With Silvio Berlusconi as Prime Minister and the algorithmic populist Five Star Movement led by Comedian Beppo Grillo, Italy did everything before any other modern populists did anything. That’s why Steve Bannon spent so much time over in Rome, studying closely what’s going on in the populist Capitol of the world to implement the recipe …
You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave… Once or twice a year, if you are incredibly fortunate, you may discover a piece of music …
In Germany circa 1969, the new generation was radically changing German music away from the bland pop Schlager songs of the past towards a psychedelic rock partially influenced by the American and British counterculture, especially Pink Floyd’s first two records Piper at the Gates of Dawn and Saucerful of Secrets. Conrad Schnitzler (a musique concrete …
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Contemporary Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos is inclined to create worlds of his own, worlds in which the viewer feels like a complete stranger that gradually interacts with the environment, until a complete and fascinating immersion occurs. In his magnum opus Dogtooth (2009), Lanthimos invited us into a hermetic universe filled with its …
Sleaford Mods spend the duration of Spare Ribs flashing their teeth but never doing much to actually bite down. Given the beef that they started with England contemporaries IDLES, Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn seem to view themselves as the old guard, even though they have just been around for about a decade and a …
VCR’s and vaseline, tv-fucked by plastic queensCash in hand and dick on screen, who said God was ever clean?Bible-belt ’round anglo-waste, putting sinners in their placeYeah, right, great if you’re so good explain the shit stains on your face Marilyn Manson, “Cake and Sodomy” (from: Portrait of an American Family, 1994) *** It just took …
“Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.” Krzysztof Kieślowski Some films are completely blissful and ethereal, their souls float through the environment, their images fade between dreamy and fleeting sensations, their substance is destined to overcome the borders of time and space. …
Viagra Boys – Welfare Jazz (2020) Maturation is a very intricate, intimate concept. And it becomes even more intimate when it is put to music, especially to punk music. Some artists and bands try to pursue their bombastic qualities as long as they can write catchy riffs and bass grooves, others evolve their sound to …
SHAWN CIAVATTONE “Not listed by rank or importance expect that Rose City Band’s Summerlong is as close to perfect as we deserve.” (Summerlong is our album of the year. Read full review here) Rose City Band – Summerlong Ripley Johnson creating a cosmic country rock masterpiece. Sparse and beautiful songwriting that brings orange sunshine to …
When I first heard Elvis’ voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody; and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail. Bob Dylan There is a disrespect towards Elvis that does not fit his achievements and heritage of being the …
