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  • A few album ratings – Part 7

    ********** 10 James Brown – Love Power Peace, Live at the Olympia, Paris 1971 (June 1992, soul) ********* 9 Motor City Drum Ensemble – DJ-Kicks (July 2011, house, soul) ********* 9 Young Galaxy – Ultramarine (April 2013, dream pop) ********* 9 Stars of the Lid – And Their Refinement of the Decline (April 2007, ambient)…

  • Kirkeby’s panoramas in von Trier’s *Breaking the Waves*

    Per Kirkeby has created unforgettable works of art, some of which were commissioned for three of Lars von Trier’s films. After watching all of von Trier’s theatrical releases over the last three months, I kept returning to Kirkeby’s digitally-altered landscapes in Breaking the Waves (1996) for inspiration. To avoid spoilers, I’m including screenshots only of…

  • Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters, Forecastle 2013

    Zepfanman has finally seen (a fourth of) Zeppelin. Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters played at 7pm on the final day (Sunday, 7/14/13) of Louisville’s annual Forecastle festival. The performance was the icing on the cake of an epic weekend of music, with a set on the main Mast Stage between Grace Potter &…

  • Forecastle 2013 artists playlist

    155 songs and over 11 hours of music on Mog.com in preparation for Louisville’s Forecastle Festival, July 12-14.* Used by permission from The Forecastle Festival I’m hoping Robert Plant will play a Zeppelin tune or two, like this totally reconfigured “Black Dog” performance last year. I’m not even going to mention any other “must see”…

  • You’re invited! Four events in and around Louisville

    I’m so thrilled about these upcoming events (3/7-5/4: two concerts, a play, and a lecture) that I’m inviting everyone. I’ll be buying my tickets in the next two weeks—and none of them are more than $25. Charles Bradley will be at Exit/In in Nashville on May 4th; the others are all in Louisville, through the…

  • A few album ratings – Part 6

    ********** 10 Rodriguez – Searching for Sugar Man – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (June 2012) ********** 10 Gregory Porter – Be Good (February 2012) ********** 10 Depeche Mode – Violator (March 1990) ********* 9 Tegan and Sara – Hearthrob (January 2013) ********* 9 Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (October 2012) ********* 9 Father…