The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made (part one)
Hello, and welcome to part one of The 100 Greatest Films Ever Made (at least according to Days Are Numbers, or just me, anyway). When thinking of suitable ways to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the launch of this very website, I thought long and hard about the feasibility of compiling a [...]
Single of The Day – Fax Yourself – Sunshine
One of the many delights off the Hercules & Love Affair Sidetracked compilation, Fax Yourself’s ‘Sunshine’ is a j-j-j-jackin’ New Beat/House record from 1989. Released on the influential New Beat label Sound of Belgium, this isn’t your archetypal New Beat record. Featuring samples ranging from Rockers’ Revenge’s glorious ‘Walking On [...]
“Film Star…” (slight return)
A little while back, I did a feature on rock ‘n’ roll types appearing in films, like as if they were proper actors or sumfink. Today, without encroaching on Aneet’s territory too much, I thought it might be nice if I picked a few tunes performed by those very same pop stars, so we [...]
The Ivan Drago School of Excellence: ZE Records Special
THE IVAN DRAGO SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE: ZE RECORDS SPECIAL!!! Hello and welcome to the first ever edition of THE IVAN DRAGO SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE!!! Before we look at the first inductee, you may be wondering who the hell is this Ivan Drago and what does it all mean? Basically, [...]
Censors’ Working Overtime
What’s your favourite trilogy? Is it Star Wars? The Godfather? Or Days Are Numbers three part investigation into the history of film censorship in Britain, Banned for Glory (parts one, two and three)? My favourite is most definitely the latter. Only joking, of course! (Or am I?) But overwhelmed as I [...]
(Rel)Ode to Moviedrome
Good evening, and welcome back to Moviedrome… Sort of, anyway. As part of our ongoing anniversary celebrations here at Days Are Numbers, we’re casting our mind back to an earlier blog about BBC2′s legendary late night cult film strand, Moviedrome. Between the years of 1988 and 2000, Moviedrome was just about the only [...]
Single of The Day – H. Tical – Equilibrium
The new Permanent Vacation compilation ‘Space Oddities Vol.2′, compiled by Alexis Le-Tan & Jess, is a brilliant collection of spaced-out, cosmic, groovy library music from the 70s and 80s. More psychedelic and proggy than Vol.1, it features some killer tracks from some of the finest soundtrack libraries in the world [...]
Monday Morricone Madness!!!
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (Dario Argento, 1971) So what’s been happening since the last time I did a Morricone Monday? Well, Michael Jackson died, of course. You may have noticed that this website was probably the only media outlet in the world that didn’t register some kind of tribute to [...]
Happy First Birthday Days Are Numbers!!!
That’s right folks, Days Are Numbers, everyone’s favourite disco/giallo/afro-beat/Czech New Wave and much, much more-lovin’ blogsite, officially turned 1 on July 1st! Don’t worry if you forgot, it looks like we did, too! But what better way to celebrate than by having an anniversary recap, and looking back at everything [...]
Scene of the Day – Human Highway (Bernard Shakey & Dean Stockwell, 1982)
Do you remember I told you about the fantastic musical collaboration, as scorching as it is unlikely, between Neil Young and Devo? Unfortunately, at the time I told you about it, it had been removed from YouTube, so I couldn’t invite you to take a peek at it. Well, now it’s [...]