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Archive for November, 2009

Ambient Life (Part 2) Vangelis’ “L’Apocalypse Des Animaux”

Sunday, 29 November, 2009

After the world-wide success of his score for “Chariots Of Fire,” Vangelis became extremely popular. Naturally, many people began to seek out his older, more obscure recordings and luckily Polydor kept 1973’s “L’Apocalypse Des Animaux” in print.
Originally recorded in 1970 for an episodic documentary series on animals and released as an album in 1973, “L’Apocalypse” [...]

Ambient Life (Part 1): Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks

Thursday, 26 November, 2009

When I was a teenager, my friend Frank D. introduced me to some incredible music. Kate Bush, Roxy Music, classical, ambient…there really were no limits to Frank’s tastes, except that he tended to veer away from top 40. (I remember being shocked seeing him dancing to Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Starting Something” at Nuts & [...]

Cherry Spit

Friday, 13 November, 2009

Today was the second day of filming for the video for Richard Delamar’s “Bad Boy Good” and I was in an agitated state because everything that could go wrong did. And then some.  The footage turned out even better that I had anticipated, but I’m still wanting to see dolly shots. So I’m going to [...]

Cynicism, H1N1 & Looking Backwards at Taste

Sunday, 8 November, 2009

Isn’t it fun–I mean an absolute lark–when your own cynicism bites you in the ass?
I’ve been stuck at home for one day short of a week now with what I thought was a cold. It turned into the flu, although which one I’m not sure.  And there I was saying the media was going overboard [...]