Some of my favourite things, without any order: Hannibal; Godspeed You! Black Emperor; Miles Davis; Virginia Woolf; Lost; Radiohead; Massive Attack; The lord of the rings; Middle Age (as an historical period); Tennis.
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I’m interested in watching Agnes Varda films soon. Does anyone have a suggestion on where to start?
I have no idea whether it’s a good start or not, but I recently watched Le Bonheur and I deeply loved it!
ReplyHey, now that everyone is paying attention to Baumbach (thanks, Scarlett!): go watch Mistress America. Baumbach’s best by far.
Out of curiosity, what’s your opinion on Frances Ha?
ReplyThis is out of topic, but I honestly didn’t know where to put it and I thought it was a good read to share. I tend to agree but I’m open to all opinions.
The problem of mindfulness: mindfulness promotes itself as value-neutral but it is loaded with (troubling) assumptions about the self and the cosmos
https://aeon.co/essays/mindfulness-is-loaded-with-troubling-metaphysical-assumptions?fbclid=IwAR0taV8RUorRvbB_mw675ZABMlwxUh7jKNn9fYnI_byxjpDMn56HZ-ncZI4
If anyone wants to share personal views or experiences on the subject, feel free!
ReplyOverall, I think Peter Dinklage deserves one Emmy for what he’s done in the show. I wouldn’t award any other member of the cast, though I’d be okay with one or more nominations for Lena Headey and Diana Rigg. Maybe Charles Dance too. I don’t remember earlier seasons well so I prefer not to judge Sean Bean and Michelle Fairley’s performances.
ReplyI enjoyed some of the songs, but overall as a complete album experience, it feels like something is missing when compared to 22, A Million.
Thanks for the feedback. I do agree that it’s inferior to 22, but only because that was a fantastic album. I think i, i sounds like a minor work in terms of creativity and audacity, but I also feel it (maybe for the same reason?) as very honest, perhaps his most honest effort so far.
ReplyBig Thief are releasing another album before the end of this year, in october. We don’t even deserve so much beauty.
ReplyIn no particular order:
The Oracle, Angel Bat Dawid
Aviary, Julia Holter
God Is Not A Terrorist, Usted Saami
American Football (LP3), American Football
Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery, The Comet is Coming
U.F.O.F., Big Thief
Ecstatic Computation, Caterina Barbieri
Schlagenheim, black midi
Thom Yorke has a better album than Suspiria, he has ANIMA. Thanks for the thread! I think this list has more to do with rock than with alternative album, but it’s a great start.
ReplySo, second attempt to write this post. I just wanted to pop in to say that I’m finally watching the show, albeit inexplicably late since I was supposed to be one of the most excited fans around here. At least, I’m loving it as much as I hoped I would!
I agree that it’s light and entertaining, at least in a way; but I find it also sad and tragic at the bottom of it. All the characters or almost all of them appear pathetic to me; they have apparently comfortable lives but they struggle to find the meaning from them – sometimes they’re just too shallow, tragically and comically at the same time.
The show also feels as very “American” to me, right in its depiction of privileged people who can’t overcome a feeling of loneliness and emptiness; it reminds me of Hopper’s painting and Yates’ novels (although I’m definitely not an expert of this and my impression could just be wrong). It feels like a good and fresh example of this tradition.
So, what was everyone’s favourite episode and why? (Not too many spoilers please, I’ve seen the first five fragments)
Replyhas actual violence converged with the filming of violence?
That’s very interesting, can you elaborate a bit further with this thought? If you have the time and the patience 🙂
ReplyOverall, interesting set of nominees. It’d be a shame if The 1975 won.
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