion, those who are crazy about certain roots/blues/country things with a high level of toxicity/alcohol and don’t know it will be surprised enough to love it viscerally. There are whippings like "Hard for you," blues tracks like "This old shit" or "Watch your step," stripped-down country songs like "The hate inside" or "Today I started loving you again" (which is by Merle Haggard), a masterpiece like "Pig," filled with screeching saxophones in the style of the worst Beefheart, or absolutely delirious jazz stuff like "Driver man." Above all, that magnificent creature Tex Perkins, who spits blood from his lungs, and the guitar of Kim Salmon from the great Scientists. A formidable album (for me).

Roman Polanski L'Inquilino Del Terzo Piano

13 apr 11

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Hi Odra, I'm really eager to watch Repulsion again, which in many ways foreshadows the paranoia of The Tenant.

Roman Polanski L'Inquilino Del Terzo Piano

13 apr 11

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To me, the tenant more than Mr. K brings to mind Gregor Samsa from Kafka's Metamorphosis, who finds himself transformed into a cockroach. The modest tenant Trelkowski feels unaccepted and transforms by disguising himself as a woman, identifying with the previous tenant in order to be part of the community that excludes him in a different way.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono Some Time In New York City

11 apr 11

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Okay, white, but I wouldn't say they were that low-key, considering that Lennon and Yoko Ono crashed Zappa's concert at the Fillmore East as guests who got way too involved, because then they manipulated the concert tapes to their liking, releasing them on this album as if it were Lennon and Yoko's stuff featuring guest star Frank Zappa and his entourage.