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A Pop Culture Post: Music and Movies
I am quite fond of a certain dream-pop/post-punk band known as The Chameleons, and I recently managed to get a copy of their third album, Strange Times and have put in an order for a live DVD. Never particularly famous they've attracted a small and dedicated fan-base. Now here's some very tasty news - they're bringing out a special 25th anniversary edition of Script of the Bridge, which is considered by some to be one of the best items of contemporary music and lyrics available.
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recumbenteer, caseopaya, and L., with a good dinner, fine wine and then a visit to the Astor to see a double of Death at a Funeral and Black Sheep. The former was a quite impressive British-style cringe comedy where a serious of awkward situations and events collide into each other like a train wreck. The latter was a b-grade splatter film in the style of the early works of Peter Jackson; indeed it reminded me quite a lot of Bad Taste (except with zombie sheep), even down to the manorial house - indeed I suspect that it's even the same location (Gear House and Pukerua Bay respectively).
Spent last night with
recumbenteer, caseopaya, and L., with a good dinner, fine wine and then a visit to the Astor to see a double of Death at a Funeral and Black Sheep. The former was a quite impressive British-style cringe comedy where a serious of awkward situations and events collide into each other like a train wreck. The latter was a b-grade splatter film in the style of the early works of Peter Jackson; indeed it reminded me quite a lot of Bad Taste (except with zombie sheep), even down to the manorial house - indeed I suspect that it's even the same location (Gear House and Pukerua Bay respectively).
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I'll have to give them a listen.
Did you ever take up an recommendation of mine from many months ago to give some early Ultravox (from the John Foxx days) a listen?
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May want.
It is an awesome record.
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You might be interested in checking out the game for the rulesbook I illustrated. Please ignore the fact that sentence is poorly structured; it's been a long day.
Details here: http://www.sardarthion.com/cruentidei/startup.html
I'm attempting to play even though I'm more than terrible at strategy games.
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Hmmm.. There's no samples of your art (well, there's a map). It looks not unlike Shogun...
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I just want to be able to say, "We're in the post-pop era!" even though most of the rest of the world wouldn't yet have caught up to that fact.
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Not sure about "post-pop". I remember many years ago doing a course in popular culture when I presented a pretty hefty theoretical analysis which took up the mass distribution methods of "popular culture" and combined them with the political objectives of the "avant-garde", creating "avant-pop".
This was 1992 or so... I really should have continued with it as I've noticed that the term has become quite important in cultural anthropology..
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It was a very good film and I suspect it will be popular for some time.
I was particularly chuffed for picking the midget's secret straight away.. :-)
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You know, the ability to pick up on the subtle signals film-makers use to signal something important coming up in a film. It's about understanding 'technique'.
Maybe a touch *just a wee one* of deviance too... ;)
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My insight was more on the deviant side, I think.
Nevertheless the two avenues of revelation are not contradictory.
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Are you flirting with me? ;)
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Not intentionally, I assure you! ;-)
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Oh be still my gentle heart! I shall certainly do so!