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  • The bit that you skip #176 – Death in Vegas – Dirge

    Rain in Nottingham (or any part of England for that matter) often comes without warning. You might be under a cobalt blue sky, feral pigeons strutting on the pavement, and the odour of burnt Gregg’s wafting akin to church incense. Drizzle starts, droning on dry newspapers and wrappers, then intensifying until you’re hit with a…

  • The bit that you skip #175: Talk Talk – It’s my life

    When Talk Talk released their sophomore album, It’s My Life, way back in 1984, things were just fine and dandy for the pop genre. Never mind the seemingly unstoppable force that was rock and the obligatory rock ballad, pop had the scene fully dominated, with the availability and wide range of synthesizers what drove many…

  • The bit that you skip #174: Modest Mouse – The Whale Song

    By the summer of 2009, Modest Mouse were in a strange position. The commercial success of Good News For People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank meant their well-deserved place on the spotlight was theirs, but fans of the older, brash stuff were quick to bandy the “sell…

  • The bit that you skip #173: Ray Lynch – Celestial Soda Pop

    Ray Lynch’s music is an interesting mix of ambient and new age, eerie synth lines with evocative, mantra like drones. The flutter of a song such as The Oh of Pleasure might awake a wanton feeling in some, sadness in other people. I’m the latter, not the former. Always found The Oh of Pleasure as…

  • The bit that you skip #172 : Low (with Tomanandy) – Half light

    I always have time for The Mothman Prophecies. Mark Pellington’s eerie, underrated 2002 flick is an entertaining romp, mixing jumpscares with an atmosphere of dread. It’s an unnerving film that peels away John Peel’s excellent book into a more straight tale of mourning and an entity whose goal is never clear. Tomanandy go for the…

  • The bit that you skip #171: Michael Nyman – The Arrival

    Andrew Niccol is a director with two amazing, underrated films. One is Lord of War, the Nicolas Cage vehicle from 2005 with tremendous sequences, brutal dialogue, and a swift soundtrack. The other one is Gattaca, a sadly unseen masterpiece of science fiction. Taking a cue from Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Robert Heinlein’s Beyond…

  • The bit that you skip #170: Tomandandy – Post Suicide

    “I feel like the ghost of a total stranger” – Back in september of 2002, I was adjusting to life in Nottingham. It was a weird feeling, as I always wanted to live on my own and the idea of living in England fascinated me since I was a child. Those first days were strange.…

  • The bit that you skip #169: Angelo Badalamenti and Orbital – Beached

    I was at a crucial time in my life when The Beach came out. It was the last semester of university, and the uncertainty of “professional life” was a constant worry. I actually saw the movie in Monterrey, as I was at a symposium where things got…dicey. Supposedly, I had to go to an ice-breaker…

  • The bit that you skip #168: James Newton Howard – Swimming

    Between the awards reaped by Dances with wolves and the money collected by Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Kevin Costner started the nineties on a high. JFK was controversial, but had a fair amount of fans and did quite well on box office. Then the bodyguard happened and it went even better for him. These…

  • The bit that you skip #167: Michael Kamen – Overture and a prisoner of the crusades (from chains to freedom)

    Michael Kamen was a classic rocker at heart. As previously stated on this website, Kamen’s experience with rock legends made him a superstar. When Robin Hood came out in June of 1991, Costner’s limited acting range was more than compensated by two things: Alan Rickman’s scene stealing (and chewing) performance as the dastardly Sheriff of…