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Dance Albums | booksandmusicandstuff
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April 12, 2014. All that self-justification having been said, it does seem to me that there was something of a rich seam of dance/electronica albums around the turn of the millennium, with a convergence of “dance” and the indie/lo-fi aesthetic. Dance no longer meant just nightclub preening or disco frivolity, expanding its emotional and textural palette to something more recognisable to rock fans. As Miles Davis might have said. But the album is strong throughout, from lead-in track “ Daftendirekt. Or su...
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The Destruction Of The White Collar Class | booksandmusicandstuff
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March 9, 2014. The Destruction Of The White Collar Class. EM Forster, that most perceptive and class-conscious of novelists, has a terrific sketch of the incipient decline of the upper-middle classes in his novel Maurice. 1967), economist JK Galbraith. The collapse of the economic basis of a class is a frightening, worrying thing. Only the most oblivious free-market cheerleaders. This entry was posted in Politics. And tagged EM Forster. Books On Modern China. What do you think? Enter your comment here.
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In Praise Of… Live At The Ritz | booksandmusicandstuff
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June 6, 2014. In Praise Of… Live At The Ritz. One of the things that most fascinates me about gig-watching is seeing the band dynamics right up there in front of you. You see all types: from the nervous, egg-shell anxiety of the other Nirvana members towards Kurt Cobain at. Unplugged In New York. Status of Thom Yorke to Radiohead (I saw them during their tour for. It from the guitarist. The most enthralling live performance I’ve ever seen is and remains Guns N’ Roses’. Live At The New York Ritz. Nope, me...
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Shōgun: A Love Letter | booksandmusicandstuff
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December 14, 2014. Shōgun: A Love Letter. It’s been a while since I blogged. Shit happens and your days get filled with things you hadn’t anticipated. Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans as the divine St John of Lennon says. Anyway. I have just been re-re-re-re-reading (I normally read it once a year, and first read it in 1990 you do the math(s). And the gravediggers) and a temper; and Toranaga, perhaps the most complex and great man I’ve ever read of. (Well, maybe excluding Gan...
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March 6, 2014. As far as films go, while my highest respect and appreciation goes to classic character-driven and literary/thematic dramas like. Nightmare on Elm Street I. So of course, this meant that I had. To see that film! And that truly was watching-behind-the-sofa viewing. It was my first real introduction to the delicious frisson of fear and terror of the quality horror film. It hasn’t really aged: the scary scary bits are still. The first death is monstrously gruesome. Or as we then called it,.
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bucketoftongues | booksandmusicandstuff
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February 24, 2015. The main snag preventing me writing more seems to be the increasing narrowness of my focus. The stuff I love, I devour. I could happily listen to the Beatles, watch. The original trilogy, obviously) and read Philip Larkin for evermore. But as I grow older, the stuff that I once thought was worth at least. Young men with beards. Or films with no ability to create atmosphere or narrative flow (why have they been lost? Singin’ In The Rain. Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. It is – ho...
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Kraftwerk: An Appreciation | booksandmusicandstuff
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June 21, 2014. What The Beatles are to pop/rock and the Velvet Underground are to alternative, Kraftwerk are to electronic music. They are the mainspring, the well of inspiration, the goddamn. Their run of classic albums is astonishing, up there for consistent creativity and delight with Pink Floyd’s. Sequence, or, say, the Rolling Stones’. Beggars Banquet-Exile On Main Street. Series of triumphs. Starting with. 8216;s epic title track (cos ambitious bands. To have side-long epic tracks back then) to.
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Books On Modern China | booksandmusicandstuff
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April 11, 2014. Books On Modern China. After a year-long hiatus after leaving the country, I’ve recently been getting back into books about China, having just bought. China’s Great Economic Transformation. On the Chinese economy, 1979-present) and. Mao’s Last Revolution. On the Cultural Revolution). Here are the best books on modern China that I’ve read. (The text for these reviews are taken from my articles on agendabeijing.com. When China Rules The World. Every single entrepreneur or businessperson.