Sunday, 27 June 2010
The Jesus and Mary Chain - 'Darklands'
The title track from the album 'Darklands' by The Jesus and Mary Chain, 1987.
Still one of my favourite summer albums, despite the fact that all of the lyrics are about rain.
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Michael Haneke

The Essential Michael Haneke
Der Siebente Kontinent (1989)
Benny's Video (1992)
71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994)
Das Schloβ (1997)
Funny Games (1997)
Code inconnu (2000)
La Pianiste (2001)
Le Temps du loup (2003)
Caché (2005)
Funny Games U.S. (2007)
Artificial Eye, 2009
Michael Haneke's Cinema: The Ethic of the Image
by Catherine Wheatley
Berghahn Books, 2009
The Essential Michael Haneke is a ten-disc DVD box set featuring all of Michael Haneke's films from 1989-2007 (including his adaptation of Das Schloβ by Kafka which was originally filmed for television but was then released cinemtically against Haneke's wishes). As with most Artificial Eye releases, the set is immaculately designed and presented, and features excellent interviews with the director about most of the films. Unfortunately, the box set was not released in time to incorporate Das weiße Band, my favourite film from last year.
Catherine Wheatley's The Ethic of the Image considers Haneke's work in light of the traditions of counter-cinema and the idea of cinematic 'un-pleasure', and also in the context of Kantian ethics.
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Lysistrata

'Lysistrata' by Aristophanes
Tuesday 02/03 - Saturday 06/03
The People's Theatre, Newcastle Upon Tyne
I am playing Kinesias.
Labels:
Aristophanes,
Baguettes,
Lysistrata,
The People's Theatre
Sunday, 28 February 2010
Cluster: Live

Coming soon:
AV Festival 2010 presents Cluster and :Zoviet*France live in concert
7.30 p.m. on 10/03/2010
Sunderland Aquatic Centre
Tickets £5
http://www.avfestival.co.uk/programme/10/highlights/big-water-cluster
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Digestion

Some albums I have been listening to recently:
Miles Davis: The Blue Haze
Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescaleet: The Breadwinner
Stephan Mathieu: Radioland*
Sunn O))): Monoliths & Dimensions
Vangelis: Earth
Some films I have seen in the last couple of months:
Code Inconnu
Five Easy Pieces
Kontroll
The Last Detail*
The Road
I also enjoyed reading 'Magnificent Desolation'* by Buzz Aldrin recently.
* = pictured
Labels:
Aldrin,
Books,
Films,
Jack Nicholson,
Magnificent Desolation,
Music,
Stephan Mathieu,
The Last Detail
Friday, 18 December 2009
'I Fear Santa'

My new single, 'I Fear Santa', is now available for free download.
For full details, please visit www.7thSun.co.uk/
Labels:
7thSun,
Free Music,
I Fear Santa,
Inland Empire,
Natural Born Santas,
Single,
Xmas
Compilation - 'Needless Alley'

A compilation of some of the music I have been listening to this year - some new, some old. Enjoy!
01. Harmonia & Eno '76 - Welcome
02. New Order - Your Silent Face (Session)
03. Russian Circles - Hexed All
04. Kelpe - Eye Candy Bath
05. Nine Inch Nails - Lights In The Sky (Live)
06. Have A Nice Life - Deep, Deep
07. Goblin - Suspiria
08. Kraftwerk - Radioactivity
09. Grouper - Little Gray Cat
10. Svarte Greiner - Last Night.
Download.
Monday, 14 December 2009
Saturday, 14 November 2009
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