Purpulan

DeRank ™: 2,92

DeAge™ : 6837 days • Here since 21 september 2007

Million Dead A Song To Ruin

2 oct 07

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A tremendous debut, followed by an even deeper album (where the musical coordinates are expressed at their best potential, thanks also to the change in guitarists) like "Harmony No Harmony" (almost impossible to find in Italy; in London, once they disbanded, the prices of their CDs skyrocketed to around £25, way too much!!!), Frank Turner's lyrics are among the best I’ve ever read (especially those with a socio-political connotation...anarcho-situationist, in this case). It's a pity about some typos in the titles (the splendid "Carthago Est Delenda" if it really cites the famous saying of Cato, the cig is glaringly wrong). I read that he now performs as an acoustic songwriter, but I haven't heard anything from his post-Million Dead production.

MC5 Kick Out The Jams

2 oct 07

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But damn, I didn't look at it, and I don't even want to do it... this album must have a ton of overdue reviews though, I hope... aside from Phil Spector and by extension "Pet Sounds"... there's not much else I consider essential from the 60s (okay, "Phallus Dei," but that's from '69)...

Pitchshifter Deviant

1 oct 07

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Ah,ah.ah...and instead, in the case of Pitchshifter, such comparisons are not at all far-fetched!

Joe Dante Gremlins 2 - La Nuova Stirpe

1 oct 07

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I agree with Vellutogrigio "Matinée" is the best thing Dante has created along with "La Seconda Guerra Civile (Americana)" (another oversight)...

Death In June Brown Book

1 oct 07

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I don't have all of D.i.J.'s stuff and some things I've listened to on the side, but this is the album that I find to be their (okay, His!) must. The review is great too, thorough and not fanatical.

Glassjaw Worship And Tribute

1 oct 07

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Superior to the already beautiful debut. Two notes on the review: the album has a truly majestic opening and closing, "Tip Your Bartender" is chaotic, yes, but organized like few other post-hardcore entities can understand; ideas that anyone else would have fully developed into a 9-minute piece rather than a scant 3; "Two Tabs Of Mescaline" contains all the shifts that characterize the Glassjaw sound, blended into an epically unified, emotionally perfect track; and you both liquidate them with just a few hints. I believe the broader interest of the lyrics in social themes (after the sharp misogyny of the early days) deserved a few words as well. Overall, however, a good content rendition, Divodark.

Hayao Miyazaki Tonari no Totoro (Il Mio Vicino Totoro, 1988)

30 sep 07

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No, no, wait, this is not an animated film but a work with ambitions of video art (Barney was even mocked on the DeBaser homepage until three days ago: he is famous for his "metamorphic" cycles and, above all, for being Bjork's husband). "Drawing Restraint #9" is set in Japan and is basically one big metaphor condemning whaling; his little wife participates alongside Barney (who is omnipresent in his releases), and she even composed the soundtrack (which has been released, but is nothing special except for the use of typically Japanese instruments).

Hayao Miyazaki Tonari no Totoro (Il Mio Vicino Totoro, 1988)

30 sep 07

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Of course, "Steam Boy" was (and is) on another level, but for instance, back then I also endured that endless bore called "Drawing Restraint #9" by Matthew Barney, and in comparison, the good Goro came out with flying colors.

Hayao Miyazaki Tonari no Totoro (Il Mio Vicino Totoro, 1988)

30 sep 07

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Ouch, I saw it 2 years ago at the Venice Film Festival... original version with subtitles... so I can't comment on the dialogues (and that's why I mentioned unadapted versions regarding Kurosawa Kiyoshi). As for the level of actual "animation," it was definitely worth the ticket price (and the qualitative comparison, given the offerings of that edition, was "Steam Boy" by Otomo, not fluff).

Dennis Hopper Easy Rider

30 sep 07

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@ supersoul: the "little to do with..." from my last post was, of course, a euphemism related to the creation of that "manifesto," perhaps more unique than rare in the American context, known as Zoetrope, to whose intent a film like "Easy Rider" contributed significantly (in a relatively indirect way).