A superlative album for lovers of authentic Britpop ! Even though the English alternative Britpop band Pulp was around for over fifteen years when this hit album was released (in 1995 in England and 1996 in the United States and beyond), they never [...]
A Defining Movie Soundtrack from the 90’s Film maker Oliver Stone couldn’t have picked a better soundtrack producer for his 1994 ultra-violent cult movie “Natural Born Killers” starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Rodney [...]
Forgotten Gems from the 80s and 90s Its Friday and the first post for 2014. What better way than listening to some great forgotten pop rock tracks from the 80s and 90s featuring Bruce Cockburn, Del Amitri, Big Dish, Geneva and more! This is also a [...]
A whimsical and surreal piece of french cinema Feeling more like a vintage restoration than an original film, this crime drama by the maverick Chilean director Raoul Ruiz (1941–2011) stars Catherine Deneuve in a dual role of a psychologist and an [...]
It was 6 AM on a frosty, chilled morning and I was in a lousy tent on a hiking nature school camp. Not much fun really! I was the first one to wake up and I turned on my guide’s Walkman to the sound of Blondie, I lay there in my sleeping bag [...]
Driving Solo on the Surreal Highway to Nowhere I am on the highway to nowhere on a lousy rental car but thank god, at least its big, the AC works and it doesn’t stutter. And the CD deck is belting out Thom Yorke’s ‘Clocks’ with pristine [...]
Richard Linklater’s Brilliant Animated MindTripper!! Waking Life (2001) is a dazzling mess. There are probably more ideas generated in those 100 minutes than in all other movies currently playing around town combined, even if its over 10 years old. [...]
Richard Kelly’s Inventive Exercise in Surreal Teen Angst I just finished reading Richard Kelly’s “The Donnie Darko Book”, a fascinating addition to the inventive 2001 time travel cult hit – Donnie Darko. The magnetism of Donnie Darko which [...]
