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Donald Trump Photo Dump

Happy Valentine’s Day,y’all. Some of his finest looks for you to savour in perpetuity… sorry ladies,he’s spoken for. Sorta. Dominick Reuter/Reuters Cartman when he discovers irony. Carlo Allegri/Reuters Making a bigly fist of politics. Carlos Barria/Reuters That time a journalist asked him his opinion about the separation of church and state. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Uncle DonContinue reading “Donald Trump Photo Dump”

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Lost In Music: David Bowie – Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Remix)

This is a cut from The Next Day, a remix by James Murphy for DFA featuring the one and only Steve Reich, sampling his ‘Clapping Music’ and a soupcon of Bowie’s ‘Ashes to Ashes’. The clown is faded- the hat may be jaunty, but love is lost.It’s at once a jump forward and a lookContinue reading “Lost In Music: David Bowie – Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Remix)”

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Album Review : Maria BC- Marathon

Non-binary, California -based artist Maria BC has a duality to their work. This, their third album, occupies liminal spaces between sleeping and awake states. Their gorgeous ambient sounds can turn from soothing to jarring. It keeps the listener on their toes. Maria BC is a classically trained vocalist, and it shows. Their range is subtleContinue reading “Album Review : Maria BC- Marathon”

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30 Years Of Baz Luhrmann’s “Star Cross’d Lovers”

As Valentine’s Day doth approacheth, I take a look at the enduring classic, as reimagined by Australian director Baz Luhrmann. I bloody HATED Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet when I first saw it at the cinema in 1996. I felt that transposing the Shakespeare classic to Venice Beach and bringing in nineties slackers in HawaiianContinue reading “30 Years Of Baz Luhrmann’s “Star Cross’d Lovers””

The Gaulier Effect

Phillippe Gaulier has passed away at the age of 82. The French clown genius who alongside mentor Jacques Lecoq taught Bouffon clowning as well as more traditional technique, was a real trailblazer, teaching to countless actors and performers. Eschewing the more rigid, serious Stanislavsky method which was so beloved by a whole generation of methodContinue reading “The Gaulier Effect”