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Something else / Re: Israel & Palestine: Two-st...
Last post by Sacha8 - July 09, 2025, 18:49:52
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News from reliable sources / Re: Mixes of a Lost World (Jun...
Last post by Sacha8 - July 09, 2025, 15:44:05
Btw, Mogwai's version of Endsong is both unmistakably a Mogwai song and a way to flesh out elements of The Cure's original which I know weren't there. Today I listened to Mogwai's rework first, then to the original, and I have to say Mogwai helped me understand something more about the song. I can't really quite explain what, but I'm grateful for their escavating things there were hidden there somewhere. I cried while listening to both, and also realized why RS decided to use so many (and so loud!) guitars. It makes sense.
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Something else / Re: Israel & Palestine: Two-st...
Last post by Sacha8 - July 09, 2025, 14:56:05
Some of you might find this interesting:

https://zeteo.com/p/israel-documentary-social-media
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Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by Sacha8 - July 09, 2025, 14:43:07
Happy birthday Peter Mark Sinclair Almond, the fabulous!

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Other Artists / Re: Currently Listening to
Last post by Sacha8 - July 09, 2025, 09:34:47
Inspired by CD 3 of MOALW: Trentemøller's When the sun explodes, from his 2022 album Memoria

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Other Artists / Budgie (Siouxsie & the Banshee...
Last post by carl17 - July 08, 2025, 22:54:35


Links https://geni.us/BudgieEvents
Added date in Berlin (31 July) at Rough Trade.

The Cure biographer Simon Price will be the host in Brighton.

Lush's singer Miki Berenyi will be the host in London.
#8
Something else / Re: What made you annoyed toda...
Last post by MeltingMan - July 08, 2025, 10:41:15
Somewhere in Mallorca... no joke.

QuoteGermans out

It's getting ridiculous. What haven't they done to curb cheap, boozy tourism! I've never been to Mallorca. I haven't had a beach holiday in 25 years. I spent the money on more "useful" things. Nobody stopped me. These crowds bother me too. How are you supposed to relax there? Stop blaming tourists for everything bad. That's just as unfair.  :unamused:
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News from reliable sources / Re: Mixes of a Lost World (Jun...
Last post by Ulrich - July 07, 2025, 13:23:56
Thanks a lot for your in-depth review, much appreciated!  :smth023
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News from reliable sources / Re: Mixes of a Lost World (Jun...
Last post by Sacha8 - July 06, 2025, 19:52:59
Ok, so today I found some time and sat down to properly listen to the 3 cds of MOALW. Here is my assessment:
CD 1: there are interesting tracks, like Paul Oakenfold remix of I can never say goodbye and Daniela Avery's version of Drone: No drone, some others which are quite unventful and banale like Daybreakers remix of Warsong, and one which frankly is offensive - All I ever am by Meera: wtf is this? Orbital's version of Endsong is really creative and one of the highlights of this preliminary cd, but the reat treat in this part definitely is Ame's take on A fragile thing, truly inspirational!
CD 2: the weakest of the collection, with the exception of Cosmodelica's remix of And nothing is forever - mildly interesting, nothing more - my advice is to skip this and go directly to Disc 3.
CD 3: here's where things get interesting. Despite only two of the artists explicitly define their tracks as "reworks", the whole set in part 3 is made up of wonderfully conceived and truly original reworkings on The Cure's songs. Craven Faults' I can never say goodbye is a rare gem, where the original transmutes into something completely different (Robert's voice is not even there, but who cares: this is a work of art in its own right). Joycut's and Trentemoller's deconstructive strategy towards Drone and Nothing is forever respectively are fascinating, as is Chino Moreno's bare rendering of Warsong. The best comes last, and the final reworks are the most memorable, especially Mogwai's heartbreaking take on Endsong. Some might find this anathema, but personally I prefer 65daysofstatic's version of All I ever am to The Cure's! Anyway, CD 3 is worth the price of the whole cd, but pruning cd 2 altogether (and part of CD 1 too) would have been so much better.