Apropos of war films and immersion the one shot formalism is one way to make us identify with the characters and the context. Last night watched the first half of The Deer Hunter with the family. Here’s another […]

Again, that, along with the encounter with the family felt like the studio had gone ‘Ok you can have an hour for your bravura one-shot, two tommies, no action film, if you give us what we want in the second hour – […]

Beg to differ – that was another point at which (for me) it hit a standard ‘war movie’ note. But that first half…more than enough.

Saw it last week. I thought it was a film of two halves. The first half, which after a brief set-up is almost entirely between the two principals as they trek across no-man’s land, is astonishing. The long takes, […]

@atcf my thoughts – just been listening to The Masterplan and there’s a good arguement for it being their best album. Not overproduced, and really only the title track is overblown. Two words that apply to even […]

This has been covered by the security-guard train set botherer so that I guess will keep the writer in 80 shillings. Fanstastic tune.

DITD is virtually the only Bruce mustskippable, again relentless over-exposure stripped it of whatever charm it possessed on release.

Not for me Clive. Cringeworthy. In fact I can imagine a whole Curb Your Enthusiasm episode being built around it. Larry arranges for a choir to sing it at Cheryl’s birthday outside her window. Except he wants to […]

Goin’ alright this thread is is not?

All Mod Cons.
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For no bonds can ever keep me from she.

Excellent answer except there’s usually more than one. Even acts such as the mighty De La Soul are unable to resist the lure of the skit. Dr Dre’s are particularly bad. Reverse the question: has there ever ever […]

Agree on Thorn of Crowns. A parody of the macca lyric.

Wikipedia tells me that Madonna’s otherwise very fine Music album is marred by the ‘international edition bonus track’ No bonus for this excrable cover version round here.

Only half a point because it’s a cover, […]

On for a disco-cast as well. I think it’s a great idea, not too much to not cover the ground in an hour or so, but lots to say. Make it happen please @twang (politely)!

We will definitely need to discuss this

Point of clarification: Bonobo is the artist, Fabric Presents the mix series. It’s OK, us dance music nerds are a minority round here. And mea culpa its Fabric Presents not Fabric Live. Changed about a year ago.

Warming to my theme, Juliana’s hair is a thing of wonder. Impossibly long, lush and flowing it would be a shoe-in for best haircut at the Emmys (a thing they need to do).

Oh yes forgot we saw the Star Wars on Christmas Eve. It’s kind of forgettable. A rehash of all the greatest hits of the first 8 films, while being buried under the need for CLOSURE on everything. Lame mcguffin, […]

also the baddies have story arcs and character developments – whereas Joe and Juliana appear to just rotate about each other in a get captured/work for the bad guys/go the neutral zone/meet the resistance/meet […]

Well I’ll kick off
LISTENED – Dabbling with the Afterward faves of the year. Michael Kiwanuka sounds pretty much like the Small Faces if they’d signed to Motown. Ms Moles a fan, me not so much.
Wilco – dull. A […]

Track 9 is the selection of Daughter Moles who last night was watching the Rammstein live movie currently on Amazon Prime for free. That singer bloke is older than me!