SOUNDTRACK: ARCTIC MONKEYS-Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007).
I really enjoyed the first Arctic Monkeys CD a lot. Despite the hype from England, or perhaps because of the hype from England, I sought out the first record and really dug the aggressive musical style, the funny lyrics and delivery and the great basslines (which, especially in [...]
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Brendan Connell–Dr. Black and the Guerrillia (2004)
Posted in Arctic Monkeys, Brendan Connell, David Foster Wallace, Short Books, The Jam on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What I learned… (11) [Torture Porn]
Posted in Brendan Connell, Bret Easton Ellis, Digression, Torture Porn on August 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, I engaged in a discussion about the term Torture Porn. In a recent review (see The Translation of Father Torturo below) I used the phrase and then retracted it. Torture Porn is a phrase that I’ve been reading about a lot lately with regard to a new spate of horror films. [...]
Brendan Connell–The Translation of Father Torturo (2005)
Posted in Brendan Connell, Deftones, Se7en, Short Books, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Torture Porn, Zadie Smith on August 6, 2007 | 2 Comments »
SOUNDTRACK: DEFTONES-Saturday Night Wrist (2006).
This is the latest Deftones release. It is a bit more atmospheric overall than the other ones. The dynamics of the record are still there, but aside from one of the more thrashier songs, they don’t seem to be as heavy, overall. Nothing wrong with that, [...]
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