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#41
Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by MeltingMan - March 05, 2024, 19:10:54
Udo Lindenberg - Rudi Ratlos (1974)

#42
Something else / Re: Your Top Movies & Recommen...
Last post by Ulrich - March 05, 2024, 10:55:25
And another article about "Dune", but this time the old version (1984):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/david-lynch-dune-mess-or-misunderstood-masterpiece/

QuoteLynch disavowed Dune – it's the one movie he wishes he had never made. He wasn't alone: Dune was regarded as a baroque disaster for years: unintelligible and absurd.

But as the second half of Denis Villeneuve's slicker, sleeker take on the Herbert novel dominates the global box office, it is fair to say that the 1984 movie is no longer perceived as a disaster for the ages. Many have a sneaking fondness for it, blemishes and all. These include its star Kyle MacLachlan, who plays the Timothée Chalamet role of boy prophet Paul Atreides. "I look at it as a flawed gem," he told IndieWire in 2020. "It's stunning in so many ways."

Lynch never got over not having final cut. He had pushed for a three-hour run-time. Dino De Laurentis, mindful of the realities of the cinema business, insisted on two hours, and the movie that reached the screen in a truncated 137 minutes. It's widely regarded as incomprehensible to those coming fresh to Herbert's intricate universe. Still, Dune 1984 remains singular – only Lynch could have made it. 

I saw this back in the day (when we still had a cinema in this town) and liked it. I had no idea who Lynch was or what critics said, I just saw the trailer and decided to watch this sci-fi movie!  :cool
#43
Other Artists / Re: Favourite bands besides Th...
Last post by Ulrich - March 05, 2024, 10:48:09
Welcome to the forum!

Quote from: braxtonrichwages on March 04, 2024, 19:15:09Cure fans usually listen to the same things.

Yes and no. The posts in this topic are telling about it.

Personally, I always cringe when people say to me "you like the Cure, you certainly would like..." and mostly they name a band I don't like at all.  :1f636:
#44
Other Artists / Re: Favourite bands besides Th...
Last post by braxtonrichwages - March 04, 2024, 19:15:09
Cure fans usually listen to the same things. Mine are Smashing Pumpkins, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Pixies, Nirvana, Deftones, Garbage, James, Oasis, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Dinosaur Jr, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Joy Division, Bauhaus, Slowdive, The Cranberries, Sex Pistols, Red Hot Chili Peppers.
#45
Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by Ulrich - March 01, 2024, 17:43:49
#46
Something else / Re: Here it is... the book thr...
Last post by Ulrich - March 01, 2024, 17:41:52
Currently reading another page-turner, "Five Survive" by Holly Jackson.

QuoteEighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It's a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There's no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There's a sniper out there in the dark watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for.
https://www.goodreads.com/de/book/show/61313902
#47
The Cure covers & remixes / Zetra cover "Burn"
Last post by Ulrich - February 29, 2024, 11:09:33

https://www.kerrang.com/zetra-have-released-a-cover-of-the-cures-burn

QuoteFollowing last year's take on Gerard McMahon's Lost Boys hit Cry Little Sister, Zetra have released a cover of The Cure's Burn.

The corpse-painted synth-rock duo's take on the track, written for the 1994 Brandon Lee ultra-goth movie The Crow, comes head of their forthcoming dates with Creeper and NAUT next month.

The band, who recently announced their signing to powerhouse metal label Nuclear Blast, have a busy couple of months ahead, hitting the road with both Creeper and Ville Valo.


German language article:
https://metalfactory.ch/news-szene/newsundszene-2/zetra-cover-burn-the-cure

#48
News from reliable sources / Re: Robert Smith: "The Cure wi...
Last post by Ulrich - February 28, 2024, 12:41:09
This is "only" about 2 new t-shirts (benefitting UNHCR), but note they do mention the "UPCOMING ALBUM"!

QuoteTWO NEW T-SHIRTS BENEFITTING UNHCR   
"REMEMBER ME TONIGHT" PART OF THE LYRIC TO 'AND NOTHING IS FOREVER' THE SECOND SONG OF THE UPCOMING 'SONGS OF A LOST WORLD' ALBUM. ORDER AT HTTPS://lnk.to/REMEMBERMETONIGHT
https://www.facebook.com/thecure/

(They even give away that it'll be the 2nd song on it.)
#49
Something else / Re: Here it is... the book thr...
Last post by MeltingMan - February 28, 2024, 10:23:14
Quote from: BILDArsenic! University library blocks 60,000 books

 :?

Quote from: WikipediaThis green pigment from Paris or Schweinfurt was used in the past by painters. The brightness of this pigment was not offset by modern pigments of chemistry. Modern imitation is called "permanent green".
#50
Something else / Re: Russia attacks Ukraine
Last post by MeltingMan - February 24, 2024, 18:44:05
QuoteOver twenty years ago, the former secretary general of Nato, George Robertson, visited Moscow and held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.


Putin was exasperated at the Celebrations for D-Day 2014. Merkel had to appease him. Everyone else looked away ... took no note from it.