All My Aesthetic Sensibilities
Mr Henry Rollins has now stepped into the blogging arena. It's a must-read.
His radio show, Harmony in My Head is also back up. It's a must-listen. He goes into some depth with annotated notes for each track. All the shows are archived here and are well worth checking out. The play-list on the latest show includes:
Generation X - No No No, Circle Jerks - Beverly Hills, Slim Gaillard -The Hip Cowboy, Brian Eno - Baby’s On Fire, Robert Fripp - Exposure, Louis Jordan - Beware, Minutemen - Split Red, Phil Lynott - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake ‘Em On Down, The Fall - Two Librans, Public Enemy - You’re Gonna Get Yours (Getaway Remix).
Been reading lots of old Vincent Gallo interviews. This one is from the Observer in September 2001 where he discusess his Warp album When, P.J. Harvey and Buffalo '66. One from the New York Observer from June 2003 (used to be available here for free. You can see it here if you subscribe) is great. He describes The Brown Bunny thus:
If you see the film and you know my paintings and you know my music and you know my other movies and you understand me aesthetically in any way possible, this is the most clear, cool example of everything that I've been working toward my whole life. both visually, sound-wise, colour-wise and in my concept of how a narration works. How relationships work. How pain in a relationship works. How difficult it is to love and be loved....
...It's a classic example of all my experiences, all my intuitions, all my concepts and all my aesthetic sensibilities and anything I've ever done in my life. And it's 50 times more mature...than Buffalo '66.....I will never be discouraged or encouraged by a guy with a thumb that posints up or down. And I won't be discouraged by a rude audience at a film festival or an impatient audience at a film festival....But I won't be encouraged by that either.
Mr Herring is in fine fine form once again:
She said hello and stood up to greet me and I decided formality was the appropriate response and held out my hand (to shake it, come on I'm not that mad, but if I saw a glint in her eye I could think on my feet and go for her bosom). However at the same time she had decided that a kiss on the cheek was the way to go and moved forward, leading to the worst possible scenario, a kind of kissing version of paper, scissors, stone. I had to retract my hand and mumble something about not having been sure what the correct procedure was as I awkwardly moved from shaking to polite kissing. Would an open-mouthed lunge to the lips now save my embarrassment? Possibly not. I didn't take the chance. Who Dares Wins, is what Lewis Collins and Jimmy Mulville believe, but to be honest neither of them have their own BBC series and I think we can follow the logic through and realise this is solely because they both sexually harrassed TV executives at important meetings.
As is Miss Jellie here. She keeps referencing some really really great stuff. Read her often if you don't already...
Currently listening to:
Iron and Wine & Calexico: In The Reins
Artie Shaw: Best of
Derek Bailey/Pat Thomas/Steve Noble: And (Can't find this anywhere)
The National: Alligator
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
The Books: Lost and Safe
blogs,gallo,rollins,comedy,music,film.
His radio show, Harmony in My Head is also back up. It's a must-listen. He goes into some depth with annotated notes for each track. All the shows are archived here and are well worth checking out. The play-list on the latest show includes:
Generation X - No No No, Circle Jerks - Beverly Hills, Slim Gaillard -The Hip Cowboy, Brian Eno - Baby’s On Fire, Robert Fripp - Exposure, Louis Jordan - Beware, Minutemen - Split Red, Phil Lynott - Dear Miss Lonely Hearts, Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake ‘Em On Down, The Fall - Two Librans, Public Enemy - You’re Gonna Get Yours (Getaway Remix).
Been reading lots of old Vincent Gallo interviews. This one is from the Observer in September 2001 where he discusess his Warp album When, P.J. Harvey and Buffalo '66. One from the New York Observer from June 2003 (used to be available here for free. You can see it here if you subscribe) is great. He describes The Brown Bunny thus:
If you see the film and you know my paintings and you know my music and you know my other movies and you understand me aesthetically in any way possible, this is the most clear, cool example of everything that I've been working toward my whole life. both visually, sound-wise, colour-wise and in my concept of how a narration works. How relationships work. How pain in a relationship works. How difficult it is to love and be loved....
...It's a classic example of all my experiences, all my intuitions, all my concepts and all my aesthetic sensibilities and anything I've ever done in my life. And it's 50 times more mature...than Buffalo '66.....I will never be discouraged or encouraged by a guy with a thumb that posints up or down. And I won't be discouraged by a rude audience at a film festival or an impatient audience at a film festival....But I won't be encouraged by that either.
Mr Herring is in fine fine form once again:
She said hello and stood up to greet me and I decided formality was the appropriate response and held out my hand (to shake it, come on I'm not that mad, but if I saw a glint in her eye I could think on my feet and go for her bosom). However at the same time she had decided that a kiss on the cheek was the way to go and moved forward, leading to the worst possible scenario, a kind of kissing version of paper, scissors, stone. I had to retract my hand and mumble something about not having been sure what the correct procedure was as I awkwardly moved from shaking to polite kissing. Would an open-mouthed lunge to the lips now save my embarrassment? Possibly not. I didn't take the chance. Who Dares Wins, is what Lewis Collins and Jimmy Mulville believe, but to be honest neither of them have their own BBC series and I think we can follow the logic through and realise this is solely because they both sexually harrassed TV executives at important meetings.
As is Miss Jellie here. She keeps referencing some really really great stuff. Read her often if you don't already...
Currently listening to:
Iron and Wine & Calexico: In The Reins
Artie Shaw: Best of
Derek Bailey/Pat Thomas/Steve Noble: And (Can't find this anywhere)
The National: Alligator
Wolf Parade: Apologies to the Queen Mary
The Books: Lost and Safe
blogs,gallo,rollins,comedy,music,film.
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