Absent Friends, part 2 George W.S. Trow, 1943-2006. The message of many things in America is 'Like this or die.' It is a strain. Suddenly, the modes of death begin to be attractive. Public Image Ltd., Public Image. The Kinks, 20th Century Man. Gang of Four, We Live As We Dream, Alone. Black Flag, TV Party. X-Ray Spex, Identity. Bob Dylan, I'm Not There (1956). It's a special crossover
Lists are beautiful and painful for a number of reasons; reasons which are, well, also beautiful and painful. At times they are thought provoking, shocking and insightful – beautiful, right? But the most important reason lists matter, especially in terms of music, is because of general comparison. It becomes a matter of [...]
So the nanny-staters turned out to be right. Videogames can cause real-world violence , just not in the way the professional killjoys had always claimed. Contrived scarcity as a marketing tool -- it's a surefire method of convincing wild-eyed early adopters and aspiring eBay price-gougers to line up outside the nearest Best Buy for the privilege of being fleeced out of six hundred bucks. But, hey, have you seen the Playstation 3 version of Call of Duty 3 ? It's like the previous two installments, but with (cue drumroll) better graphics ! My [...]
Gang of Four "Not Great Men (Phones Extended Version)" ( slutty fringe on point)
i think i'm in love. Gang of Four "Damaged Goods"
God help us We are too young to reign -Louis XVI Upon uttering this phrase, the tragic nature of Louis XVI plight, solidified in my heart. The scene takes place at the commencement of the third act, in Sofia Coppola's latest film, Marie Antoinette. Up until that moment, the impending death of Marie Antoinette had naively remained absent from my thoughts. A slight of hand I credit to Sofia's
Sofia Coppola’s new film Marie Antionette opens with Gang of Four’s spiky, anthemic “Natural’s Not In It†â€"talk about an audacious opening salvo. The song’s lyrics cut through the ridiculous, rococo overindulgence of the mise en scène , offering a tacit, taunting indictment of the titular Queen and indeed, of her entire court: “The problem of leisure/What to do for pleasure…†The lyrics â€"spit out in short, caustic bursts while Dunst’s child queen, playing dress-up for the camera, winks and lolls seductivelyâ€" momentarily cast her in a critical light, underscoring her come-hither silliness [...]
Sorry, I just had to get it out of my system. I hope I didn't hurt anyone too much. From 1979 to 2006, Gang of Four have really been giving it their all. Definitely pioneers in music, they have my respect. Unfortunately, they really aren't as well known as one would like. I almost forgot about the excellence of their debut, Entertainment! until I took a look at the tracklist for the upcoming Marie Antoinette soundtrack, which isn't bad at all. Here's your song, an amazing anthem that is sure [...]
You would not believe the lengths I went to in trying to find this soundtrack here in Auburn. If there's one complaint I always have about this place, it's that I can never find a place carrying any of the music i'm looking for. I'd rather go to a record store and purchase rather than buying online because I just like having an item at that very moment. I'm pretty impatient when it comes to wanting music so that's what I do. I pretty much went everywhere you could think of that carried new album releases. [...]
Marie Antoinette Trailer Number One (on YouTube) Marie Antoinette Trailer Number Two (on YouTube) other YouTube videos on the movie Here's another contest for you from the folks promoting the new Sophia Coppola film starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman called Marie Antoinette . (I think Schwartzman is hilarious. C'mon, he was amazing in Rushmore. Plus, he was also the Phantom Planet drummer when they made the song "California", which the OC has drilled into our brains.) Up for grabs is the [...]
For some time now I have been receiving a steady stream of e-mails from labels, promoters, bands, and artistes, each one extolling the myriad virtues of their latest oeuvres. However, I have been terribly remiss in going through them all - this bothersome thing called "offline life" keeps intruding. But this weekend I actually sifted through some of the backlog and listened to a whole slew of rather nifty, new music. Well, I found most of it rather nifty. To be totally honest, some of it struck me as rather pedestrian, and a clutch of it I thought [...]
Esce nelle sale a Novembre il nuovo film di Sofia Coppola , Maria Antonietta , biografia della storica regina francese . La pellicola, ambientata nel XVIII secolo, mescolerà musiche d'epoca con una tracklist che è tutto un programma e non può che stuzzicare la mia curiosità nei confronti di questo film. Guardate qua e fatevi venire l'acquolina in bocca..
I'm a pretty big film geek. Mostly fueled by a course last year on French and Italian cinematic histories, I easily consider myself a movie-watcher. I try and watch a movie a day, if not two. So I'm pretty psyched by these two upcoming movies, and then some music from their trailers. You've undoubtedly heard about both of them so this is nothing new. Marie Antoinette ( trailer ) may be historically inaccurate, but I can safely [...]
Those who know me best know that I despise academia for everything that it is. I've tried to drop out of college in the past and for some reason I find myself back at the university season and season again. How? Pure evil cannot be analyzed, only feared, vanquished, or submitted to. I've decided to take a new approach toward school and create some sort of positive outlook about the whole ordeal so that I can spare myself the misery of resisting and nearly failing out. How can I improve my attitude so that I will actually [...]
Soooooo I jus got in from djing at someone's birthday party in Ye Olde Street, which went off, 3 hours of hipshaking music, and the first time I fully incorporated using cds into the whole mixing ting. And I know this week on slutty fringe has been sparse (One post with music and stuff but still..) So in my drunken stupor I'm posting a sunday bonanza of aural delights (or something) Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods Being a young buck, I didn't get the chance to appreciate [...]
Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap... As you may or may not know, I am obsessed with all things Blood Brothers. Never missed a tour, have all the shirts, love the side-projects... a typical psycho. So you can imagine this little piece of news sent me flying: The Blood Brothers have already completed their new LP Young Machetes, and will be releasing it via V2 on October 10th. We gave a little blip
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