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    APHEX TWIN - SYRO

    in Aphex Twin

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    I'm ready. Tomorrow at this time I'll be listening to new Aphex. The long dry winter will be over and spring will begin. Flowers blooming. Thunder showers of new music will rain upon my ears and time will shift into time + prefect moments of existence. These days past will be remembered with bitterness. Unsure anxiety. I'm ready for the future.

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    in General Banter

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    I'll be spending this coming week in the White Mountains of New Hampshire doing community service/trail building, and during my stay I'll be starting Capote's Other Voices, Other Rooms. Figured it would be a bit more fitting to the environment than my other current read (Burroughs cut up trilogy) xD

     

    Besides those, I'm also reading Dubliners and Portrait of the Artist for the first time, as I found a beautiful old hardcover edition for 7 bucks.

    A few albums recently listened.

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    Company Flow - Little Johnny From the Hospitul - 9/10 - Holy shit. I always knew of CF for Funcrusher+ (a classic), but just stumbled upon this demented, grimey, fucked to hell instrumental album too (released after they disbanded apparently???) and my god if it isn't near perfect.

     

    Fennesz - Becs - 8/10 - Best I've heard from Fennesz in a long long time. Gorgeous record.

     

    Dabrye - Additional Prod., Vol. 1 - 8/10 - Assortment of b-sides and remixes from TM, released awhile back but just listening for the first time. Dabrye never fails to disappoint. Really dope little compilation.

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

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    Locke - 7.5/10 - Very well executed for what it is. Never gets the least bit boring. Only one major flaw I think, and thats the message. There are at least 3 morals/themes floating around the script, and near the end of the film it feels like they are trying to shove them all down your throat at once instead of following through with one of them. It's a character study, but it can't seem to decide which aspects of the character it is studying. Still an interesting enough character to keep it grounded though.

     

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me - 7/10 - All the ideas, scenes, developments, and new characters are excellent. They just don't fit together at all. Very disjointed, very bizarre, yet still very enjoyable. Very curious to see how much the 90+ minutes of cut footage will help ease the jaggedness and disjointedness when it finally is released in a few months. Also, just realizing that it's going to take me fucking forever to try and fit some of the stuff in FWWM into the Twin Peaks narrative.

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

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    Under The Skin - 8/10 - Interesting interpretation of the novel. I like that it distinguishes itself from the narrative of the original and doesn't cling to certain aspects undeservedly... like... no cheap rule-breaking, nothing feels out of place, that kind of thing. Glazer obviously had a goal he set out to accomplish and made it clear that he wasn't trying to appeal to fans of the original. Both stand alone as great, unique works playing off the same ideas and universe. The film plays by the rules of the narrative but reworks them in an interesting way, places the characters in a slightly different setting, emphasizes different aspects of the commentary, and does all of this really well without feeling lost or pretentious. Like, fucking incredibly well. Also, Mica Levi's score is one of the most amazing soundtracks I have ever heard. Worth checking out for that alone imo.

    A few albums recently listened.

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    Avey Tare - Down There - 10/10 - What the fuck this is amazing. Production is cohesive and fantastic - murky and twisted but with enough solid electronics grounding it and keeping everything organized - demented sample-warping and synthesizers + phenomenal songwriting. Completely overlooked this before. The AnCo guys can pull together such awesome stuff, separately and jointly. Wonder what went wrong with Chz...

     

    Liars - Mess - 8/10 - This thing is so much goddamn fun. Tons of great sounds.

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

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    There Will Be Blood - Fantastic, towering film. Acting is perfect across the board, and the cinematography is flawless. I do have my issues with it, but they are minor compared to the entertainment I got from watching. I'm quite late to the party, I know. - 9/10

    Films Recently Watched

    in General Banter

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    Blue Velvet - Fantastic atmosphere, solid acting, gorgeous cinematography and art direction. - 8/10

    lol? All that but 8/10? Tough critic...

     

    It did have its weaknesses - acting was solid, but not fantastic across the board. Felt a bit meander-y near the end, despite some amazing shots. Maybe more like an 8.5/10 - idek tho - number scores = not that important in my book. I choose pretty loosely.

    Films Recently Watched

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    Wolf of Wall Street - Bit directionless and far too long for its own good... Acting was phenomenal however, as was the writing (for the most part). Still unsure about this one. - 6/10

    Blue Velvet - Fantastic atmosphere, solid acting, gorgeous cinematography and art direction. - 8/10

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