Listmania!
Guest Edit: Stephen Malkmus
Sung TongsSung Tongs by Animal Collective
Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £4.84
These guys kill.
UFOUFO by Need New Body
Saw these guys live--they shred.
Church Gone Wild/Chirpin HardChurch Gone Wild/Chirpin Hard by Hella
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £5.85
Math pounding art rock. You will be surprised
To Mega TherionTo Mega Therion by Celtic Frost
Buy new: £10.48 / Used from: £3.89
'Metal Jousters'--a must own!
Sink Ye, Swim YeSink Ye, Swim Ye by Finn Maccuill
Buy used from: £13.39
Scottish folk with progressive/psych touches. But pretty traditional.
The WoodsThe Woods by Sleater-Kinney
Buy new: £8.79 / Used from: £6.98
This band tried really hard on this record and it shows. A meltdown.
FeathersFeathers by Dead Meadow
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £5.30
Saw them live recently. It was a swank ooze! Stereophonics--Just Kidding.
Don't Climb on and Take the Holy WaterDon't Climb on and Take the Holy Water by Kinski
Buy new: £8.98 / Used from: £18.97
Terminally underrated big SOUND from seattle. Nice people! Top tunes! Wierd actor! Hot daughter!
No WowNo Wow by The Kills
Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £6.47
I listened to 10 CDs on the listening station and this one was the best, with Daft Punk coming in second. I guess I like Minimal Things with drum machines...
EmploymentEmployment by Kaiser Chiefs
Buy new: £4.68 / Used from: £0.39
...Although song six by this band called Kaiser Chiefs was a cool guilty pleasure. You guys probably know who they are as they are English and reminded me of Blur.
Bob Le Flambeur / Un Flic [DVD]Bob Le Flambeur / Un Flic [DVD]
Buy used from: £12.50
Jean Pierre Melville: great widescreen big-budget romp. Late-period Melville
Blind Husbands/The Great Gabbo [DVD] [2019] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Blind Husbands/The Great Gabbo [DVD] [2019] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £23.71
Erich Von Stroheim: outstanding Pervrse silent film. A classic
L'Argent [DVD] [1983]L'Argent [DVD] [1983]
Buy new: £5.08 / Used from: £8.59
Robert Bresson: Bresson is so keyed up. What a guy.
The 47 Ronin, Parts 1 and 2 [DVD] [1941] [US Import]The 47 Ronin, Parts 1 and 2 [DVD] [1941] [US Import]
Buy used from: £64.92
Mizoguchi: Heart and Soul of Japan.
My Father and Myself (NYRB Classics)My Father and Myself (NYRB Classics) by J.R. Ackerley
Buy new: £5.84 / Used from: £3.69
A strange autobiography about growing up gay with a (maybe) closeted father who had affairs with women in the early 1900s. Truly remarkable writing.
The Sea, the SeaThe Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Buy new: £5.03 / Used from: £0.01
You can't beat Iris for vituperation and honesty. Acid prose--not the LSD kind!
PlainwaterPlainwater by Anne Carson
Buy new: £9.07 / Used from: £2.77
Killer postmodern poet. She will trip you out. You wont understand but you'll come back for more.
Masters of AtlantisMasters of Atlantis by Charles Portis
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £4.48
He's famous for 'True Grit' (John Wayne movie) but he has written so many other classic tales. This one is obscure but anyone would like it. Unlike the obscure music!
The DiagnosisThe Diagnosis by Alan P. Lightman
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £0.01
New stuff. Scary metaphorical story about losing ones body to the void.