Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
New York
Huts made of salvaged materials. Notice the baby carriage. Photographed by Berenice Abbott. October 25, 1935.
First Lines: Paula Fox - Desperate Characters
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bentwood drew out their chairs simultaneously.
New Stuff: Massive Attack vs Burial
Extremely hard-to-get limited edition of a great collaborative work with Burial.
New Stuff: Michael Chapman
Amazing guitar improv album froma an artist you wouldn't have expected it from.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
New Stuff: The Bill Dixon Orchestra
Finally, after nearly 5 decades, a cd reissue of this legendary album!
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Frodo and Sam continue on to Mordor in their mission to destroy the One Ring, whilst their former companions make new allies and launch an assault on Isengard.
Congenial continuation of the saga including a quite sensational battle.
21 (2008)
Six MIT students are trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently take Vegas casinos for millions in winnings.
Fairly interesting story with no surprises.
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
Set in Mexico, a nun called Sara is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan, who is on his way to do some reconnaissance, for a future mission to capture a French for.
Entertaining western which manages to mix in a bit of screwball comedy as well.
