Homer Simpson - quote

"Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals... except the weasel." - Homer Simpson

Shpongle - (various)

In the category of Ratatat, the Residents, Spy-Fi, and that catchy group, starting with a letter near the I-L..., we present "Shpongle"

Great to play, if only for its name!

Goa-trance-ish.

Divine Moments of Truth: breakbeat ish

Electroplasm - Goa, electro

Shpongolese Spoken Here - click, plop plop plop!

Ineffable Mysteries - catchy with Goa/Indian voice-pitching

Invisible Man In A Fluorescent Suit - moves from orchestral score to fastpaced catch-me tune

No Turn Un-Stoned - female voice, velvety, LushFM-ish, slow beat

Levitation Nation - south-American, party

Nothing Lasts ... - more ambient, though not really ambient vaguely ambient?

Shnitzled in the Negev - good! fantasy-world, orchestral, stammering beats and piano like Linking Park's "session"

The Stamen of the Shamen - brazil, groovy

Mentalism - dreamy electronic blips

Molecular Superstructure - very goa, vocoder, flute going slightly mental

Tron (1982)

Had to see it because of the upcoming Tron 2.0 (which looks spiffy, to say the least).

Enjoyed it tremendously. True enough, the cult status helped, but the film still manages to create its very own mood. 

Loved the "bit" humor: how to have fun with something that just says "yes" and "no". Timing, boys and girls, it's all about timing.

De Dijk & Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke died, 2010.

• Made an album with De Dijk
• "My Rose Saved From the Street"

Songs sound interesting, not overwhelming.

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Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat - "Hewers Of Wood And Drawers Of Water"

• Flemisch
• dark, slow, guitar
• hypnotic
• folk-influences
• "Argonaut and Magneto" : sounded familiar and very good

Yann Tiersen - "Dust Lane"

• "Dust Lane" : "mac-voice" as used by Radiohead, soundscape
• "Chapter 19" : parlando, Tiersen's typical minimalistic pianola-sounds
• "Ashes" : overwhelming, building up, chorus, impressive
• "Till The End" : 1st part is repetitive (in a slightly boring way), but it is followed by a lovely build-up
• "Fuck Me" : if this was called, "baise moi", at least it would have *sounded* slightly Amélie-ish. That was probably the reason to give it this name.

definitely 'harder', not the friendly Amélie sound. But it has accordeons and is beautifully musical.

Stephen Fry - "The Life of a Manic Depressant"

touching and wonderful document about people with the bipolar syndrome. He is a wonderful interviewer, who doesn't shun showing his own emotions.

"would you press a button that would erase your syndrome completely?" Only one would. The rest love their manic moments too much. 

Lithium: "I don't want to be part of the lithium generation." Symptoms come back and *worse* after taking lithium compared to the symptoms before lithium was used. Wow.

"Eat, Drink, Man, Woman"

Father, a masterchef, and his three daughters live through the difficulty of life and love against the background of lovely food.

How hungry can you get from watching a film!? What "Chocolat" did for bonbons, does this film for Asian cooking. Drooling images.

"Man On Wire"

Impressive documentary of a french guy insisting to rope-walk between the two WTC towers. Part heist, part psychological profile. Impressive.