charley

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Carl Craig Landcruising

29 aug 07

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You are wonderfully eclectic! Let's say that, unfortunately, because from the way you talk about it, it must be a lovely feeling, but I hope to reach it one day through winding paths. Bye

@odra: uhm... ok, maybe I could have spared that expression, and thank you for the compliment; @uxo: I understand your point of view, yes, it is indeed a collection of certain sounds from that era, but with somewhat trite arrangements. In short, I don't feel any ideas or novelties; in "Corcovado," it really seems like Evans doesn’t know where he’s going, in search of an originality that he can’t find... I don’t know, it gives me the impression of a South American music album made a bit from hearsay, then again, de gustibus ^__^

Miles Davis Quiet nights

28 aug 07

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I provoke you, Odra: have you considered the fact that out of the four Davis-Evans works, you know three of them (and you’ve probably listened to them countless times) and you’ve never even heard of this one? The Macero hypothesis is (probably, I wasn't there) a bunch of nonsense (note the question mark in parentheses next to his name), and I'm still glad to have sparked curiosity for an album I found for 3.50 euros on play.com, while for the double you can snag it at Fnac; I repeat, I really like Miles, and I still found his work on the trumpet commendable, but overall the piece isn’t much. As for the broken ass story... um... let's say Miles was as tired after making those two masterpieces as a poor guy suffering from diarrhea for five days... goodbye.

Extreme III Sides to Every Story

28 aug 07

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Very good review, I'm afraid that the album is the overly ambitious proof of a good band, from the way you talk about it, but you know, with prejudices one can at most wipe their a...

Michel Petrucciani Trio In Tokyo

28 aug 07

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Oh yes, truly a great one (^___^ he was laughing a lot too); speaking of which, I saw some clips from a documentary about him on YouTube, he must have really had a deeply rooted self-irony, some shots prove it; anyway, messier contemplation, I’m re-listening to "Money Jungle," and I must say I’m enjoying it more now than when I listened to it back in the day; it’s true, Mingus really breaks the strings in this record!

Michel Petrucciani Trio In Tokyo

28 aug 07

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Petrucciani, I say while flagellating myself with a cat o' nine tails and wearing a hair shirt, I miss him. A good starting point, hello. P.S.: yesterday I listened again to Il Pitecantropo, Mingus uses the bow in part of "A foggy day." Hello.

Herbie Hancock Empyrean Isles

27 aug 07

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True, really incredible his young age, and of course it was a compliment (so I also take the 5 ^__^); uhm... it seems to me, unfortunately I haven't listened to anything from the mutt for a while, that the use of the bow was not infrequent, for example, I think of the pitecantropo... but I could be wrong too... bye

James L. Brooks Qualcosa E' Cambiato

26 aug 07

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Among the films I enjoy watching the most when it's on TV. Brilliant.

Chat Noir Decoupage

25 aug 07

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Masterpiece. The review, at least.

Edgar Wright L'Alba Dei Morti Dementi (Shaun of the Dead)

22 aug 07

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Indeed, a great film: the directing is good, and the tight editing of certain shots is finally functional to the story; especially in many, many moments, you don't know whether to feel disturbed or to laugh; and the beauty of it is that behind this horror/comedy film (it's not a silly movie like company A-Z-A, it's actually closer to "An American Werewolf in London"), the zombie theme returns to have social relevance, with the beautiful ending SPOILER where the zombies are reduced to TV characters and supermarket workers, almost suggesting that it's pointless to fight the zombies. We ARE zombies. Highly recommended, it will become a cult classic in the long run.
P.S.: "Purple rain?" "No." "Sign 'o the times." "Are you kidding?" "The Batman soundtrack." "...Do it."