may playlist

Not Fade Away The Rolling Stones
Lazy Sunday The Small Faces
Paper Sun Traffic
L.A. Woman The Doors
Whip Then Jah Jah Dennis Brown

radio on

supposed to be a great postpunk film. unbearable and unwatchable.

sympathy for the devil

godard's documentary on the recording of the song sympathy for the devil. godard is as pretentious and as ignorant as usual. but the footage of the making of the song was great.
mick jagger is the cutest.

flowers of shaghai

1998 film by Hsiao-hsien Hou. It's a very beautiful description of an environment (upperclass brothels) where all relations are mediated by third parties. The genius of the mise-en-scene shows the women in their emotional confinement. It's also brilliant that the physical contacts (beatings, sex) are not shown in the film, making the emotional weight heavier.

recent films

2006 Danish film Soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen about the love/hate/friendship between a woman and a transsexual-to-be. Will Danish directors be ever bored of Dogma? It was not bad.







Rosi's 1961 film about criminal Salvatore Guiliano. It really fascinated me to see the exact same relationship between Turkish fascists, mafia and police in Sicily. Very good political film shot in documentary style.













2005 documentary by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato about the film that caused obscenity controversies in Nixon era. Interesting look at the development of porn industry and hollywood's instrumentalization of the profitable porn.

april playlist

Ring of Fire Johnny Cash
Confrontation Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley
Flame On The Iguanas
Hold Tight! Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
Chick Habit April March
Old Man Neil Young
Eye In The Sky Alan Parsons Project
Not Fade Away The Rolling Stones
Lazy Sunday The Small Faces
Paper Sun Traffic