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Non-Music Shit / Re: Your Favorite JPEG/GIF
« on: April 17, 2014, 01:26:49 PM »
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Music Shit / Re: 2011: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE (UP)
« on: March 11, 2014, 09:27:45 PM »http://jezebel.com/thurston-moore-confirms-he-is-a-dick-1537153414
his new single is pretty silly.
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Music Shit / Re: THIS HEAT wax
« on: March 11, 2014, 09:13:55 PM »
apparently the surviving members of This Heat have stated they didn't authorise these
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: March 11, 2014, 09:11:27 PM »Aspects of it reminded me of the Red Riding Trilogy which also had flaws but ultimately enjoyed.
this is very worth mentioning - I agree. I'm going to go back and watch Red Riding again. If season 2 has the new characters investigating the same 'cult', I'd be asking if it was an influence.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: March 10, 2014, 03:02:00 AM »
That was totally satisfying. good climax sequence. Edge of one's seat and all that.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: February 25, 2014, 12:31:32 PM »
I like that you can critically get your teeth into it, and the idea that the portrayal of women is a problem that the narrative is about in some ways is pretty interesting. I don't know if I buy it at this point but a lot unfolded last episode and a lot more will in the next two, so give it a chance. I wonder if it could fall over and be this incredible dissapointment, but I think the arc is going to surprise us. There's alot of classic noir and other cliche thrown into this but it seems to have a pretty contemporary take on it all - it's not black and white and they're not looking stupid in old hats.
It's not the best TV show ever (that was the UK 6-parter from th 80s, Edge Of Darkness, if you're me, proabably somethig different for anyone else, but hey) but it's really exposing how thin a lot of the other stuff being championed by some (not necessarily folks around these parts) as is. Comparisons to The Wire are interesting, but I'm amazed that a storyline that going to have 8 episodes and done is comprable to the depth The Wire had after 6 seasons.
I'm hooked. It's just that it's singular. It's like heaps of things but it's pretty much in it's own sphere. That's cool.
It's not the best TV show ever (that was the UK 6-parter from th 80s, Edge Of Darkness, if you're me, proabably somethig different for anyone else, but hey) but it's really exposing how thin a lot of the other stuff being championed by some (not necessarily folks around these parts) as is. Comparisons to The Wire are interesting, but I'm amazed that a storyline that going to have 8 episodes and done is comprable to the depth The Wire had after 6 seasons.
I'm hooked. It's just that it's singular. It's like heaps of things but it's pretty much in it's own sphere. That's cool.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: February 20, 2014, 11:57:03 AM »
Think it's pretty obvious Rust know's what's up, and it is so big he is keeping it from everybody (as has already been suggested in the thread).
Where's that image from?
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: February 20, 2014, 11:54:28 AM »It doesn't have to go the full cosmic horror route any more than it has already, but I think it's left police procedural behind to some extent, and did so when Rust saw the flock of birds form a spiral. It's more likely that it gives some credence to the idea that Rust is a paranoid schizophrenic (that's the most plausible idea, he acts like one a lot, including being very manipulative, which is not unusual for people with this condition), and that he's seeing things that are not there, and this seems to be where our 2012 police are heading, but there's still The Yellow King stuff floating around in there, and that bizarre moment seemed to point it all being a little too real.
He also had "damage" from his undercover narco days, as mentioned and shown via trails and such. I agree with Mark that it probably won't take an "actual" supernatural turn, or will leave it open for interpretation (is it Rust's perception or is it real?). I started reading some of the sites and got irritated quickly with some details - you keep seeing items like how the priest made the sign of the cross "backwards" when there are denominations (like Greek Orthodox) where this is standard, but of course no one actually checks into most of these supposed "clues." Best just to watch the show, which has been phenominal so far, though it's definitely tempting to go overboard trying to figure it out beforehand.
Yep, you can go overboard with microscopic detail as mentioned there, the spiral-flocking birds was just really weird and creepy. That's the moment when the series became 'something else' for me.
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Music Shit / Re: Primitive calculators
« on: February 20, 2014, 11:36:15 AM »the recent bullshit around Andrew Bolt bagging out band member Stewart was damn hilarious.
They play in Hobart next year and I'll be there moshing in my Birkenstocks.
Yep, made it, and they were damn fantastic. All tracks from the new album. Lots of swearing. They did a Fugs 'interpretation'. They're pretty awesome people, not doing 'rockstar' in the least. They're organising Little Bands nights in Melbourne again.
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Non-Music Shit / Re: True Detective
« on: February 19, 2014, 04:35:17 PM »
I love this.
It doesn't have to go the full cosmic horror route any more than it has already, but I think it's left police procedural behind to some extent, and did so when Rust saw the flock of birds form a spiral. It's more likely that it gives some credence to the idea that Rust is a paranoid schizophrenic (that's the most plausible idea, he acts like one a lot, including being very manipulative, which is not unusual for people with this condition), and that he's seeing things that are not there, and this seems to be where our 2012 police are heading, but there's still The Yellow King stuff floating around in there, and that bizarre moment seemed to point it all being a little too real.
Anyone read any of Nic Pizzolatto's fiction?
It doesn't have to go the full cosmic horror route any more than it has already, but I think it's left police procedural behind to some extent, and did so when Rust saw the flock of birds form a spiral. It's more likely that it gives some credence to the idea that Rust is a paranoid schizophrenic (that's the most plausible idea, he acts like one a lot, including being very manipulative, which is not unusual for people with this condition), and that he's seeing things that are not there, and this seems to be where our 2012 police are heading, but there's still The Yellow King stuff floating around in there, and that bizarre moment seemed to point it all being a little too real.
Anyone read any of Nic Pizzolatto's fiction?
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Music Shit / Noise In My Head book
« on: February 12, 2014, 03:07:01 AM »
http://www.melbournebooks.com.au/uploads/8/0/1/2/8012093/info_nimh.pdf
Jimi Kritzler from White Hex (and I think formerly Slug Guts) writes a book about the Australian Scene in the last five years.
Hmm. I'm suspicious but I'll be reading it.
Jimi Kritzler from White Hex (and I think formerly Slug Guts) writes a book about the Australian Scene in the last five years.
Hmm. I'm suspicious but I'll be reading it.
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Music Shit / Re: New Zealand in the 21st century, and it ain't jangly
« on: February 08, 2014, 09:36:13 PM »
well that was a great read. Hope there's more writing from this source. Bands are good from the bits listed too, nice damn work. I'd buy a 'zine.
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Music Shit / Re: What Are You Listening To And What Do You Have To Say About it? PART VI
« on: February 08, 2014, 06:18:28 PM »Royal Trux "Cats & Dogs" LP - The Spectre...
That's the best song on one of my all-time fave albums. Love Da Trux.
