Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok thudded to a mellow bass-heavy end on Sunday night, with the outdoor screening of Rocksteady: The Roots of Reggae , a documentary on the artists of the Jamaican musical genre that built the bridge from the frenetically upbeat ska to the laid-back reggae. Directed by Stascha Bader, the Swedish-Canadian production caught the star Jamaican recording artists of the...
Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
BeatCrave.com Live: Phish at Empire Polo Club in IndioLos Angeles TimesThe band's three-day Halloween weekend blowout leaves its loyal legion of fans heated up and happy. Besides the Rolling Stones, U2 and Bruce Springsteen, it's hard to think of many rock acts that could crowd the Empire Polo Club in Indio for a …Shine A Light [...]
mel.opho.be (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Did anybody else want to know what album Phish covered last night when they got online this morning? Admit it, hipsters who went to college. You’ve spent some time with Phish and wanted to know too. Plus when a band has covered Talking Heads’ Remain in Ligh t, Velvet Underground’s Loaded and The Beatles’ White Album , you have to admit, at the very least, that they have good...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
It wasn't until concertgoers arrived at the gates yesterday that they finally learned what classic album Phish would cover in its entirety during their "musical costume" set at Festival 8 . Reviving a tradition that began in 1994 when Phish covered The Beatles' The White Album, last night the quartet staged an ambitious cover of the Rolling Stones' 18-song double LP, Exile on Main St. As...
Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Admittedly, I am not the biggest fan of The Rolling Stones. Certainly don’t hate them, but they’re not at the top of any lists for me. None of that matter when it became clear just a few tunes into set two, Phish’s full performance of Exile On Main Street, that this would be the most tightly performed Phish set in recent history. If Phish played their catalog as cleanly and precisely...
Ballad of a Tin Man (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Phish - Saturday, 10.31.2009 - Indio, CA (Festival 8 Day 2) - Courtesy of Phish.net Set 1: Sample in a Jar, The Divided Sky, Lawn Boy, Kill Devil Falls, Bathtub Gin, The Squirming Coil, Runaway Jim > Possum, Run Like an Antelope Set 2: Rocks Off, Rip This Joint, Shake Your Hips, Casino Boogie, Tumbling Dice, Sweet Virginia, Torn and Frayed, Sweet Black Angel, Loving Cup, Happy, Turd on the Run,...
Open Culture (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
In 2008, Martin Scorsese brought the Rolling Stones to film with “Shine a Light.” (Watch the trailer here.) But a good forty years before that, another giant of modern film had a similar idea. Jean-Luc Godard, one of the founders of New Wave French cinema, directed “Sympathy for the Devil” during the tumultuous summer [...]
Bad Idea Blue Jeans (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
“Shine a Light” was a 2008 concert film Martin Scorsese made about The Rolling Stones. It’s also the name of an unrelated, yet outstanding song from Wolf Parade from their equally outstanding debut album. This video was not directed by Martin Scorsese. Can you tell? I watched the Scorsese doc for the first time a few weeks ago, and was surprised by its mediocrity. The musical performance...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Mundane History , the debut feature by "May" Anocha Suwichakornpong, will have its Thailand premiere as the opening film of the 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok . With around 100 features and shorts screening over 10 days, the WFFBKK is set for November 6 to 15 at Paragon Cineplex. Among the highlights announced at a press conference today is a Retrospective on Swiss director Alain Tanner,...
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