Polanksi Special: Trailer Madness
To compliment Alan’s marvellous introduction to the films of Roman Polanksi, here are the trailers to the five (it should be six, but I couldn’t find the official trailer to Knife In The Water. Sorry!) films that big Al recommended that you check out. From the trippy delight of Rosemary’s [...]
Polanski Special: Lovelockandload Get Frantic
We welcome back our mate Paul from the wonderful Lovelockandload, who opens his 2010 account for us* with an in-depth look at one of Roman Polanksi’s often overlooked films, Frantic. So without much further ado, here’s Paul gettin’ all, y’know, ‘Frantic’…. The eighties were something of a quiet time for [...]
Polanski Special: Posterspective!
As part of their Roman Polanski Directorspective, the Barbican is displaying an exhibition of archive film posters from the collection of Museum of Cinematography in Lodz, Poland. They have kindly allowed to us post a few on here as part of our Polanski week, the lovely, lovely people! So, here [...]
Director of the Month: Roman Polanski
Hello and welcome to Director of the Month, your cut-out-and-keep guide to the very finest auteurs in filmland… This month: Roman Polanski Nationality: French/Polish D.O.B: 18/08/1933 Years active: 1955 – present Number of films (as director): 18 Do say: “With your beady eye for the macabre, and your cackling delight in the [...]
Breakthru Radio Mix!
Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago I recorded a mix for the wonderful New York internet radio station, Breakthru Radio. I think it went up today on Thompson’s fantastic show Anatomy of A Blogger. Check that out if you want to listen to me talking absolute nonsense about music [...]
Single of the Day – Ray Barretto – Mr. Blah Blah
Blast your mid-week blues away with the lovely Ray Barretto, who is our wonderful provider of today’s SOTD! Aw, thanks Ray! Taken from his 1963 album On Fire Again (Encendido otra vez), ‘Mr. Blah Blah’ finds the Puerto Rican Latin-Jazz (or Jazz-Latin) legend in a playful and silly mood. Often [...]
Single of the Day – The Android Sisters – Robots Are Coming
Taken from the 1984 Vanguard album ‘Songs Of Electronic Despair’, the crazy Android Sisters was the bizarre musical creation of producers Tim Clark and Tom Lopez. The duo took their inspiration for The Android Sisters from the Phillip K. Dick novel ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? ‘, which we [...]
Single of the Day – Felix – You Can’t Hold Me Down (extended version)
Released in 1984 on the legendary Sleeping Bag Records, Felix was the brainchild of Arthur Russell and Gallery DJ Nicky Siano. ‘You Can’t Hold Me Down’ was the b-side to their classic tune ‘Tiger Stripes’ (Russell refused to take any recording credit for Felix, due to his immense dislike for [...]