(Not) Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, 1966) There are two kinds of 100 Greatest Ever-type film lists, aren’t there? First of all, there are the ones voted for by the general public. These generally appear in magazines like Total Film or are broadcast in whopping 3 to 4 hour specials on [...]
Single of the Day – Wigald Boning – Ballade Pour Alexa
Wigald Boning is a German comedian (I know, I know – INSERT YOUR OWN JOKE HERE) and ‘Jet Set Jazz’ is his first serious musical release on the fantastic Compost label. Apparently. But when this landed on my desk, I couldn’t resist falling for it’s zany charm. With esteemed modern contempories [...]
Maurice Jarre Monday
I’ve just heard that Maurice Jarre has passed away. As a mark of respect for the film composer extraordinaire (and dad of Jean Michel) we’re going to roll forward our weekly tribute to Ennio Morricone til tomorrow. Born in Lyon, France in 1924, Jarre would gain international fame, legendary status, [...]
Single of the Day – Tony Esposito – Pagaia
Since it’s now officially summer, why not a lovely italo/balearic number to welcome the sunshine in? Released in 1982 by Italian singer Antonio ‘Tony’ Esposito, ’Pagaia’ has gained a cult following after featuring in many of the great cosmic DJ Daniele Baldelli’s sets. With it’s laidback sunny grooves and cheery light horns, it manages to [...]
Film Of The Day – High and Low (Akira Kurosawa, 1963)
Blah, blah, blah… Seven Samurai was remade as The Magnificent Seven by John Sturges in 1960… Yackety smackety… Yojimbo served as the inspiration for Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars… Blah, blah, blah… George Lucas ripped off The Hidden Fortress for Star Wars… Yackety smackety… etc. No, I haven’t gone mad. I [...]
Single of the Day – Sound Experience – J.P. Walk
A new compilation entitled Mike Majors – Getting Off is currently generating a bit of buzz amongst DJs and trainspotters. Consisting of the finest ’adult-movie’ tracks but the one track that is getting the forums all hot and sweaty is ’J.P. Walk’ by the 1970s Baltimore funk Band Sound Experience and it has certainly pricked up some ears… You [...]
Single of the Day – Karen Young – Deetour
Originally released in 1982, this brilliant piece of sunny disco-boogie by Karen ‘Hot Shot’ Young will brighten up your day just that little more. Finding prominence in 2006 after featuring on Joey Negro and Sean P’s fantastic Azuli compilation ‘Destination Boogie’, ‘Deetour’ is a bona-fide anthem. Groovy, cosmic (well I think the lyrics [...]
Film of the Day – Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (Robert Parrish, 1969)
One of the things that blew my mind most about BBC4′s fairly recent documentary about Pink Floyd, Which One’s Pink?, was the revelation that, way back in 1969, the BBC had roped in the prog rock pioneers to perform one of their freeform wig-outs live in the studio while the channel [...]
Single of the Day – Cole Medina – Medina’s Magic
Hot stuff from the ‘magical’ Cole Medina! An alluring re-edit of the classic (well, I think it’s a classic) Olivia Newton-John track ‘Magic’ off the amazing ‘Xanadu’ soundtrack (well, I think it’s amazing), this groover loops and enchants the life outta ya. Loyal readers might remember that we featured the talented [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
Two Mules for Sister Sara (Don Siegel, 1970) Anyone fancy playing a quick game of Going for Gold (semi-legendary UK quiz show in which contestants had to guess the identity of someone or something from a brief spoken description) as a “fun” way to introduce this week’s Morricone scored motion picture? [...]