The Internet is a becoming a great place for people to whine about their first world problems ( The wi-fi at this airport lounge is so slow! My HDTV has a dead pixel! The Supermarket is out of my favourite … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, June 3, 2010 4 Comments
Today’s players : Tom Waits, Roger Ebert, Ramin Bahrani and Werner Herzog. Bone Machine Reverb It should come as no surprise that Tom Waits has little regard for the conventions of modern recording. His lyrics, his demeanour, his gravel throated … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, April 30, 2010 1 Comment
Erik Gandini, Erik Pauser & Johan Soderberg that’d be. Fine (interconnected ) feature film fiends. Let’s start with: Videocracy ( 2009 ) Directed Erik Gandini / edited Johan Soderberg Imagine a country where the owner of the biggest Television network, … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, March 18, 2010 0 comments
Long-time live cinema enthusiast, (Toby) *spark from the UK, released a video about it this week, a decent attempt at exploring some of live cinema’s essence. What is live cinema? Who makes it? Why? How? The video features interviews with … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, February 10, 2010 7 Comments
Aka, some stuff stapled to the ears of the year so far. The Books ( Mini Review ) John Curtin Hotel ( Carlton, Melb Jan 09) Thanks to the tasteful way they’d championed the collagey folktronica sound back in the … Continue reading
by Sean Healy, February 3, 2010 0 comments