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<title><![CDATA[Kunst- David Lynch- Austellung]]></title>
<link>http://schallflug.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/kunst-david-lynch-austellung/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Versucht man David Lynch wikepadiatorisch zu definieren, kommt folgendes dabei heraus: &#8220;David ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Versucht man <strong>David Lynch</strong> wikepadiatorisch zu definieren, kommt folgendes dabei heraus: &#8220;David Keith Lynch (* 20. Januar 1946 in Missoula, Montana) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Maler, Fotograf und Animationskünstler.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ein Multitalent also, dessen Durchbruch ihm mit Filmen wie <strong>Eraserhead</strong> im Jahre 1977 gelang (und er wohl deshalb die Frisur noch heute in Ehren trägt?), <strong>Blue Velvet</strong>, der ihn 1986 weiter auf dieser Welle reiten lässt und er mir persönlich mit <strong>Lost Highway und Mulholland Drive </strong>1997 und 2001 zwei meiner Lieblingsfilme beschert: <em>&#8220;Als Regisseur hat er eine unverkennbare Filmsprache gefunden (der SPIEGEL)&#8221;.</em>Was einige seiner Filme, speziell Mulholland Drive, angeht, klicke ich mich noch heute durch alle Foren, um die Intetionen aufzuspüren. Der Meister selbst sagte einmal in einem Interview, das ich vor Jahren las, er verstehe seine Filme als Bilder bzw. Gemälde, bei denen jeder Betrachter einen jeweils anderen Eindruck gewinnt und er ihnen deshalb seine ganz eigenen Interpretationen abgewinnt.<br />
David Lynch ist ein Meister des surrealistischen, grotesk anmutenden Kinos, das sich mit atmosphärischen Elementen des Film Noirs vereint und somit eine Art vertontes Kunstwerk schafft. Sohingehend verbindet er immer Kunst, Film und auch seine Leidenschaft zu experimenteller Musik, die er für seine Filme zu großen Teilen selbst produziert.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Der Film entwickelte sich für mich aus der Malerei.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Nun gibt er <strong>erstmals in Deutschland sein Werk als bildender Künstler</strong> preis und zwar im Max Ernst Museum in Brühl. Seine Bilder sind wie erwartet grotesk, gewohnt verstörend und ein bisschen anders. Die Einflüsse eines Francis Bacon sind sofort erkennbar, sieht man sich die sogenannten &#8220;Distorted Nudes&#8221;- Werke an, bei denen es sich um verzerrte und teilweise verstümmelte Frauenkörper, am Computer bearbeitet, handelt und auch etwas verstörend wirken. Die ältesten Werke Lynchs stellen die Aufnahmen der schmelzenden Schneemänner dar, die er zu den Dreharbeiten seiner Twin- Peaks Serie fotografiert hat. Auch gibt es großformatige Portraits und kunstvoll gestaltete Materialbilder.</p>
<p>Seine Bilder sind so zugänglich wie seine Filme, entweder man lässt sich darauf ein und die Interpretation erstmal aussen vor, oder man versucht  einfach nicht hinzusehen und verpasst dabei die ihm eigene und phantasievolle Art, filmischen Spielraum kunstvoll zu Nutzen.</p>
<p>Hier eine kleine  Auswahl seiner Bilder in Brühl, die ich hier leider nicht, wie er vor Ort, musikalisch unterlegen kann (was die surrealstische Stimmung noch authentischer erscheinen lässt):<br />
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<title><![CDATA[DLF.TV Visits Billy Corgan]]></title>
<link>http://kenchawkin.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/dlf-tv-visits-billy-corgan/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Smashing Pumpkins&#8217; Drummer Auditions Documented in Video Posted on Nov 19th 2009 4:00PM by Ada]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h2><a rel="bookmark" href="http://www.spinner.com/2009/11/19/smashing-pumpkins-drummer-auditions-documented-in-video/">Smashing Pumpkins&#8217; Drummer Auditions Documented in Video</a></h2>
<p>Posted on Nov 19th 2009 4:00PM by <a href="http://www.spinner.com/bloggers/adam-horne/">Adam Horne</a></p>
<p><a href="http://kenchawkin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/billy-corgan1.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2239" title="BIlly Corgan" src="http://kenchawkin.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/billy-corgan1.png" alt="" width="214" height="241" /></a>Back in September, we <a href="http://www.spinner.com/2009/09/17/smashing-pumpkins-soldier-on-with-free-44-song-album/" target="_blank">reported</a> that <a href="http://www.spinner.com/tag/BillyCorgan/">Billy Corgan</a> had found a replacement for original <a href="http://www.spinner.com/tag/SmashingPumpkins/">Smashing Pumpkins</a> drummer <a href="http://www.spinner.com/tag/JimmyChamberlin/">Jimmy Chamberlin</a> after a quick open casting call. Corgan&#8217;s choice of 19-year-old Portland, Ore. native Mike Byrne came as a huge surprise &#8212; but in the following video, we&#8217;re given a glimpse into the audition process that resulted in the eyebrow-raising pick.</p>
<p>The documentary footage shows the wide-eyed teenager living out the thrill of a lifetime as viewers are made witness to the birth of a musical relationship.</p>
<p>The candid footage comes courtesy of the <a href="http://www.dlf.tv/" target="_blank">David Lynch Foundation</a>, a non-profit artist promotion network, film house and meditation advocacy group founded by the controversial filmmaker. <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/david-lynch/1031718/main" target="_blank">Lynch</a>, whose dark, dreamlike work has plenty in common with the Pumpkins&#8217; musical output, is a noted fan of Corgan&#8217;s. &#8220;Billy Corgan is a Magical Musician-a singer-songwriter with his own unique voice and way,&#8221; he says. &#8220;A deep honest coolness emerges every time and his music has big lasting power.&#8221;</p>
<p>This documentary short is not the first item the two artists have in common. Back in 1997, Corgan penned a song for Lynch&#8217;s film &#8216;<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/lost-highway/3508/main" target="_blank">Lost Highway</a>,&#8217; a story he shares in the interview portion of the video. Without giving too much away, let&#8217;s just say Shaquille O&#8217;Neal is involved. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjYAqyZiObM&#38;feature=player_embedded">Have a look below</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[renee and alice]]></title>
<link>http://fuckingfetishfilmfantasy.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/renee-and-alice/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fuckingfetishfilmfantasy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lynch doesn&#8217;t really discuss the content of his films much. Yeah, there are those who have no ]]></description>
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<p>Lynch doesn&#8217;t really discuss the content of his films much. Yeah, there are those who have no appetite for his enigmatic work. Personally, it&#8217;s what I live for. And frankly, if you don&#8217;t share this appetite, it&#8217;s likely I won&#8217;t have an appetite for you.</p>
<p>I catalog my filmmic and personal lives according to the time line of Lynch films. With the exception of ERASERHEAD, I have never missed a  first-run screening.</p>
<p>I single out LOST HIGHWAY for this post, for one reason only. It is his most comprehensive on the subject of sex. Lynch takes us on an experiential journey of sex. Yes, the &#8220;narrative&#8221; describes the ascent and descent of a man who murders his adulterous wife. Although there are many compelling, horrifying, and beautiful images (too many to list), my inference came from my fascination with the marital bed scene:</p>
<p>Husband and wife, in missionary position, conclude coitus in perfunctory sadness. The implication is that of premature ejaculation or lost erection. Whatever it may be, we understand a mutual impotence, a dissociation between them. The film proceeds to quite literally flesh out the existential permutations of sexual relationship and emotion. The extreme manifestations are staggering:</p>
<p>bliss, comfort, complacency, boredom, repulsion, alienation, frustration, guilt, disgust, confusion, deception, entrapment, shame, humiliation, subjugation, chastity, entrapment, seduction, danger, empowerment, obsession, control, sadism, deviance, fetish, mania, frenzy, monstrosity, extremity, exuberance, brusqueness, ephemera, luminousness, scintillation&#8230;</p>
<p>All are effects of our bifurcated leading femme. We know she&#8217;s never quite present, but instead moves through the story with disassociated empowered consciousness, the distance is infinite as we desperately attempt to reach her. And although there isn&#8217;t much more we will ever discover beyond her explicit nude form, we never have the satisfaction of real intimacy with her. It&#8217;s her bewitching glow that keeps us in persuit.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[this is the girl]]></title>
<link>http://fuckingfetishfilmfantasy.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/the-one/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fuckingfetishfilmfantasy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[MULHOLLAND DRIVE woke me UP. Yes, it did. For four years, I was anesthetized by a long necessary bre]]></description>
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<p>MULHOLLAND DRIVE woke me UP. Yes, it did.</p>
<p>For four years, I was anesthetized by a long necessary breakup out of an innocuous and oppressively boring relationship&#8230;. and THE STRAIGHT STORY. I was mostly afraid that mister Lynch had abandoned this perv for lighter fare. Although I appreciated his semi-hiatus material quite a lot, I literally fantasized about LOST HIGHWAY&#8217;s depravity and beauty. Often.</p>
<p>Fast forward to my delightful snarl during my first screening of MD. I had purposefully not read any material about the long-belabored production. I went in with no information. When that blue box was unlocked, I felt a real shift in my appetite. <em><strong>This</strong> had its origins in </em><em>television?</em></p>
<p>Although I had cultivated a famously wide range of predilections and partners at this time, for whatever reasons, I had not come across a woman I cared to explore with beyond a dalliance. Oh, don&#8217;t get me wrong. I was into the ladies, but until now, they had almost been perfunctory lays, like most. Somehow, I just hadn&#8217;t met the right girl.</p>
<p>One gorgeous foggy afternoon, a friend invited me to an Easter brunch at a remarkably situated glamorous home he had been house sitting. It had a view of a dark heavy crackling eucalyptus grove. So high up, the occasional band of fog drifted by on the outdoor deck.</p>
<p>I was a little jetlagged from a fetish sextrip I had taken to the East Coast. Lent was over, and I was finally sated.</p>
<p>As I stepped onto the dramatically cantilevered deck, a tall figure in large dark sunglasses caught my eye. Her hair was black, blacker than mine.  It was like velvet; it shone and disappeared as it fell to her shoulders. We made long sustained eye contact across the deck, through the small crowd. She moved toward me with directness and someone introduced us. I only heard her thick European accent,  noticing her pale skin and red full lips. She was much taller than I and was still brazen enough to enjoy a cigarette among PC Bay Area health-conscious fuckheads. <em>This is the girl.</em></p>
<p>She was very interested in everything I had to say, and I just could not stop thinking about how I was going to get her home. Thankfully, I&#8217;d arrived alone and I had intentions of later attending the jam-session closing of a local historic jazz club.</p>
<p>It was a date. We&#8217;d stopped by my place to drop my luggage. I took the chance to freshen up and change into an incredibly revealing black wrap dress and Luichiny platform boots. I reveled in the thought of her looking through my apartment while I showered. I emerged with wet hair and a flame of lipstick on my mouth. I had her attention.</p>
<p>I drove us, top down, to North Beach. It was no accident that my dress had ridden far up on the warm wool seat.</p>
<p>We held hands as we made our way into the club. There had been a line, but I suspect our obvious lust inspired our host to seat us front and center. We felt like jazz royalty; Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft were seated to our left.</p>
<p>Between sets, we chatted about film, a common interest, nee, obsession. She asked, <em>&#8220;Have you seen MULHOLLAND DRIVE?&#8221;</em> I quietly marveled a bit, reserving my excitement, as I do when anyone asks me about the film. <em>&#8220;Yes, I have. It&#8217;s a perfect film,&#8221;</em> I responded. We both <em>simultaneously </em>followed with, &#8220;I love David Lynch.&#8221; Waiter, check please.</p>
<p>We arrived at my home full of mojitos, stumbling into the bedroom. I had a glowing lamp that slowly cycled through my favorite end of the spectrum: blue, violet, magenta, red. I kissed her deeply for a long while, then gently lowered her onto the bed. My hands moved slowly through her hair. That hair. We kissed and moved over each other until it was everything I could do to stop thinking about fucking her. It&#8217;s different for girls. I didn&#8217;t want this to be just another fuck. She whispered in <em>that accent</em>, &#8220;I want it too. Now is okay.&#8221;</p>
<p>I unbuttoned her white broad cloth shirt and was delighted to see she was wearing a black satin bra. It&#8217;s a preference of mine: contrasting bras that purposefully reveal through lighter clothing. I knelt back and unwrapped my dress then removed my bra. I left my boots on. Her eyes widened at my nipple piercings and she smiled as she breathily declared: &#8220;fuck.&#8221;</p>
<p>Down to our underwear, the last bastion of clothing before it was all game, I took the time to appreciate the peek a boo sliver of the black satin panty she wore. I slipped my fingers from her lower back, over her soft roundness, then under the edge of the panty. I wanted to feel the lowest curve of her ass. When I brushed my hand over her Mons, it was soaked. Nothing would stop me now. Hands on each others&#8217; clits, mouths too hungry to fill, we pulled off the rest of our foundations. Now, there was nothing but our unmitigated flesh. She was soft, hot, pliable, and wet in my hands and mouth. The attraction was remarkable; we fucked until the dawn. I hadn&#8217;t fucked that hard and meant it in forever.</p>
<p>When I made the connection later that morning, I stopped in my tracks. She shared her name with our MULHOLLAND DRIVE protagonist&#8217;s lover and even bore a physical similarity. It&#8217;s been a long time that I&#8217;ve acknowledged Mister Lynch and I share interests in fetish, particularly in brunettes, undergarments, and footwear. Like Betty and Camilla, the two of us launched into this adventure quietly, privately, passionately&#8230;as in the Deco interior of that apartment in the hazy dark hills of Hollywood.</p>
<p>We remain lovers and constant friends, not owing to description of relationship. All I know is that when I sat next to her and another profoundly close friend during the screening of INLAND EMPIRE, I was as ecstatic as Saint Theresa.</p>
<p>She <em><strong>is</strong></em> The Girl.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Circle]]></title>
<link>http://californiasound.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-circle/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alberto C. Molina</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No lo entiendo, de veras. Por más que lo intento, nada, sigo sin entenderlo&#8230; Me refiero a la o]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">No lo entiendo, de veras. Por más que lo intento, nada, sigo sin entenderlo&#8230; Me refiero a la opinión que tiene la gente de <strong>Bon Jovi</strong> —del grupo al completo, no sólo de su vocalista Jon—. Como bien sabréis, y si no os lo cuento yo, que para eso me tenéis a vuestro servicio, los de Nueva Jersey cuentan con un nuevo álbum en su discografía desde el pasado 11 de noviembre. Más de dos años después de su antecesor, <strong><em>The Circle</em></strong> se convierte en el undécimo trabajo de estudio de la banda. En él repite <strong>John Shanks</strong> como productor como ya hiciera en <strong><em>Have a Nice Day</em></strong> (2005) y en <strong><em><a href="http://californiasound.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/31/" target="_blank">Lost Highway</a> </em></strong>(2007), y al igual que estos, de momento está cosechando una buena acogida por parte del público.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El caso es que la publicación del último de la lista ha suscitado muchos comentarios, entre los cuales ganan por goleada aquéllos que aseguran que los estadounidenses han recuperado con él su sonido Rock más auténtico. De acuerdo, no es necesario escuchar más de tres canciones para comprobar cómo las guitarras son las que parten el bacalao en <em>The Circle</em>. Incluso el propio líder de la banda declaró en una ocasión que es un disco concebido para ser tocado en estadios a base de<em> riffs</em>, <em>riffs</em> y más <em>riffs</em>. Es más,  JBJ —<strong>Jon Bon Jovi</strong>— añadió que el gran artífice fue su compañero y guitarrista <strong>Richie Sambora</strong>.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Todo esto está a la vista en la <a href="http://es.bonjovi.com" target="_blank">página web del grupo</a>, y aquí comienza el rompecabezas, mucha atención. Literalmente se nos dice que el disco es genuino Rock &#8216;n&#8217; Roll gracias al regreso de Sambora. Bien, pero como somos desconfiados por naturaleza investigamos y descubrimos que el guitarrista es además uno de los productores —los otros son los citados John y Jon, que juntos podrían dar nombre a un bufete de abogados— , hecho que daría sentido a tal afirmación. Seguimos indagando y damos con que en los anteriores álbumes el señor Sambora también compaginó las labores de grabación con las de producción. De hecho, desde 1995 sólo se desligó de esta última faceta en una ocasión, en 2007, en <em>Lost Highway</em>. Llegados a este punto habría que preguntarse si <strong><a href="http://californiasound.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/31/" target="_blank"> <em>Lost Highway</em></a></strong> sonaba y suena tan rematadamente mal como para provocar semejante revolución en Bon Jovi&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De eso nada, aquel disco ya supuso un acertado y refrescante cambio de aires con mucho Rock y Country, y por si fuera poco las ventas dieron la razón a dicha fórmula. ¿Entonces? ¿Cómo suena <em>The Circle</em>? Pues muy bien, no podría escribir otra cosa, pero de revolucionario no tiene tanto como nos han querido hacer creer. Guitarrero, pero sin volvernos locos. Siempre he tenido a los de Nueva Jersey como un grupo de grandes baladas, comercial tirando a pastelón con permiso de célebres y movidos <em>singles</em>. Y <em>The Circle</em> no me hace cambiar de parecer. Repito que me gusta, no cansa, pero dejando a un lado el paréntesis de <em>Lost Highway</em> —que realmente entreveía una nueva etapa—<em>, </em>es más de lo mismo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De manera que nos encontramos una vez más ante un listado de temas amorosos, o simplemente más pausados, y de agitados éxitos radiofónicos en potencia.  Eso sí, no olvidemos las guitarras, con un plus de protagonismo en todas las composiciones. En definitiva, un muy buen disco, al margen de que en él hayan recuperato su sonido primigenio o jamás lo perdieran totalmente como cree un servidor.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">1.     <strong><em>We Weren&#8217;t Born to Follow</em></strong>: primer tema y <em>single</em>, es el modelo ideal. Con mucho ritmo, la canción además aborda una de las temáticas más recurrentes del disco: la crisis económica. En ella la púa también cuenta con su momento de gloria, breve, pero intenso. La señal es ese &#8220;Guitar!&#8221; clamado a los dos minutos y medio.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">2.    <strong> </strong><em><strong>When We Were Beautiful</strong>: </em>JBJ y Richie opinan que  tanto ésta como la anterior no se parecen a ninguna canción escrita por ellos<em>&#8230; </em>Repito, &#8220;más de lo mismo&#8221;. Los hay mejores, pero no deja de ser un buen tema, a medio camino entre las más enérgicas y las baladas de turno.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">3.     <strong><em>Work for the Working Man</em></strong>: sus primeros compases recuerdan demasiado a los de <em>Livin&#8217; on a Prayer</em>, y no está del todo mal. Lo malo de verdad llega después, cuando la cosa cambia y las comparaciones se vuelven en su contra definitivamente. Dura canción, tanto que da la sensación de no encajar en la dinámica general, y con un mensaje igual de contundente citado más arriba, la crisis económica.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">4.     <em>Superman Tonight</em><br />
5.     <em>Bullet</em><br />
6.     <em>Thorn in My Side</em><br />
7.    <em> Live Before You Die</em><br />
8.     <em>Brokenpromiseland</em><br />
9.     <em>Love&#8217;s the Only Rule</em><br />
10.   <em>Fast Cars</em><br />
11.    <em>Happy Now</em><br />
12.    <em>Learn to Love</em></p>
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<link>http://cheriecity.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/jarvis-makes-an-exhibition-of-himself-again/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cheriecity</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Jarvis Cocker took over Shoreditch&#8217;s Village Underground for three days of workshops, jamming,]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Jarvis Cocker took over Shoreditch&#8217;s <a href="http://www.villageunderground.co.uk" target="_blank">Village Underground</a> for three days of workshops, jamming, cake eating and informal performances.  Taking lead from his &#8216;happening&#8217;  at <a href="http://www.myspace.com/galeriechappe" target="_blank">Galerie Chappe</a> in Paris earlier this year, Jarvis invited everyone to bring their own instruments and take part in yoga, burlesque and Jivamukti yoga sessions, all taught by instructors, with Jarvis and his recruits providing the soundtrack.  Or you could just come to watch and munch on home-made chocolate cake and curly wurlys from Jarvis&#8217; personally overseen Tuck Shop and chillax on big inflatables.</p>
<p>He couldn&#8217;t have picked a better venue than Village Underground, with its disused railway carriages and excellent acoustics. It is housed under a viaduct, like a mini version of The Arches in Glasgow, and it felt a lot more welcoming and comfy than the overly-lit, white box setting of an art gallery.</p>
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<p>I dropped by during the &#8216;Bring your own Instrument&#8217; session and Jarvis was perched on a stool playing guitar with members of his band and audience members. They seemed to be mostly improvising, creating dreamy sound scapes, although it sounded very together, like they&#8217;d been playing together for years.</p>
<p>Throughout the residency, Charley from the nearby Pure Evil gallery worked on a large graffiti piece dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which provided the backdrop on the stage.  He was still adding the finishing touches during the final concert!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-483" title="jarvis graffiti" src="http://cheriecity.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jarvis-graffiti.jpg" alt="jarvis graffiti" width="500" height="333" /></p>
<p>I hadn&#8217;t made plans to go to the concert, as I thought it must have been sold out, but there were still tickets left to buy at the venue (£30 seemed like a lot, but then again, the rest of the festivities had been for free).</p>
<p>Support came from American anti-folk nutter Thomas Truax, who had a whole menagerie of pimped up, hand-made instruments, which look like futurist noise machines.  Truax started out as a solo performer in 90s New York alongside the likes of Beck and Lach and worked as an animator on MTV&#8217;s <em>Celebrity Death Match</em> before decamping to London.</p>
<p>Thomas plays everything himself and records each instrument live, layering up the different sounds, then singing and playing blues guitar over the top. He played experimental songs from his latest album <em>Songs from the films of David Lynch</em>, including a cover of <em>I Put A Spell On You</em> from <em>Lost Highway</em>.  The folk at the front were pretty into it, but there were some sceptical mutterings from the oldies at the back, who were probably hoping Jarvis would enlist one of his famous mates to open for him.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-492" title="jarvis mixing desk" src="http://cheriecity.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/jarvis-mixing-desk1.jpg" alt="jarvis mixing desk" width="500" height="325" /></p>
<p>Finally, Jarvis appeared and played songs from his two solo albums <em>Jarvis</em> and <em>Further Complications</em>.  He appeared as skinny and bookish as ever, but when Jarvis starts singing, he is utterly seductive with that inimitably sexy voice and and quiet Northern charm.</p>
<p>There was plenty of bum wiggling and thrusting going on and at one point, he led the audience into a quick aerobics session, as keeping fit seemed to have got pushed off the daytime schedule.</p>
<p>His new songs are more rock based and have a cool cosmic sound that goes into prog-rock indulgence in the slightly comical <em>Pilchard</em>, complete with interactive dance routine.  <em>Further Complications</em> has some hilarious lyrics but there&#8217;s an underlying melancholy and feeling of disappointment that could be attributed to the break-down of his marriage to Camille Bidault-Waddington earlier this year.</p>
<p>Jarvis&#8217; main preoccupation of the night was making sure that everyone had enjoyed the workshops and most important the Tuck Shop.  He was concerned that the Roast Beef Monster might not be to everyone&#8217;s taste and proceeded to hurl packets of Love Hearts into the crowd.</p>
<p>Watch Jarvis singing Leftovers and having smoochy moment with a lucky girl at the front&#8230;</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/2QR7ghgq47g&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/2QR7ghgq47g&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>For upcoming tour dates and a free download, visit <a href="http://www.jarviscocker.net" target="_blank">Jarvis&#8217; website</a>.</p>
<p>All photos by <a href="http://countlessformulas.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Steven Marshall</a>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lynch Method # 1]]></title>
<link>http://4eyes4innovation.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/lynch-method-1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://4eyes4innovation.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/lynch-method-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Voici un pot-pourri de différentes interventions de David Lynch sur le thème de la créativité, de la]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pitchfork, Lynch, and Confusion]]></title>
<link>http://timeslikethose.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/pitchfork-lynch-and-confusion/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Colleen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://timeslikethose.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/pitchfork-lynch-and-confusion/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This is probably the first time I&#8217;ve posted more than one post in the same day. Although, the ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This is probably the first time I&#8217;ve posted more than one post in the same day. Although, the other one was pretty short, and I think that this one will be too. There are just some random things that I want to talk about, I guess. And I like to procrastinate.</p>
<p>Since the end of 2009 is in sight, lots of sites are putting up their lists of the best movies/books/albums/music videos/whatever of the decade. I&#8217;ve done a little bit of that with my Best Performances of the Decade series (be sure to check it out!) Pitchfork amassed their crazy 200 Best Albums list. Pitchfork is one of those things that I love to hate. And the weird thing is, Pitchfork covers most of the music that I like. There&#8217;s not too much reason for me to hate them. Except maybe their pretention. But I can be pretentious, too, so I guess I&#8217;m a hypocrite now, on top of everything else. Anyways, they chose Kid A and Funeral as their top 2 albums. That is so predictable. Maybe I just like being contrary, but I think those two albums are two of the most overrated albums around. I love Radiohead and the Arcade Fire. But both of them have released other albums that I like a thousand times more this decade. Kid A and Funeral are good, but I guess I just don&#8217;t see what all the fuss is about.</p>
<p>Conversely, Paste magazine is doing a purge of their &#8220;best of the decade&#8221; lists of everything imagineable. I&#8217;ve started working my way through their <a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/11/50-best-movies-of-the-decade-2000-2009.html">best movies </a>list. It seems like they&#8217;re making interesting choices, and I want to read all of their comments. In the first ten, it&#8217;s a nice mix of more obvious choices (High Fidelity), slightly more unexpected choices (Hotel Rwanda, which was a pretty amazing film), and stuff that I&#8217;ve never heard of. I&#8217;m interested to see what albums they&#8217;ll choose. I bet it won&#8217;t be Funeral or Kid A (now watch me be wrong). I respect Paste&#8217;s opinion a lot more, even if they can be pretentious sometimes, too. On top of being a pretty decent magazine, they have a really good blog/website thing going, which is nice.</p>
<p>To switch to something totally different, my prof told us today that we&#8217;ll be watching David Lynch&#8217;s Lost Highway in our cinema studies class next week. I&#8217;ve been kind of baffled by some of his choices so far (Winchester &#8216;73, Tuff Turf), but David Lynch seems to make a bit more sense, I suppose. I&#8217;ve never seen any of his films, so I guess I can&#8217;t really say, but he just seems arty and weird enough, from what I gather. I don&#8217;t really know anything about this film, since I usually hear Mullholland Drive or Blue Velvet when I hear people talk about him. But I looked it up on IMDB, and Henry Rollins is in it. So that should be interesting.</p>
<p>So yeah. I don&#8217;t have too much else to say. I&#8217;ve been working on my own best albums of the decade list, so hopefully that&#8217;ll be up before too long. When does the decade end, anyways? Because it seems like 2009 would be the last year, but then some people are saying that 2010 is part of this decade? Oh well. I&#8217;m counting it as 2000-2009.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Daily Hilarity: Taylor Swift's Saturday Night Live Monologue Song: "Monologue (lalalala)"]]></title>
<link>http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/11/09/daily-hilarity-taylor-swifts-saturday-night-live-monologue-song-monologue-lalalala/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniel Fincke</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[So on Saturday night, Taylor Swift went on SNL and performed this funny song.  I was really impresse]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>So on Saturday night, Taylor Swift went on SNL and performed this funny song.  I was really impressed with her comic delivery in numerous respects.   She really squeezes all the comedic juice out of a fairly by-the-numbers bit of writing:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/YYr3pMPiKJM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/YYr3pMPiKJM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>I love the great little touch at the end where she says they&#8217;re going to have a great show and Kanye West is <em>not </em>there, exactly where the tradition is to mention that a musical guest <em>is </em>there.  They got that just right.</p>
<p>Fun <em>Camels With Hammers </em>fact, <a href="http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/09/13/kanye-west-cruelly-disses-taylor-swift-proves-once-and-for-all-he-has-no-class/" target="_blank">my post on the Kanye West interruption of Taylor Swift&#8217;s speech</a> currently ranks as the fourth most viewed post in the website&#8217;s short history and it marked a watershed point in our traffic which essentially tripled its daily rate after that post and has maintained that level ever since.  How&#8217;s that for unpredictable?</p>
<p>And one last curiosity: is it just me or does anyone else wonder why the creepy guy at the party in <em>Lost Highway </em>is sitting behind Taylor Swift at the drum set?  In case you don&#8217;t remember him, below is that scene from that film&#8212;compare it with the footage of Swift&#8217;s performance above.</p>
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<p>Your Thoughts?</p>
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<link>http://championofthesun.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/lyrics-and-lynch/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
<guid>http://championofthesun.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/lyrics-and-lynch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Lyrics have always fascinated me. I am a person interested in the written word and its application m]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Lyrics have always fascinated me. I am a person interested in the written word and its application more than I am someone who focuses on the musicality of music.  I grew up obsessing about what certain songs were about.  Then at a certain age I became aware, thanks to my relationships with musical people and interviews with musicians I idolized, that a lot of songs don’t really mean anything.  I know this sounds basic to a lot of people that aren’t as focused on the words in songs, but to me it was nothing less than revelatory.</p>
<p>In retrospect the lack of meaning in some lyrics shouldn’t have been such a surprise to a guy who was more of a Paul McCartney guy than a John Lennon guy.  Paul’s songs often sounded like they were about something but mostly fall apart upon closer inspection.  Charles Manson may have thought “Helter Skelter” was about an impending war between the races but in reality it was simply an attempt to write a song that was louder and more violent than what the Rolling Stones were writing at the time.  The lyrics are largely a description of what’s it like to play on a playground slide.</p>
<p>There is a benefit to focusing on the words of a song.  Lyrics were the reason I think I was able to develop a very diverse taste in music.  They Might Be Giants don’t have much in common with Del the Funky Homosapien musically, but they are both very adept at turning a phrase or coming up with a clever lyrical construct (full disclosure: I just used the phrase ‘clever lyrical construct’ without fully knowing what it even means or is supposed to mean).  When you are more concerned with what a song is saying than how it sounds, it opens you up to a lot of music you may not have cared about otherwise.  Of course what constitutes “good lyrics” is as subjective as anything else.  When I was about 15 I thought Simon and Garfunkel were excellent lyricists, but at this point in my life I think a lot of their lyrics sound like a freshman poetry seminar (Simon did continue to mature as a lyric writer though and the lyrics on Graceland are suberb).</p>
<p>To many musicians a song is a chance to explore and experiment with a unique sound they haven&#8217;t yet tried out.  Using “Helter Skelter” again as an example, Paul simply hadn’t written a song that rocked that hard before and so he threw together some lyrics around the melody.  What the lyrics actually are saying is by far the least important part of that song.  That lack of loaded meaning doesn’t take away from the visceral appeal of the song.  The reverse can be true too, good lyrics aren’t enough to get you past something that (for you) is unlistenable.  I think Tom Waits writes some really excellent lyrics and I love the atmosphere his words and music combine to make, but his voice is such that I can never listen to more than 2 Tom Waits songs in a row.</p>
<p>Right now I’ve come to a place where I still lyrics are one of the key aspects of a song, but I no longer expect those lyrics to contain a deeper meaning.  Lyrics are another color the artist has on her palette to use as she wishes. </p>
<p>Simultaneous to this discovery I had a similar experience with film.  Like a lot of guys in their 20’s I went through my David Lynch phase.  I watched all of &#8216;Twin Peaks&#8217;, &#8216;Lost Highway&#8217;, &#8216;Mulholland Drive&#8217;, etc.  And though I didn’t connect to some of the most esoteric Lynch (I turned ‘Eraserhead’ off in boredom after about 30 minutes) I did slowly learn to accept that sometimes there isn’t a big unifying “What This All Means” to be had in a movie.  You can watch &#8216;Mulholland Drive&#8217; and you can certainly tie together a lot of seemingly random and bizarre things into a very workable theory of what the movie is “about” but there are still a lot of loose ends and odd moments that don’t quite fit in the puzzle you’re constructing.  But that’s Lynch’s intent, a lot of the images and words he chooses are meant to create a feeling or mood.  There isn’t a hidden metaphor you’re missing out on, the purpose was to make you unsettled, or scared, etc.</p>
<p><img src="http://championofthesun.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/twin_peaks_s2-gordon_cole.jpg" alt="Twin_Peaks_s2--Gordon_Cole" title="Twin_Peaks_s2--Gordon_Cole" width="300" height="233" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-715" /></p>
<p>So a song could be about being very loud and a movie could be about making you feel alienated.  They may exist and be fantastic works of art with nary a literal “meaning” to be had.  To a lot of people this information is met with a “Yeah…and?” but for a young man who grew up with his head in a book the freedom to take in art without searching for a meaning was one of the most freeing pop culture experiences I’ve ever had.</p>
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<link>http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/10/31/lost-highway/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Daniel Fincke</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camelswithhammers.com/2009/10/31/lost-highway/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the all-time creepiest scenes: Your Fears?]]></description>
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<p>Your Fears?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Thank you and Goodnight...]]></title>
<link>http://plasticrane.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/thank-you-and-goodnight/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>plasticrane</dc:creator>
<guid>http://plasticrane.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/thank-you-and-goodnight/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dear Plasticrane fellows, in the 20th eve of Berlin Wall fall, we&#8217;d like to commemorate]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:center;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-531" href="http://plasticrane.wordpress.com/releases/lost-highway-thank-you-and-goodnightep-cover/"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-531" title="Lost Highway - Thank you and goodnightEp - cover" src="http://plasticrane.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/lost-highway-thank-you-and-goodnightep-cover.jpg?w=300" alt="Lost Highway - Thank you and goodnightEp - cover" width="300" height="276" /></a>&#8220;Dear Plasticrane fellows, in the 20th eve of Berlin Wall fall,<br />
we&#8217;d like to commemorate one of the band which will remains in Plasticrane&#8217;s heart:<br />
LOST HIGHWAY.<br />
The band disbanded a lot of time ago but, shortly after the recording of HUMANA EP<br />
(Plasticrane, 2008), the band produced two other songs.<br />
But then, Lost Highway died and rot. Its body melt with the soil, and became part of the universe. This Ep is Lost Highway last epitaph, which lays in the green plains of northern Italy, precisely on Plasticrane&#8217;s server. Visit it in your daily musical excursions and leave a flower in its remembrance.<br />
Thank you and goodnight&#8230;Ep!&#8221;<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Bon Jovi - The Circle, The Leak and the O2!]]></title>
<link>http://dlrp.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/bon-jovi-the-circle-the-leak-and-the-o2/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dlrp.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/bon-jovi-the-circle-the-leak-and-the-o2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Promotion has thus far been minimal so you&#8217;d be forgiven for not knowing that Bon Jovi have a ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Promotion has thus far been minimal so you&#8217;d be forgiven for not knowing that Bon Jovi have a new album out on Monday <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SNA99E?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=butwhyistheru-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450&#38;creativeASIN=B002SNA99E">The Circle</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=butwhyistheru-21&#38;l=as2&#38;o=2&#38;a=B002SNA99E" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" />. It&#8217;s their 11th studio album and comes 2 years after their 10th Country tinged album <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000PHX1ZE?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=butwhyistheru-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450&#38;creativeASIN=B000PHX1ZE">Lost Highway</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=butwhyistheru-21&#38;l=as2&#38;o=2&#38;a=B000PHX1ZE" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" />. I have the deluxe version on order from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002SNA994?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=butwhyistheru-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450&#38;creativeASIN=B002SNA994">Amazon</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=butwhyistheru-21&#38;l=as2&#38;o=2&#38;a=B002SNA994" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" /> which for the bargain price of just £12.98 includes a DVD of the documentary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_We_Were_Beautiful">When we Were Beautiful</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_422" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img src="http://dlrp.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/wax-circle1.jpg" alt="wax-circle" title="wax-circle" width="400" height="400" class="size-full wp-image-422" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Circle</p></div>
<p>I got very excited yesterday when I got an email from Amazon telling me that it had been dispatched. Even though Royal Mail were on strike, I could still get the album before the Monday release date thanks to Amazon ditching Royal Mail when the strikes were announced. Alas, my excitement was quashed when I read the email in a bit more detail and saw it was being sent out by Indigostarfish, Amazon&#8217;s preferred merchant and still with Royal Mail &#8211; denied.</p>
<p>On a big Non Jovi forum many people have already heard the album thanks to it being leaked and available on download websites. I have resisted temptation and will wait until I have the CD in my hands before I play it. On the plus side the reports coming back from those that have heard is universally great. People are saying it&#8217;s the best album since <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00000GAGU?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=butwhyistheru-21&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1634&#38;creative=19450&#38;creativeASIN=B00000GAGU">These Days</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.co.uk/e/ir?t=butwhyistheru-21&#38;l=as2&#38;o=2&#38;a=B00000GAGU" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" />, which Bon Jovi fans the world over see as the zenith of Bon Jovi music. </p>
<p>With the Royal Mail strike in mind I&#8217;ll probably buy a vanilla version from a supermarket on the way to work on Monday, such is my impatience!</p>
<p>Now, onto matters of outrage &#8211; the prices of the tickets for the shows at the O2 in London, which started off as 5 shows but has since risen to 8. For more information on the fan response and prices I suggest you go here: <a href="http://www.bonjovi-live.com/">BonJovi-Live.com</a> where fan comments have been and continue to be documented.</p>
<p>When I went to see Bon Jovi at the very first show at The O2 in 2007 I paid £60+ for each ticket, this past Saturday I paid £45 for each ticket and the seats are far better so from my personal perspective I&#8217;m doing ok. If people are moaning that they don&#8217;t want to pay high prices to be at the front then don&#8217;t, buy a cheaper ticket and sit further back &#8211; that&#8217;s life. Oh yeah, I&#8217;m going to see Bon Jovi, for the 5th time, on June 13th 2010 &#8211; good times!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Carretera Perdida]]></title>
<link>http://cinedirecto.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/carretera-perdida/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mickymousse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cinedirecto.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/carretera-perdida/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Director: David Lynch Reparto: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natas]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Film-o-rama (16)]]></title>
<link>http://boleuzia.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/film-o-rama-16/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>guy</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[De voorbije maand niet zo heel veel gezien, het waren drukke tijden. Naast die geweldige documentair]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>De voorbije maand niet zo heel veel gezien, het waren drukke tijden. Naast die geweldige documentaire over Anvil ook dit:</p>
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<li><em><strong>Green Wing, Season 1</strong></em> (2004). Ok, geen film, maar een serie. Hier heb ik me geweldig mee geamuseerd, af te leiden aan de ongecontroleerde lachsalvo&#8217;s. (****1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>Pelle Erobreren</strong></em> (Bille August, 1987). Hier beter bekend als <em>Pelle de veroveraar</em>. Sterk en grauw naturalistisch drama dat aan de haal ging met de hoofdprijs in Cannes. Zowel Max Von Sydow (vader) als Pelle Hvenegaard (zoon) zijn ijzersterk, al kabbelt de film nu en dan maar wat aan en had er zeker een half uur af gemogen. (***1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>The Ladykillers</strong></em> (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955). &#8216;t is een gemakkelijk uitspraak, &#8220;het origineel was beter&#8221;, al kon ik bij het bekijken van deze film zelfs geen enkele reden bedenken waarom je dit in godsnaam zou willen overdoen. Zelfs als je de Coen Brothers bent. Dit is een film die perfect is zoals hij is: charmant, kleurrijk, carnavalesk, met een geweldige Alec Guinness en een heel hedendaagse feel. (****1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>The Happening</strong></em> (M. Night Shyamalan, 2008). Mooi uitgangspunt (<em>The Trees Strike Back</em>), maar frustrerend flauw uitgewerkt, met duffe dialogen en gedrogeerd acteerwerk. Een paar goeie momenten in een saaie bedoening. <em>Unbreakable</em> blijft &#8217;s mans beste. (*1/2)</li>
<li><strong><em>W.</em></strong> (Oliver Stone, 2008). Lof voor Josh Brolins geweldige vertolking. Er zijn momenten dat je echt zou kunnen denken dat het de echte Dubya is die je ziet/hoort. Voor de rest wel een opvallend klassieke biopic, net als <em>Milk</em> bvb, die nergens meeslepend genoeg is om de film écht overtuigend te maken. (***1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>Into The Wild</strong></em> (Sean Penn, 2007). Net als bij <em>Grizzly Man</em> had ik de helft van de tijd zin om die snaak uit de tv te trekken en een pak rammel te geven &#8211; dus dat toontje van heldenverering (voor een ander misschien terecht) was wel wat irritant. Klassiek puberrebellieverhaal: jongeman breekt met familie en leven om rond te reizen en uiteindelijk te belanden in Alaska. Heel mooie beelden, geduldig tempo en een hoofdrolspeler die zich vrij goed van z&#8217;n taak kwijt. (***1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>Lost Highway</strong></em> (David Lynch, 1997). Ooit in de cinema gezien. Of beter: <em>ondergaan</em>. Tweede visie was eerder frustrerend.De look en de muziek (de score is ook een pak beter dan de songs) lijken intussen al hopeloos verouderd en dat spelen met waarheid, verbeelding, psychologie en absurditeit wordt misschien net iets te grotesk aangepakt om écht te kunnen meeslepen. Niettemin een speciaaltje, vooral door het stilistische vertoon en de dierlijke seksualiteit van Patricia Arquette. (***1/2)</li>
<li><em><strong>The Short Films Of David Lynch</strong></em> (2002). DVD met zes kortfilms, gemaakt tussen de late 60s en 1996. De eerste twee zijn animaties gemaakt tijdens zijn studentenperiode: hectisch en absurd, en ook al met hyperenerverende muziek. <em>The Amputee</em> is pervers, <em>The Grandmother</em> volledig over the top,<em> The Cowboy &#38; The Frenchman</em> eerder flauw (en veel te lang) en het laatste stuk is een vingeroefening van 55 seconden. Boeiend voor de liefhebbers/fans, maar zeker geen must. (***)</li>
<li><strong><em>Whale Rider</em></strong> (Niki Caro, 2002). Een film die past in de zondagnamiddagtraditie van vroeger. Aangenaam verrast door deze Nieuw-Zeelandse prent over traditie en mythes met een magisch kantje. Mooie beelden, goed geacteerd en ontroerend. Een bescheiden pareltje. (****)</li>
<li>Ook gezien: de eerste 3 afleveringen van <em><strong>Hung (Season 1)</strong></em>. &#8216;t Is HBO, dus het ziet er goed uit en bevat prima acteerwerk, maar het stijgt nooit echt boven de goeie middelmaat uit, waardoor <em>Weeds</em> de betere HBO comedy blijft. (***)</li>
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<p><strong>NP:</strong> Part Chimp -<em> Thriller</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Top Albums of October 2009]]></title>
<link>http://jamtex.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-top-albums-of-october-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jahue</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jamtex.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-top-albums-of-october-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Never Give Up&#8221; with Screw Driverand Inner Circle is one of those uplifting songs that i]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQGXDK?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQGXDK">Never Give Up</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002KQGXDK" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; with <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QKCOE4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QKCOE4">Screw Driver</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QKCOE4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>and <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJRBA2?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJRBA2">Inner Circle</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJRBA2" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </strong>is one of those uplifting songs that inspires and makes you want to take on all comers. It has the punch and message of the <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJJMCC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJJMCC">Jimmy Cliff</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJJMCC" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> classic &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001O3WDYI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B001O3WDYI">The Harder They Come</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B001O3WDYI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221; This song is my new motto: &#8220;Never Give Up, Never Surrender.&#8221; <strong>Inner Circle&#8217;s</strong> <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQB5GA?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQB5GA">State Of Da World</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002KQB5GA" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </em>deserves the attention of the world. This new album includes collaborations with reggae megastars <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJOE9I?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJOE9I">Junior Reid</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJOE9I" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NRU5FY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B001NRU5FY">Gramps Morgan</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B001NRU5FY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> of<strong> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJK1Q8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJK1Q8">Morgan Heritage</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJK1Q8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B001NRU5FY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJO1RI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJO1RI">Bushman</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJO1RI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> and <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJI58O?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJI58O">Luciano</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJI58O" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>.  <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJKCTO?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJKCTO">Slightly Stoopid</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJKCTO" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </strong>appears on &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQEUKS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQEUKS">Mary Collie Weed</a>&#8221; and <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000WLQJKW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000WLQJKW">Damian Marley</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000WLQJKW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> and  <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000TDS6W2?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000TDS6W2">Stephen Marley</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000TDS6W2" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> make guest appearances on &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQEUJ4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQEUJ4"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQEUJ4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQEUJ4">Smoke Gets In My Eyes</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002KQEUJ4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221;</p>
<p>Texas musicians <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJUTN8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJUTN8">James McMurtry</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJUTN8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>, <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJI5PW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJI5PW">Lyle Lovett</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJI5PW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong>, and <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJY4YI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJY4YI">Robert Earl Keen</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJY4YI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </strong>all released new albums this month. McMurty&#8217;s <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RDJO1Y?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002RDJO1Y">Live In Europe</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002RDJO1Y" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> features rocking versions of &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RDHXO4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002RDHXO4">Ruby And Carlos</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002RDHXO4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RD8G8Q?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002RD8G8Q">Just Us Kids</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002RD8G8Q" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221; <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJI5PW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJI5PW">Lyle Lovett</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJI5PW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8217;s </strong><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SDSDEW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002SDSDEW">Natural Forces</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002SDSDEW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> has a beautiful cover of <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJK1EU?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJK1EU">Townes Van Zandt</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJK1EU" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SDXPR2?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002SDXPR2">Loretta</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002SDXPR2" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221; And <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJY4YI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJY4YI">Robert Earl Keen</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJY4YI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> has a <strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJK1EU?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJK1EU">Townes Van Zandt</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJK1EU" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </strong>tune &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002POQB9S?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002POQB9S">Flyin&#8217; Shoes</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002POQB9S" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; on his new album <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002POMJTY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002POMJTY">The Rose Hotel</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002POMJTY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em>. The single &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002POS254?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002POS254">The Rose Hotel</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002POS254" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; is free and loose and classic Robert Earl.</p>
<p>On the rap/hip-hop scene <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UTBN8O?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000UTBN8O"><strong>Wu-Tang Clan</strong></a><strong><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000UTBN8O" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> Alumni <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QKH48A?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QKH48A"><strong>Raekwon</strong></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QKH48A" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QK7S4U?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QK7S4U"><strong>Ghostface Killah</strong></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QK7S4U" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> released new albums. The sequel to <strong>Raekwon&#8217;s</strong> classic album <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00136JS8U?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B00136JS8U"><em>Only Built 4 Cuban Linx</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B00136JS8U" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </em>has been released. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMJ622?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMJ622"><em><span style="text-decoration:none;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Only Built 4 Cuban Linx</span></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#0000ff;">, Part II</span></em><em><span style="color:#0000ff;"><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002MMJ622" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></span></em> features killer solo tracks like &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMNEYS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMNEYS">Ason Jones</a>.&#8221; <strong>Method Man</strong>, <strong>Inspectah Deck</strong>, and <strong>Ghostface Killah</strong> guest on &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMR9TY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMR9TY">House Of Flying Daggers</a>&#8221; and on &#8221;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMNEYI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMNEYI">The New Wu</a>.&#8221; Old School maestro <strong>Slick Rick</strong> joins <strong>Raekwon</strong>, <strong>GZA</strong>, and <strong>Masta Killa</strong> on<img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002MMNEYI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMLA1M?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMLA1M">We Will Rob You</a>.&#8221;  And new school rapper <strong>Lyfe Jennings</strong> appears on the track &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMP8OW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMP8OW">Catalina</a>.&#8221; <strong>Ghostface Killah&#8217;s </strong>album <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PMG0L4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PMG0L4">Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City</a> </em>includes the notable tracks &#8220;<img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002MMP8OW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PMG0OG?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PMG0OG">Baby</a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PMC7AC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PMC7AC">Back Like That (Remix</a>),&#8221; and &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PME51G?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PME51G">Do Over</a>.&#8221; Also on the rap scene <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000Q3AS7G?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000Q3AS7G"><strong>A Tribe Called Quest</strong></a><strong><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000Q3AS7G" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </strong>emcee <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJVDAQ?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B000QJVDAQ"><strong>Q-Tip</strong></a><strong><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B000QJVDAQ" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></strong> released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OHQ1F0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002OHQ1F0"><em>Kamaal The Abstract</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002OHQ1F0" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> with the jazzy single &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OHMONI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002OHMONI">Even If It Is So</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002OHMONI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Greensleeves</strong> released two solid reggae compilations this month: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGGNAI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGGNAI"><em>The Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems 2009</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGGNAI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI5HE4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI5HE4"><em>The Biggest Ragga Dancehall Anthems 2009</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PI5HE4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />. Great songs on this year&#8217;s one drop anthems include <strong>Beres Hammond&#8217;s </strong>&#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGJELI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGJELI">Can&#8217;t Say I Never Tried</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGJELI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; and <strong>Marcia Griffith </strong>and <strong>Busy Signal&#8217;s </strong><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGGNGW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGGNGW">Automatic (Keeping It Real)</a>. The outstanding track is <strong>Romain Virgo&#8217;s</strong> tribute to the legendary <strong>Alton Ellis</strong> entitled<img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGGNGW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGEMCE?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGEMCE">Alton&#8217;s Medley: Breaking Up / Ain&#8217;t That Loving You / My Willow Tree</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGEMCE" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />.&#8221; Also <strong>Peetah</strong> and <strong>Assassin&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGIQTO?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGIQTO">Hot A Road</a>,&#8221; <strong>Mr. Williamz&#8217;s </strong><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGIQTO" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGEMI8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGEMI8">No Cigarette</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGEMI8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; and <strong>Ziggi&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGLENY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGLENY">Gonna Leave You</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGLENY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; make this easy-going reggae collection worth the listen.</p>
<p>On the dancehall side of things with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI5HE4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI5HE4"><em>The Biggest Ragga Dancehall Anthems 2009</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PI5HE4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> <strong>Black Ryno&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI9EUM?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI9EUM">Bend Over</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PI9EUM" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; and <strong>Vybz Kartel</strong> and <strong>Gaza Indu&#8217;s</strong> &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI5HFS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI5HFS">Virginity</a>&#8221; induce the booty shaking while the catchy &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI3DL8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI3DL8">Never Change (From Mawning)</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PI3DL8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />&#8221; by <strong>Chino</strong> will have you singing along. This newest addition to the dancehall anthems collection stocks up on heavy hitting dancehall singjays like <strong>Busy Signal</strong>, <strong>Demarco</strong>, <strong>Mavado</strong>, <strong>Jah Vinci</strong>, <strong>Laden</strong>, and <strong>Konshens</strong>.</p>
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<ol>
<li><strong>Inner      Circle</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002KQB5GA?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002KQB5GA"><em>State Of Da World</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002KQB5GA" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Shanachie 2009]</li>
<li><strong>James McMurtry </strong>- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RDJO1Y?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002RDJO1Y"><em>Live In Europe</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002RDJO1Y" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Lightning Rod 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Lyle Lovett</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SDSDEW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002SDSDEW"><em>Natural Forces</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002SDSDEW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Curb/Lost Highway 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Monsters      of Folk</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002ORT4L8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002ORT4L8"><em>Monsters Of Folk</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002ORT4L8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Shangri-La 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists </strong>– <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PGGNAI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PGGNAI"><em>The Biggest Reggae One-Drop Anthems 2009</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PGGNAI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Greensleeves 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Raekwon</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MMJ622?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MMJ622"><em>Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2</em></a> [EMI 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Robert Earl Keen</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002POMJTY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002POMJTY"><em>The Rose Hotel</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002POMJTY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Lost Highway Records 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists</strong> – <em>Jah Live Riddim</em> [Joe Frasier 2009]</li>
<li><strong>International      Observer </strong>– <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002I6AISS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002I6AISS"><em>Felt</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002I6AISS" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Dubmission 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Roseanne Cash</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002P3HFIK?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002P3HFIK"><em>The List</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002P3HFIK" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Manhattan 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists</strong> – <em>Penthouse Showcase Volume 4</em> [Penthouse 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists</strong> – <em>Penthouse Showcae Volume 5</em> [Penthouse 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Kiddus      I</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002F8INKY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002F8INKY"><em>Green Fa Life</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002F8INKY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Makasound/Makafresh 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Breakestra</strong> –<em> </em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N8TUQW?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002N8TUQW"><em>Dusk Till&#8217; Dawn</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002N8TUQW" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </em>[Strut Records 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Danny      Malone</strong>- <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O5V4HC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002O5V4HC"><em>Cuddlebug</em></a> [Township Records 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Kid      Cudi</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NXPTDK?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002NXPTDK"><em>Man On The Moon: The End Of Day</em></a> [Dream On/G.O.O.D./Universal      Motown 2009]</li>
<li><strong>The XX </strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MCJZHS?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MCJZHS"><em>xx</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002MCJZHS" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Young Turks 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PI5HE4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PI5HE4"><em>The Biggest Ragga Dancehall Anthems 2009</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PI5HE4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Greensleeves 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Muse</strong> –      <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O1TMI4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002O1TMI4"><em>The Resistance</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002O1TMI4" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> </em>[Warner Brothers 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Ghostface      Killa</strong>h – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PMG0L4?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PMG0L4"><em>Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City</em></a> [Island/Def Jam      2009]</li>
<li><strong>Various      Artists</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QG6CEY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002QG6CEY"><em>5: Five Years of Hyperdu</em>b</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002QG6CEY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Hyperdub 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Gossip</strong> –<em> </em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CUKWRC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002CUKWRC"><em>Music For Men</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002CUKWRC" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Columbia 2009]</li>
<li><strong>The      Avett Brothers</strong> –<em> </em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002PNUCKI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002PNUCKI"><em>I And Love And You</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002PNUCKI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [Columbia 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Chuck      Fenda</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002RZLQEA?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002RZLQEA"><em>Fulfillment</em></a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002RZLQEA" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /> [VP Records 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Omar      Perry</strong> -  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002NHX99C?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002NHX99C"><em>Can&#8217;t Stop Us</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002NHX99C" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Makasound/Makafresh 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Tribal      Seeds</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002BB2SI8?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002BB2SI8"><em>The Harvest</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002BB2SI8" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Tribal Seeds 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Toddla      T</strong> – <em>Skanky Skanky</em> [1965 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Masta      Ace &#38; Edo G</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SVQ3K0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002SVQ3K0"><em>Arts &#38; Entertainment</em></a> [Traffic 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Mark Stuart and the Bastard Sons</strong> &#8211; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002QKDGXK?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002QKDGXK"><em>Bend In The Road</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002QKDGXK" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Dualtone 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Q-Tip </strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OHQ1F0?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002OHQ1F0"><em>Kamaal The Abstract</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002OHQ1F0" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Jive 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Doveman</strong> –  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002S0M4MC?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002S0M4MC"><em>The Conformist</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002S0M4MC" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Brassland      Records 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Dawes</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002DKWNRI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002DKWNRI"><em>North Hills</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002DKWNRI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [ATO 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Kris      Kristofferson</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MCY2TY?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002MCY2TY"><em>Closer To The Bone</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002MCY2TY" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [New West 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Mark      Knopfler</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002O01I9Q?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002O01I9Q"><em>Get Lucky</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002O01I9Q" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Rerprise 2009]</li>
<li><strong>Takana      Zion</strong> – <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OM90KI?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=jate-20&#38;linkCode=as2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=390957&#38;creativeASIN=B002OM90KI"><em>Rappel à l&#8217;ordre</em></a><em><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=jate-20&#38;l=as2&#38;o=1&#38;a=B002OM90KI" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></em> [Makasound/Makafresh 2009]</li>
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<title><![CDATA[Bon Jovi lassen es krachen: neue CD &amp; eine Doku im Kino ]]></title>
<link>http://musicblog4you.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/bon-jovi-lassen-es-krachen-neue-cd-eine-doku-im-kino/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Laila</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicblog4you.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/bon-jovi-lassen-es-krachen-neue-cd-eine-doku-im-kino/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[„Bon Jovi“, die weltbekannte US-Band aus New Jersey, hat schon 25 Jahre auf dem Buckel, was sie alle]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><a href="http://www.bonjovi.de/">„Bon Jovi“</a>, die weltbekannte US-Band aus New Jersey, hat schon 25 Jahre auf dem Buckel, was sie allerdings nicht daran hindert sich immer wieder selbst zu übertreffen.</strong><strong> </strong>„We weren’t born to follow“ heißt die neue Single der <a href="http://www.myspace.com/bonjovi">Rockband</a> die bereits seit Ende August im Radio auf und ab gespielt wird und nachdem Anfang November das zehnte Studioalbum „The Circle“ veröffentlicht wird, scheint das noch nicht genug zu sein – jetzt wollen <a href="http://musiknewsblog.de/2009/08/25/bon-jovi-folgt-niemandem-und-schliest-den-kreis/">„Bon Jovi“</a> mit ihrer ersten Band-Dokumentation die Kinos dieser Welt erobern!</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Foto: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9049372@N02/">ceci_phuong</a></p>
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<p><strong>In vier Tagen (23.10.) kommt die erste Single in die Läden</strong> und mit ziemlicher Sicherheit lässt sich wohl jetzt schon prophezeien, dass der Powersong schon bald die Charts stürmen wird. <strong>Der Longplayer <a href="http://musiktipps24.com/bon-jovi-mit-neuem-album-the-circle-ab-november-neue-single-we-werent-born-to-follow-schon-jetzt-im-radio/">„The Circle“</a> wird dann knapp zwei Wochen später folgen – am 6.11.</strong> – und warum sich die Band für diesen Titel entschieden hat, erklärte Jon Bon Jovi in einem Interview folgendermaßen: “The album title has several meanings. Some may say that with this album we have come full circle. Others may see <a href="http://www.klatsch-tratsch.de/2009/08/19/bon-jovi-kommen-mit-the-circle-zuruck/">The Circle</a> as never ending. I see it as very hard to get in to and even harder to get out of”. Produziert wurde die neue CD von John Shanks, der schon bei den zwei vorigen Alben „Lost Highway“ und „Have a nice day“ seine Finger im Spiel hatte und nachdem auch der Gitarrist <a href="http://iranbato.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/jon-bon-jovi-singt-fur-demonstranten/">Richie Sambora</a> endlich wieder zurück in der Band ist, startet „Bon Jovi“ heuer so richtig durch.</p>
<p>Da es leider nicht erlaubt ist, das Original-Musikvideo der Single „We weren’t born to follow“ in Blogs einzubetten, gibt es jetzt nichts für die Augen, sondern nur für die Ohren &#8211; enjoy!</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eCr4xvN87l8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eCr4xvN87l8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Ein absolutes Highlight wird allerdings die im letzten Jahr von Phil Griffin gedrehte Dokumentation der <a href="http://gehirnschluckauf.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/weniger-durchhalteparolen-mehr-bon-jovi/">unvergleichlichen Rockband</a> sein. <strong>Zuerst wird dieser Film mit phantastischen Aufnahmen zahlreicher Live-Konzerte und Backstage-Einblicken im Kino laufen und später auf DVD erscheinen.</strong> Der Trailer des Konzerts im Madison Square Garden (wird auch am 23.11. auch auf DVD erscheinen) ist auch schon online:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/drFSzNj0Y2o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/drFSzNj0Y2o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Bis morgen könnt ihr noch <a href="http://www.musicreg.net/checkform?force_form=1&#38;form_id=7114">Tickets für die Premiere</a> der „Bon Jovi“-Doku „When we were beautiful“ in der Lugner City gewinnen. <strong>Also, beeilt euch und versucht euer Glück &#8211; es wird bestimmt ein Mega-Event!<br />
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<strong>P.S.:</strong> Berichte &#38; Geschichten der Bandmitglieder sowie exklusive Fotos werden übrigens in einem Buch mit dem gleichen Titel wie die Single und die Doku, „When we were beautiful“, auch noch in diesem Jahr veröffentlicht. Ein Must-Have für jeden <a href="http://scrap-by-lena.blogspot.com/2009/09/bon-jovi.html">„Bon Jovi“-Fan</a>!</p>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="overflow:hidden;position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:666px;width:1px;height:1px;">Ein absolutes Highlight wird allerdings die im letzten Jahr von Phil Griffin gedrehte Dokumentation der unvergleichlichen Rockband sein. Zuerst wird dieser Film mit phantastischen Aufnahmen zahlreicher Live-Konzerte und Backstage-Einblicken im Kino laufen und später auf DVD erscheinen. Bis morgen könnt ihr noch Tickets für die Premiere der „Bon Jovi“-Doku „We weren’t born to follow“ in der Lugner City gewinnen. Also, beeilt euch und versucht euer Glück &#8211; es wird bestimmt ein Mega-Event!</div>
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<link>http://jefk.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/de-b-van-badalamenti/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jefk</dc:creator>
<guid>http://jefk.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/de-b-van-badalamenti/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Angelo Badalamenti. Angelo Badalamenti. Angelo Badalamenti. Wat ! Een ! Naam ! Spreek hem zelf eens ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f8/b7/fa4892c008a0ce11411db010.L.jpg"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/f8/b7/fa4892c008a0ce11411db010.L.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">Angelo Badalamenti. Angelo Badalamenti. Angelo Badalamenti. Wat ! Een ! Naam ! Spreek hem zelf eens uit en je merkt hoe prachtig die naam klinkt. Achter deze prachtige naam schuilt echter een uitzonderlijk componist. Hij moet naast Danny Elfman mijn favoriete filmmuziek-componist zijn. Nee, Badalamenti staat een trap hoger. Zeker weten. Hij is vooral gekend voor zijn samenwerking met David Lynch, net zoals Elfman met Tim Burton. In onder andere Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks (zowel de serie als de film), Lost Highway, The Straight Story, Wild At Heart en Mulholland Drive (stuk voor stuk pareltjes) zorgt hij voor de muziekscore. Deze films zouden een groot deel van hun effect missen zonder de ondersteuning van Badalamenti. Zonder Badalamenti, geen David Lynch. Hoogstwaarschijnlijk wel een David Lynch, maar niet zoals we die nu kennen. Naast huiscomponist van Lynch, schreef Badalamenti de soundtracks voor onder andere La Cité des Enfants Perdus en Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, waarvoor hij in 2005 de World Soundtrack Award voor Composer of the Year kreeg.</span></span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">Ik kende de Twin Peaks Soundtrack, volledig van de hand van Badalamenti, al een tijdje. Voor de titelsong, de &#8216;Twin Peaks Theme&#8217;, kreeg hij een Grammy voor &#8216;beste instrumentale popnummer&#8217;. Een prachtige, variërende en enorm sfeervolle soundtrack die erg moeilijk te beschrijven is. Van erg donkere, mysterieuze songs tot dansbare, jazzy nummers. En toch voelt de soundtrack aan als een geheel, omdat het onbeschrijfbare &#8216;Twin Peaks gevoel&#8217; (herkenbaar voor mensen die de serie hebben bekeken) als een rode draad heerst doorheen alle nummers. Deze soundtrack helpt voor een groot percentage mee aan dat &#8216;Twin Peaks gevoel&#8217;, omdat die zo perfect aansluit bij de serie. Je kan de twee niet van elkaar loskoppelen: zonder de serie geen muziek en zonder de muziek geen serie.</span></span></p>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">Vorig jaar werd Badalamenti op het filmfestival van Gent gehuldigd voor zijn hele carrière met de </span></span><span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award</span></span><span><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">. Naar aanleiding daarvan is hij dit jaar eregast op het filmfestival en vond Knack het een goeie reden een cd van Badalamenti bij hun blad te voegen (en terecht!). Je kan de Knack van afgelopen week kopen met daarbij een cd met de beste filmmuziek van Badalamenti. De cd heet &#8216;For the record: Angelo Badalamenti&#8217; en is zonder twijfel de moeite. Op de cd staan composities voor verschillende films, zodat de cd een ideale instap vormt voor de Badalamenti-leek. De nummers werden prachtig ingespeeld door het Brussels Philharmonic en zijn een pareltje voor het oor. Voor mensen die geïnteresseerd zijn, ga zeker eens naar je dichtstbijzijnde krantenboer en koop die handel! Haast jullie!</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">Om af te sluiten een leuk weetje: het tweede nummer van de Twin Peaks OST, &#8216;</span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux9DTiPhkws"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#000000;">Laura Palmer&#8217;s Theme</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">,&#8217; wordt gesampled in &#8216;</span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Sl0wMz95w&#38;feature=related"><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#000000;">Go</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:'courier new';"><span style="font-size:small;">&#8216; van Moby. </span></span></div>
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<title><![CDATA[*DVD Review* <b>Dark Country</b>]]></title>
<link>http://insomniacentertainment.com/2009/10/11/dvd-review-dark-country/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Luigi Bastardo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://insomniacentertainment.com/2009/10/11/dvd-review-dark-country/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Order now at Amazon.com! DVD Review: Dark Country Originally posted at blogcritics.org From Tab Murp]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebratific]]></title>
<link>http://talker96.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/celebratific/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>talker96</dc:creator>
<guid>http://talker96.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/celebratific/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A Talker96 editorial, this in no way represents the views and opinions of us at The Page of Awesome.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ladies and Gentlemen... David Lynch]]></title>
<link>http://carbafresh.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/ladies-and-gentlemen-david-lynch/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>carbafresh</dc:creator>
<guid>http://carbafresh.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/ladies-and-gentlemen-david-lynch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Si no lo conocen no sería raro. Se trata pues de un autor de cine, un director que muchos consideran]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Si no lo conocen no sería raro. Se trata pues de un autor de cine, un director que muchos consideran el mejor que hay con vida. Su trabajo es catalogado como cine de autoría, esto porque nunca se enfoca en realizar cintas sobre las temáticas naturales que estamos acostumbrados a ver en las salas de cine, sino a contar tramas personales con un toque omniprescente de surrealismo. Todo esto puede sonar aburrido y de poco interés pero ponerse con toda calma a ver alguna de sus peliculas puede resultar una experiencia que captura de inmediato y aunque quizá no lo disfrutes del modo que se esta acostumbrado a disfrutar una película tendrás en la cabeza muchas sensasiones que el se encargó de provocarte.</p>
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<p>Recurentemente aparecen sueños dentro de sus películas, aunque es necesaria una disposición mayor de la atención del espectador para notarlos, en estos sueños recaen partes importantes de la trama que de no ser captadas correctamente te impedira comprender la película en su totalidad al menos cuando la obra en cuestión pretende tener un argumento lógico aunque no de forma lineal. Muchos de sus títulos parecen estar hechos solo para ser comprendidos por el a lo que el contesta algo como:<em>“<span style="font-weight:bold;">Para mí está clarísimo, pero su interpretación es subjetiva. Háganle caso a su propio instinto. Es ese precisamente el aspecto fascinante del séptimo arte</span>”</em>.</p>
<p>Sus productos más comerciales y lineales son &#8220;El Hombre Elefante&#8221;(8 nominaciones al Oscar!!!) y &#8220;Una Historia Verdadera&#8221;(1 nominacion de Oscar a mejor actor). En el primero de ellos narra por encargo (y por única vez con un guión ajeno) la vida real de Joseph Merrick un hombre que vivió en Inglaterra en los 50&#8217;s con una rara enfermedad(lo que resulta fascinante para Lynch) que le provoca malformaciones en todo el cuerpo de modo que le llaman &#8220;hombre elefante&#8221; y sobrevive deprimentemente gracias a su chamba como fenomeno de circo. La película saca lágrimas en la ternura del personaje y está filmada en completo blanco y negro.</p>
<p>&#8220;Una Historia Verdadera&#8221; narra el viaje que realiza un hombre viejo cruzando gran parte de gringolandia en su tractorcito para visitar a su convaleciente hermano, siendo esta una de las obras menos esperadas de Lynch dada su naturaleza simple y conmovedora, es tan raro en su filmografía hasta el punto que esta pieza fué producida por la casa del ratoncito favorito de los niños&#8230; No, no me refiero a Topo gigo, sino a Mikey Mouse(Disney).</p>
<p>A David Lynch le gusta hablar de las perversiones y criticar desgarradoramente a la sociadead enfermiza y en la mayoría de sus pélis prioríza el establecimiento de una atmosfera de horror y tensión ayudado por la música y manejo de los colores en variaciones monotonas. Sus personajes tienen peso por todos lados y como tip es importante saber que cualquier objeto, persona o sonido que aparezcan en la pantalla no está ahi por error o por que si(pero si quieres no&#8230; saludos lennon) seguramente tienen un valor argumental.</p>
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<p>Mis películas favoritas de David Lynch empiezán por &#8220;Lost Highway&#8221; una historía enredosa sobre un músico de jazz que recibe videos donde aparece el dentro de su casa y su esposa asesinada incluso, por ese hecho es encarcelado y una vez dentro del bote el vuelco surrealista de Lynch aparece con una inexplicable mutacion que gira la historía hacia un chico que aparece en la celda del músico despues de pasar un tiempo desaparecido así el director da forma a su thriller psicológico no sin aprovechar para regalarnos un memorable personaje denominado en los créditos como &#8220;mystery man&#8221; que es interpretado por <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake_(actor)">Robert Blake</a>, de quien vale la pena conocer su historia. La actuación de Patricia Arquette es majestuosa y se ve guapisima en sus dos papeles. Finalmente la banda sonora incluye a gente como Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Smashing Pumpkins, Lou Reed, Marilyn Manson, Ramstein y su compositor de cajón <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Badalamenti">Angelo Badalamenti</a>.</p>
<p>Hay más películas de David Lynch que me gustan mucho prometo ponerlas en una segunda parte estoy próximo a ver Dune y no parece ser para nada lo mejor de Lynch pero tiene toda una historia que vale la pena contar, para escribir este post tiene mucho que ver el que me halla encontrado con este <a href="http://">canal de youtube</a>, tiene mucho material que disfrutar para quienes conocen algo más que lo que leyeron aqui sobre David Lynch</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Silent Hill 2: El viaje sin retorno de James Sunderland]]></title>
<link>http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/silent-hill-2-el-viaje-sin-retorno-de-james-sunderland/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Silent Hill es una de mis sagas favoritas, y aunque hace tiempo que la he dejado de lado sin jugar e]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Silent Hill es una de mis sagas favoritas, y aunque hace tiempo que la he dejado de lado sin jugar el <strong>Origins</strong> o el <strong>Homecoming</strong>, debo decir que las tres primeras partes  me parecen sublimes. Quizás con <strong>The Room </strong>tomaron caminos un poco más convencionales, sin dejar de ser un buen juego y ofreciendo importante información acerca de algunos hechos relacionados con Silent Hill y <strong>Walter Sullivan</strong>, no me dejó el buen sabor de boca que sus predecesoras. Pero si hay una entrega que a mí juicio sobresale por encima de las demás es sin ningún tipo de dudas la segunda. Silent Hill 2 es en mí opinión uno de los mejores survival horrors que he tenido el placer de jugar, cuyo argumento, aunque casi robado al <strong>David Lynch </strong>de <strong>Carretera Perdida</strong>, es arte en forma de videojuego.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Antes que nada aviso a posibles lectores que todavía no hayan tenido la posibilidad de haber jugado a Silent Hill 2 de que voy a destripar algunas partes del argumento, así que si queréis jugar con sorpresas es mejor que no sigáis leyendo.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No voy a hacer demasiada alusión a los aspectos más básicos del juego, como su sobresaliente aspecto gráfico en la época o su imprescindible banda sonora, me centraré más en lo que es el contexto que rodea la historia de Silent Hill 2 y su transfondo, intentando dar mi punto de vista personal acerca de este pequeño infierno.</p>
<div id="attachment_1968" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1968" title="silent_hill_2_1" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/silent_hill_2_1.jpg" alt="silent_hill_2_1" width="450" height="300" /><p class="wp-caption-text">James frente a un espejo. En Carretera Perdida tenemos una imagen idéntica</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Adentrándose en una carretera perdida</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La segunda parte de Silent Hill no es una continuación directa del hilo argumental de la primera. Se trata de una historia independiente (al igual que The Room) que a pesar de tener inevitables nexos de unión puede ser jugada y disfrutada sin haber conocido antes el oscuro lugar en el que nos vamos a adentrar. La historia comienza cuando el viudo <strong>James Sunderland </strong>recibe una carta de su difunta esposa Mary. Un hecho tan inexplicable como inquietante desata un torbellino de dudas en la mente de James. ¿Cómo era posible que su esposa muerta lo citase en Silent Hill?. Aquí da comienzo el viaje sin retorno de un hombre que esconde un oscuro secreto. El descenso por el camino al que los desarrolladores nos arrastrán al principio del juego no es más que una metáfora de que el viaje del protagonista nos llevará muy lejos, tan lejos que el subconsciente del propio James explotará una vez llegue al orgasmo del desenlace.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nadie en su sano juicio haría caso de una carta así, pero James lo hace, y aunque no lo parezca no está loco, o por lo menos no todavía. Si James no duda en realizar la búsqueda es porque su alma rebosa culpabilidad. En Silent Hill no va a encontrar el perdón, pero decide romper con la losa que arrastra. No lo conseguirá. James Sunderland es casi un antihéroe, una persona egoísta, mentirosa y vacía, que perdió lo poco que le importaba en su vida: Mary. Pero como en Carretera Perdida, la gran película de David Lynch, James evade la realidad, no se hace responsable ni se conciencia de haber sido el asesino de su propia esposa. Al igual que <strong>Fred Madison</strong>, el protagonista de la obra de Lynch, a James no le queda otro remedio que desvirtuar la realidad. Fred crea un alter ego y una realidad paralela donde protege a su esposa, James se va de excursión a Silent Hill. Teniendo en cuenta la terrible relación entre la película y el videojuego&#8230; ¿Estuvo realmente James Sunderland en Silent Hill?.</p>
<div id="attachment_1969" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 410px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1969" title="Patricia Arquette lost Highway" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/patricia-arquette-lost-highway.jpg" alt="Patricia Arquette lost Highway" width="400" height="349" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Patricia Arquette encarna el papel de esposa en Carretera Perdida</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Cuando Adrian Lyne conoce a David Cronenberg</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">No nos vamos a poner a discutir este último interrogante, pero de lo que no cabe duda es que Silent Hill es algo muy cercano a la realidad, y a pesar de toda la historia sobre el pueblo que encontramos a lo largo de los títulos, y la base empírica que da Konami a su emplazamiento real (en el juego), así como de su pasado ligado a rituales indios, sacrificios e invocaciones de dioses supremos, yo soy de los que defiende el Silent Hill etéreo, subjetivo e irreal.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Gran parte de lo que vivimos en el primer juego, situaciones, enemigos, visiones y acontecimientos eran encarnaciones de los miedos y pesadillas de Alessa. El argumento de esa primera parte da para llenar bastantes páginas, pero sólo pretendo hacer ver que existe un tipo de conexión entre lo mental y lo &#8220;material&#8221;. Es aquí donde vemos otra gran referencia cinematográfica, esta vez en la mayor parte de la filmografía del canadiense <strong>David</strong> <strong>Cronenberg</strong>. Me remito a dos de sus obras de arte, <strong>Videodrome </strong>y <strong>The</strong> <strong>Brood</strong>. Puntualmente en esta última (traducida en nuestro país como <strong>Cromosoma 3</strong>) éramos testigos de la materialización carnal de los deseos de una madre transtornada. Siempre encontré grandes similitudes entre el primer Silent Hill y algunas películas de Cronenberg, pero en Silent Hill 2 hay que hacer hincapié a que todo lo que esta vez acontecerá en la aventura proviene, desde mi punto de vista, de la mente de James.</p>
<div id="attachment_1970" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 391px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1970" title="thebrood" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/thebrood.jpg" alt="thebrood" width="381" height="400" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Locura materializada en carne</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Al igual que <strong>Jacob Singer </strong>en la película <strong>La escalera de Jacob </strong>de <strong>Adrian</strong> <strong>Lyne</strong>, James tiene un pasado cuyos resquicios más crueles se materializan una vez dentro de Silent Hill. Aunque a diferencia de Jacob, no ha estado bajo la exposición de ningún químico que lo haga delirar, pero queda fuera de todo debate la fuertísima influencia de la Escalera de Jacob en la estética y enemigos del juego. Basta con visionar la genial escena del hospital para darse cuenta de que los creadores del juego bebieron mucho de esta película.</p>
<div id="attachment_1971" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1971" title="jacobs_ladder" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/jacobs_ladder.jpg" alt="jacobs_ladder" width="450" height="248" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Silent Hill bebe fuertemente de la estética de La escalera de Jacob</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Los enemigos en Silent Hill 2 son realmente bizarros y analizados a fondo se pueden ver connotaciones sexuales en ellos. De hecho esta segunda entrega, al igual que otras películas de Lynch, tiene unos cimientos fuertemente construidos sobre dos aspectos: El sexo y los celos. Puede que James fuese un pervertido sexual, quizás fue infiel a su mujer, o quien sabe, incluso fuese su mujer la infiel y tuviésemos ahí el detonante del asesinato. Mary estaba enferma, y ni las características ni la naturaleza de su enfermedad son explicadas concretamente. Tampoco sabemos cuanto tiempo llevaba enferma, pero, ¿Y si hacía realmente mucho tiempo que lo estaba?. Esto explicaría una represión sexual brutal por parte de James.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tanto los deseos como los arrepentimientos del personaje toman forma en este nublado universo. Monstruos de naturaleza femenina, enfermeras escotadas, malformaciones semejantes a vaginas o penes e incluso la mismísima Mary al final del juego. Todo esto forma un conjunto de miedos que tienen claramente un atenuante sexual. La idealización de una esposa sana, más atractiva y atrevida, con la que a James le hubiese gustado vivir su vida queda reflejada en la figura de María (que no Mary). Se trata de una mujer idéntica a Mary que recoge todos los deseos de James, ¿Otra materialización de su subconsciente?. Bendito Cronenberg.</p>
<div id="attachment_1972" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 430px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1972" title="pyramid_head_movie" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/pyramid_head_movie.jpg" alt="pyramid_head_movie" width="420" height="336" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Pyramid Head en la adaptación cinematográfica del videojuego</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">La obra maestra, por así decirlo, del sucio pensamiento de James queda encarnada en <strong>Pyramid Head</strong>, el mítico enemigo de esta segunda entrega con el que nos toparemos en más de una ocasión. Pyramid Head representa lo más asqueroso y repulsivo de James, sus fallos y actos más crueles, su lado sexualmente desequilibrado y su mentira. Al igual que este arrepentimiento, Pyramid Head nos perseguirá, hasta que nos veamos condenados al final de la historia y asumamos nuestra culpabilidad. Hay que recordar aquella gran escena en la que James se mete en un armario a través del cual ve a Pyramid Head violando un maniquí, una escena llena de simbolismos, ¿La infidelidad de James?, ¿Represión?.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Sin retorno</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">El que Sunderland se decida a seguir a su esposa no lo exculpa de sus actos, nisiquiera sabemos si recibiría el ansiado perdón de Mary o lograría quitarse de encima la culpabilidad. La única manera de probarlo era hacer frente a los miedos. Silent Hill 2, como los demás, es un constante enfrentamiento a las fobias y temores más personales de cada sujeto, así como con aquellos actos que ensucian nuestra consciencia. A pesar de sus múltiples influencias, el juego tiene el suficiente peso como para ser considerado una obra maestra, por mucho que algunos sólo se empeñen en ver en él un survival que pertenece a una saga ya en decadencia. A día de hoy sigue gozando de un argumento realmente emotivo y muy superior al del resto de juegos del género.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Al igual que Fred Madison, posiblemente James nunca volvió de su viaje. A pesar de los distintos finales que conforman el juego, no hay una evidencia clara de que el protagonista recibiese el perdón ni de que lograse volver a una vida normal sin el peso del asesinato de su mujer. Se trata por tanto de los últimos coletazos de un hombre desesperado y hundido, que ya no podía seguir haciendo frente a los hechos, conformándose a partir de aquí esta gran aventura que pudimos jugar hace ya ocho años, y que a día de hoy sigue poniendo los pelos de punta.</p>
<div id="attachment_1973" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 460px"><img class="size-full wp-image-1973" title="Maria-Mary" src="http://hatedpig.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/maria-mary.jpg" alt="Maria-Mary" width="450" height="337" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Batalla final contra Mary</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Silent Hill es sólo el punto en común, la prisión de aquellos que tienen un pasado oscuro o que simplemente, como en el caso de Alessa, han sufrido más de lo normal. Mito o estado mental, no cabe duda de que el enfoque que se le dió a esta segunda parte es la más acertada, centrándose más en el concepto de infierno personal, en vez del de vivir el infierno de otra persona.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">James nunca volvió, no sabemos si se trataban de sus últimas alucinaciones antes de acabar con su vida, de un delirio descontrolado fruto de su culpabilidad, o de una realidad que él mismo creó para intentar obtener el perdón de Mary, o más bien autoconvencerse de que embarcándose en esa odisea dejaría atrás los errores. Sea lo que fuera, James Sunderland y Silent Hill 2 se convertirán con el tiempo en una obra de referencia y también en una de las mejores conexiones película/videojuego (hablo de Carretera Perdida, no de la película del videojuego). De lo mejor que nos dejó la pasada generación de videojuegos y de lo mejor que se puede jugar a día de hoy si te atrae el terror, la oscuridad de Lynch o la nueva carne de Cronenberg.</p>
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<link>http://godschizo.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/david-lynch/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:46:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>godschizo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Ses cheveux partent en vrilles plus sel que poivre. Sa voix tremble avec passion. Ses doigts pianote]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Ses cheveux partent en vrilles plus sel que poivre. Sa voix tremble avec passion. Ses doigts pianotent dans l&#8217;air en permanence, s&#8217;attendant sans cesse à saisir une idée qui pourrait venir n&#8217;importe quand. Il sait transmettre une émotion véritable en formes, couleurs, ambiances, sons, voix, cadrages, lumières, mots. Mon plus grand choc artistique est une de ses oeuvres. Depuis j&#8217;apprécie chacune de celles qu&#8217;il a pu mettre au monde, je découvre et savoure chaque particule de son travail. Il suffit d&#8217;ouvrir les yeux, les écoutilles et l&#8217;âme.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bon Jovi – Lost Highway]]></title>
<link>http://adesepele.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/bon-jovi-%e2%80%93-lost-highway/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://adesepele.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/bon-jovi-%e2%80%93-lost-highway/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bon Jovi – Lost HighwayTrack List : 01. Lost Highway 02. Summertime 03. Make a Memory 04. Whole Lot ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[erotic lesson with Patricia Arquette ]]></title>
<link>http://thefashionobserver.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/erotic-lesson-with-patricia-arquette/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://thefashionobserver.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/erotic-lesson-with-patricia-arquette/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Patricia Arquette em Lost Highway encarna uma pin-up fetichista, com direito a salto 15 para ficar e]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#888888;">Patricia Arquette</span></em> em <span style="color:#888888;"><em>Lost Highway </em><span style="color:#000000;">encarna uma </span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>pin-up </em>fetichista, com direito a salto 15 para ficar em casa. Incrível relação entre figurino e personagem no cinema.</span></p>
<p><em>be a fatal girl, no matter what&#8230; </em></p>
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