FILMS – DECEMBER 2014
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on December 31, 2014
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(Groening / Dietter 1999) Futurama: Ep.8 ― A Big Piece of Garbage
(Groening / Dietter 1999) Futurama: Ep.8 ― A Big Piece of Garbage
(Hitchcock 1953) I Confess
(Turner 1969) Civilisation: Ep.4 ― Man, the Measure of All Things
(Groening / Moore 1999) Futurama: Ep.9 ― Hell Is Other Robots
(Wynorski 2010) Dinocroc vs. Supergator
(Groening / Avanzino 1999) Futurama: Ep.10 ― A Flight To Remember
(Groening / Haaland 1999) Futurama: Ep.11 ― Mars University
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First-time listening for December 2014
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on December 31, 2014
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23088. (Dan Ar Braz) Zénith [Live]
Best of Afro-Brazilian Jazz:
. . . . 23089. (Antonio Carlos Jobim) “Brazil Nativo”
. . . . 23090. (Sergio Mendes & Brasil ’66) “Lapinha”
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READING – DECEMBER 2014
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on December 31, 2014
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22331. (Tim Flannery) The Final Frontier — An Ecological History of North America and Its
. . . . . Peoples
22332. (Victor L. Whitechurch) The Affair of the German Dispatch-Box [story]
22333. (Colin Newbury) Tahiti Nui — Change and Survival in French Polynesia 1767–1945
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Steve Tilston
Posted by Phil Paine
on December 5, 2014
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It will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m fond of the Fairport Convention song “Here’s To Tom Paine”. That song was originally composed by the fine English folk guitarist, Steve Tilston. While he must have over a dozen albums, the only one I own is Swans at Coole (1990). Though it nowhere says so on the album, this refers to the William Butler Yeats poem, “The Wild Swans at Coole”, a wistful allegory of transitory beauty. The album fits that mood. Tilston’s fine, controlled, but not flashy guitar playing is balanced with varied accompaniments on banjo (Kevin Boyle), violin (Stuart Gordon), flute (Maggy Boyle), and cello (Tony Hilligan). If you want to have something playing on a cold winter evening, gathered by the fireplace, with old friends not inclined to chatter, this is just about right.
FILMS – NOVEMBER 2014
Posted by Phil Paine
on November 30, 2014
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(Fellini 1950) Variety Lights [Luci del varietà]
(Beebe & Hill 1938) Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars: Ep.3 ― Queen of Magic
(Takahashi 2010) The Great Summits: Ep.5 ― Matterhorn, Majestic Peak that Pierces the Sky
(Ichino 2010) The Great Summits: Ep.6 ― Auyantepui, Lost World in the Sky
(Beebe & Hill 1938) Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars: Ep.4 ― Ancient Enemies
(Beebe & Hill 1938) Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars: Ep.5 ― The Boomerang
(Sherwood 1957) The Monolith Monsters
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First-time listening for November 2014
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on November 30, 2014
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23066. (Spoon) They Want My Soul
23067. (Platters) Four Platters and One Lovely, Vol.3
23068. (Alan Stivell) Un Dewezh’ Barzh’ Ger — Journée a la Maison
23069. (John Renbourn) The Nine Maidens
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READING – NOVEMBER 2014
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on November 30, 2014
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22228. (Tiantian Zheng) Recasting Gender and Prophylactic Use in China: A Historical and
. . . . . Anthropoligical Perspective [article]
22229. (Joël Plouffe & Harry Borlase) L’Arctique de Stephen Harper
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Strip Mind
Posted by Phil Paine
on November 7, 2014
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If you’re a fan of Sully Erna, the wonderful heavy metal drummer in Godsmack, you’ll enjoy What’s In Your Mouth (1993). This was the only album released by the short-lived thrash metal band Strip Mind, and Erna’s first contract recording. This is pure thrash, without any pretensions to anything but unabashed vulgarity and direct-to-the-hypothalamus noise stimulation. Song titles such as “I Wanna Fuck Your Girlfriend” set the tone. But just listen to that potent drumming.