Necessary things.
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The blu-ray dropped in price so I treated myself. It’s not a perfect film – scenes run a hair too long, there are moments when you realise this was in fact made for pennies, it touches on cliche a few times. But it is made with huge ambition, that shot of the upside-down Statue of Liberty is going to be considered one of the most iconic images of this period, and I like the ending better than most people. It’s a film to study. And I always buy copies of the things that fascinate me.
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AUTOCRACY INC, Anne Applebaum (UK) (US+) fits nicely into some of my recent reading.
I read a book about Libertaila decades ago, so this, PIRATE ENLIGHTENMENT, caught my eye. (UK) (US+)
I don’t normally buy how-to books about writing these days, and I’ve never been an especial admirer of Delany beyond his short story “Aye, And Gomorrah” – except that that is one of the best short stories in the SF canon, and I read a long interview with him, I think in the Charles Platt book? Which would be where I got the concept of the novum. So, for 99p or whatever it was, I’m going to give ABOUT WRITING (UK) (US+) a go.
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Comments closedTHE VISIBLE LIGHT OF OTHER WORLDS is the 12th solo album from the UK based Composer, Performer and Improviser Laura Cannell. Recently hailed as “The Radical Neo-medieval Musician Laura Cannell” by The Guardian. Her latest album evokes a strange new world between renaissance consort music, neo-classical & ambient music.
This is the sound of fog in a canyon light years from earth, the tempestuous flames of the sun’s surface, the imagined movement of sand in fields of dark dunes, the hurricane spirals of uninhabitable worlds. It is the residue and archived energy of long gone forests, the restless oceans and curving rift valleys of unknown lands in the untouchable reaches of the universe.
O’Malley of SUNN 0))) in electroacoustic mode. I saw a rather poor review of this and was very confused. I think it’s glorious. Reminded me of Yoshi Wada doing “Earth Horns” until the guitars come in like a martial summoning. It reaches back for something ancient and yet also points towards a new future. It plays well late at night, I’ve found.
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- DOES SPRING HIDE ITS JOY, Kali Malone (featuring Stephen O’Malley & Lucy Railton)
- AZURE, Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang
Wherein hangs a bit of a story. I saw this pop up on Amazon around the turn of the year, and I thought, I’ll wait a bit. I was fascinated by the film, but I wasn’t necessarily up for paying full price on it. And then, back in July, I came across a curious fact. MEGALOPOLIS is not available for home viewing in the US and certain other territories. No streaming, no DVD, no Blu-Ray. Coppola reserved home video rights, and, instead, took MEGALOPOLIS out as a roadshow in the summer. He’s doing everything he can to preserve this as a cinema-only experience.
At which point I realised, eventually the European and UK home video rights will revert back to Coppola, and this Blu-Ray will go away. And I want to be able to study many of the film’s compositions at my own speed. So I clicked back to Amazon and found the price had dropped by a fiver. Therefore, I now own it, against the day when it becomes entirely unavailable.
MEGALOPOLIS (UK!)
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The album was built from field recordings captured at megalithic sites in Ireland, underwater sounds recorded with hydrophones in the rivers of Asturias, and electromagnetic wave scans from Birmingham. These sonic landscapes are interwoven with synthesizers, digital harmonium, experimental “sonic triangle,” multi-effects, percussion, and López’s voice — serving as a thread between the inner and the outer worlds.
It is a fantastic journey of a record. Something for the imagination under a summer sky. Which is how I enjoyed it. I have long adored Susana’s work, but this feels like a milestone.
Only available on digital or vinyl, but Susana knows my preference for CD and sent me this!
I remain a very lucky person.
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The third track is absolutely brilliant and caused me to need this record on physical media.
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