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Benji's Bands: Taraf de Haïdouks @ Union Chapel, December 7 2008
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Ponderings on live music. penned by an enthusiastic philistine. Monday, 8 December 2008. Taraf de Haïdouks @ Union Chapel, December 7 2008. Last summer, I was lucky enough to cover the annual Romani pilgrimage to St Maries de la Mer. A superb brass troupe from northeastern Romania, subjects of the award-winning film Brass on Fire. You may have also seen them on the cover of Garth Cartwright’s book Princes Amongst Men. And heard their version of Born to be Wild. On the ending credits of the Borat film.
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Benji's Bands: Yo Majesty @ Barfly, November 17 2008
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Ponderings on live music. penned by an enthusiastic philistine. Tuesday, 18 November 2008. Yo Majesty @ Barfly, November 17 2008. Ah, the wonderful Camden Barfly. As, erm, regular readers might have deduced, this is not my favourite venue. What they look like. What they sound like. Be-jesus. There is quite a lot going on here. Shunda K is a rapid rapper, cramming a barrage of lyrics into extremely tight lines- the effect is more rhythmic than lyrical. Imagine the vocal flexibility of Busta Rh...The music...
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Benji's Bands: WhoMadeWho @ Cargo, December 11, 2008
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Ponderings on live music. penned by an enthusiastic philistine. Friday, 12 December 2008. WhoMadeWho @ Cargo, December 11, 2008. Two of my buddies, the bon viveurs behind Kodaly’s Code. Are soon headed for Scandinavian climbs. On their holiday, they plan to 1. Pick up a few DJ sets, and 2. Chirps some Scandifemales (see: 1). Last night, WhoMadeWho. Is one of the Shoreditch darlings. It has been there for yonks. Along with 93 Feet East. What they look like. Where Dolly Parton and Destiny's Child were mixe...
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Benji's Bands: Friendly Fires @ Kings College, October 7 2008
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Ponderings on live music. penned by an enthusiastic philistine. Wednesday, 15 October 2008. Friendly Fires @ Kings College, October 7 2008. It’s freshers’ season, and oodles of fresh loan money is burning holes in the frivolous pockets of thousands of students across the country. In other news, the music industry is fucked, and (as indicated by the recent trend of album tours. Lots of good gigs in student unions in October. I’d heard the Friendly Fires. On the radio- Jump in the Pool. What they look like.
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OPENING IMAGE: two quotes and a poem
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Monday, November 08, 2010. Two quotes and a poem. Gender is an act which has been rehearsed, much as a script survives the particular actors who make use of it, but which requires individual actors in order to be actualised and reproduced as reality once again. - Judith Butler. Tear it Down by Jack Gilbert. We find out the heart only by dismantling what. The heart knows. By redefining the morning,. We find a morning that comes just after darkness. We can break through marriage into marriage. 003: Louise ...
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OPENING IMAGE: Preview: Rotterdam Film Festival
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Monday, January 25, 2010. Preview: Rotterdam Film Festival. On Wednesday I head to the Netherlands for the 39th International. Rotterdam Film Festival, where there’s a typically huge and varied. Line-up of movies on offer. Here’s a brief glimpse at the separate. Strands that make up this year’s Festival:. VPRO Tiger Awards Competition. The competition consists of a selection of 15 films by first or second. Time directors, each vying for 3 top prizes of equal value. Potential. Each organised around a them...
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OPENING IMAGE: November 2010
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Monday, November 08, 2010. Two quotes and a poem. Gender is an act which has been rehearsed, much as a script survives the particular actors who make use of it, but which requires individual actors in order to be actualised and reproduced as reality once again. - Judith Butler. Tear it Down by Jack Gilbert. We find out the heart only by dismantling what. The heart knows. By redefining the morning,. We find a morning that comes just after darkness. We can break through marriage into marriage. 004: Tokyo S...
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OPENING IMAGE: November 2009
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Friday, November 13, 2009. For all its claims to being a realistic look at life for a working class single mum in small town America, Sunshine Cleaning. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Theodor Fontane: Effi Briest. Robert Frost: Selected Poems. John Gray: Straw Dogs. John D'Agata: Halls Of Fame. William Empson: Seven Types Of Ambiguity. Willa Cather: A Lost Lady. 001: Make Way For Tomorrow (McCarey). 002: I Was Born, But. (Ozu). 004: Tokyo Story (Ozu). 005: Trouble In Paradise (Lubitsch). No World But U.
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OPENING IMAGE: June 2009
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Monday, June 29, 2009. Tells a well worn tale of a love affair that's pulled apart by a jealous relative. Set in Takua Pa, a Thai town that was devastated after the 2004 tsunami, the relentlessly slow manner in which the romance blossoms is painful to behold, lacking the passion, intensity, and transcendence a film this sparse demands. Sunday, June 28, 2009. A Day At DC's. S a link to a post that I assembled for Dennis Cooper's blog, in which I assembled a selection of some of my favorite short films....
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Benji's Bands: The Argonauts @ Gramophone, March 13 2008
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Ponderings on live music. penned by an enthusiastic philistine. Friday, 28 March 2008. The Argonauts @ Gramophone, March 13 2008. I was in Liverpool writing a piece for an exciting publication (ooh! Loosely based on the music scene there. Thus I found myself in 3345. The private(ish) members club attached to the Parr St Studios. Managed by the lovely Thom Lang. Every Thursday they run an acoustic night there, and The Argonauts. This was my first time at The Gramophone. On the same road. But the downs...