Louisa Mellor Oct 8, 2017
Crazy’s the right word for it. Electric Dreams delivers its most unusual, packed episode yet…
This review contains spoilers.
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1.4 Crazy Diamond
Forty-four novels, one hundred and twenty-one short stories, six published volumes of correspondence… nobody could ever say Philip K. Dick lacked for ideas. The same goes for this week’s Electric Dreams, which is, to use a technical term, chocka. There’s environmental collapse, a dystopian level of state control, widespread infertility, implanted consciousnesses, maritime-themed sci-fi architecture, Julia Davis, a gang of piratic teddy boys, Syd Barrett, and a race of chimeric pig-people.
And that’s before the plot even kicks in. Crazy Diamond has packed its hour of screen-time to the rafters.
Crazy’s the right word for it. Electric Dreams delivers its most unusual, packed episode yet…
This review contains spoilers.
See related Star Trek: Discovery episode 3 review - Context Is For Kings Star Trek: Discovery episode 2 review - Battle At The Binary Star Star Trek: Discovery episode 1 review - The Vulcan Hello
1.4 Crazy Diamond
Forty-four novels, one hundred and twenty-one short stories, six published volumes of correspondence… nobody could ever say Philip K. Dick lacked for ideas. The same goes for this week’s Electric Dreams, which is, to use a technical term, chocka. There’s environmental collapse, a dystopian level of state control, widespread infertility, implanted consciousnesses, maritime-themed sci-fi architecture, Julia Davis, a gang of piratic teddy boys, Syd Barrett, and a race of chimeric pig-people.
And that’s before the plot even kicks in. Crazy Diamond has packed its hour of screen-time to the rafters.
- 10/6/2017
- Den of Geek
The one-of-a-kind New Wave singer Klaus Nomi was born Klaus Sperber in Bavaria on January 24, 1944. Though his career effectively lasted just five years and he had no hits, he became a beloved cult artist and introduced people outside the realm of classical music to the glories of opera through stunning, highly stylized performances that crushed genre boundaries in a way that the many more calculated "classical crossover" acts since have been unable to achieve, no matter how many more records they may have sold.
Some sources say Nomi (adopted as a stage name as an anagram of "omni") was "classically trained" (though that could just mean piano lessons); Kurt Loder, writing for MTV, calls him "a true, if untrained, countertenor." (A countertenor is basically a male alto.) He did, in his youth, work as an usher at the German Opera in West Berlin, and informally sang there for an audience of his fellow workers.
Some sources say Nomi (adopted as a stage name as an anagram of "omni") was "classically trained" (though that could just mean piano lessons); Kurt Loder, writing for MTV, calls him "a true, if untrained, countertenor." (A countertenor is basically a male alto.) He did, in his youth, work as an usher at the German Opera in West Berlin, and informally sang there for an audience of his fellow workers.
- 1/24/2014
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Versatile founder member of Fretwork, the group that gave English music for viols an international appeal
Richard Campbell, who has died unexpectedly aged 55, was a multifaceted musician best known as a founder member of the viol consort Fretwork. From their London debut in 1986, they shook the dust off the English consort repertoire and gave it international appeal as concert music.
Richard played the treble viol, and later the tenor, in the group, which quickly established a global reputation for fastidiously crafted interpretations of consort music from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods through to Henry Purcell, combined with a creative drive to commission new works that exploited the ensemble's exotic sound-palette.
He featured in 31 recorded albums, on Virgin Classics and Harmonia Mundi, as well as on film soundtracks including Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) – Richard's constant companions – and The Da Vinci Code (2006). The group won two major recording prizes: a French grand prix...
Richard Campbell, who has died unexpectedly aged 55, was a multifaceted musician best known as a founder member of the viol consort Fretwork. From their London debut in 1986, they shook the dust off the English consort repertoire and gave it international appeal as concert music.
Richard played the treble viol, and later the tenor, in the group, which quickly established a global reputation for fastidiously crafted interpretations of consort music from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods through to Henry Purcell, combined with a creative drive to commission new works that exploited the ensemble's exotic sound-palette.
He featured in 31 recorded albums, on Virgin Classics and Harmonia Mundi, as well as on film soundtracks including Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) – Richard's constant companions – and The Da Vinci Code (2006). The group won two major recording prizes: a French grand prix...
- 3/14/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
France's excellent chamber pop trio Revolver just released their debut record "Music for a While" stateside on Astralwerks. The classically trained Ambroise Willaume (vocals, guitar, piano), Christophe Musset (vocals, guitar) and Jérémie Arcache (vocals, cello) were found on myspace by Delabel/Emi and quickly signed.
The band draws from the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Beach Boys, and quite obviously, The Beatles. But they'll also name drop 17th century Baroque composer Henry Purcell and 16th century singer and lutist, John Dowland, known for his cheery ballads like "I saw my Lady weepe" and "Flow my tears" (he also influenced the great Philip K. Dick).
Canadian directors Maris Mezulis and Matt Eastman shot this cutesy-but-good video for the charmer, "Leave Me Alone," featuring lots of tousled hair cool, and over load of gorgeous French girls. Dudes in France get to and from the studio via Medieval subterranean tunnels, it's no big deal.
The band draws from the likes of Simon & Garfunkel, Beach Boys, and quite obviously, The Beatles. But they'll also name drop 17th century Baroque composer Henry Purcell and 16th century singer and lutist, John Dowland, known for his cheery ballads like "I saw my Lady weepe" and "Flow my tears" (he also influenced the great Philip K. Dick).
Canadian directors Maris Mezulis and Matt Eastman shot this cutesy-but-good video for the charmer, "Leave Me Alone," featuring lots of tousled hair cool, and over load of gorgeous French girls. Dudes in France get to and from the studio via Medieval subterranean tunnels, it's no big deal.
- 9/22/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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