Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Aquarius is a strong testament to the value of family, memory and womanhood. Set in a seaside apartment block named ‘Aquarius’ in Recife, Brazil, its last remaining resident, 69 year old Clara (played by Sonia Braga) is a formidable opponent of the construction company ‘Bonfim’, who are doing everything in their power …
Rob Chapman, Voyageur Press. 2016 That Old Black Magic AgainThe Barbarians were always more of a myth than an actual band. Rumors and whispers of a Rolling Stone’s tour without their lead vocalist plagued WRIF-FM “Home of Rock’n’Roll” in my hometown of Detroit. The core of the New Barbarians centered around the 70’s tour-alumni of …
Sexual abuse of children is the most heinous crime that a person can be charged with, even murderers and other rapists in prison treat pedophiles abominably, not to mention that it is the most difficult charge to refute. Young children cannot express traumatic experiences they do not understand, so adults can tend to make mistakes …
Before the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s secret police (Stasi) monitored the country’s population. The socialist regime secured its power by creating a culture of fear, paranoia, and denunciation within the society, and an arbitrary state executive to go after potential anti-authoritarian individuals and forces. The Lives Of Others (2006) is a remarkable …
Can you hear me wanking on my stereo? On this third Vinyl Wankers installment, we’ll have a look at the species of audiophile snobs. These are people who spend a ridiculous amount on high-end audio equipment and original pressings because they cannot enjoy music otherwise, people who likely clean their records with the four-times-distilled sperm …
On June 15, 1979, a totally unique, enigmatic and disturbing album was about to see the light and leave its mark as one of the best albums ever made. Unknown Pleasures is the debut album by the English band Joy Division. Today, the album continues to receive constant praise from the critics and the public, …
Vol. 2 (Night Trips) 1. “Contact” (Brigitte Bardot) Brigitte Bardot was born on September 28, 1934 in Paris. She was an actress in many famous French films and became an internationally renowned sex symbol in the 1950s-1960s. During her fleeting love affair with Serge Gainsbourg (1967-1968), she also briefly began a career as a singer. …
Vol. 1 (Day Trips) 01. “La Ragazza Con La Pistola” (Peppino De Luca) Peppino De Luca was born on January 5, 1936 in Rome. In the 1950s, he played in the Roman New Orleans Jazz Band. In the 1960s, he turned his skills to Italian motion pictures and television. This is the title track from …
Arcadia was an idyllic paradise, a rural sanctuary, that was longed for even in the days of ancient Greece and Rome as urban life dominated and pastoral life disappeared. Arcadia was a mystical, mythical realm for medieval Europeans. During the Baroque era, the Italian artist Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (known as Guercino) created a painting named …
The story behind Bob Dylan’s masterpiece, Blonde On Blonde, is one of the most iconic in all of popular music. Dylan, coming off of touring for the equally magnificent Highway 61 Revisited, took some of the Hawks, his touring crew, and went into the Columbia Studio in New York to create his next musical work. After frustrations …
