Snail's House エイリアン☆ポップ II (2019)

Japan's answer to The Go! Team- euphoric roller rink zoom, dizzy with disco ideas and energy.  your old friend ordered joy for the table and picked up the check on his way out.

David Harrington Group PURE IMAGINATION, NO COUNTRY (2019)

absolutely beautiful atmospheric jazz album, with only one free jazz moment to muddy the waters.  The closer is a re-imagining of Willy Wonka's song, one of my favorite moments in film, and its faithfulness to the spirit of Gene Wilder's performance is gorgeous and devastating.

EIGHTH GRADE dir. Bo Burnham (2018)

Having the guts to write and shop a film so small, then the instincts to find the perfect young actor, deftly and patiently direct a vignette about youth, anxiety....I'm not a huge fan of his comedy, but now I need to pay attention to this guy, he can make a ship in a bottle.

Takashi Kokubo Partial Discography

1/10

2/10

first album  

later work

Astounding how much this and other ambient/environmental music from Japan in the 80's sounds fresher and more inventive than much of today's offerings.  What is constricting our aperture?Who needs another European no dude, it-is-for-the-busride-HOME-from-the-club downbeat techno album? I mean, it crosses genres, indie is tired as fuck, but at least we have some gender equity now, rock has been dead for going over two decades.... Anyway, hoping the rest of this man's work get posted soon.



The Chancel and Crossing of Tintern Abbey, Looking towards the East Window J. M. W. Turner, 1794.

Low DOUBLE NEGATIVE (2018)

i've been giving this plenty of chances, pioneers of slowcore or not-- open your hymnals to utter despair-- it's done better and more interestingly for years, as with My Bloody Valentine, this isn't a mutual fund, and you're not shares of Berkshire Hathaway, ROI isn't built into your business model, if you haven't kept pace, kept your ears sharp, don't dump it on my doorstep, as with m b v, just go sell it to the other olds