A wonderful introduction to the Krautrock movement.
HT: Bobby Hecksher.
Dr. Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah provides a bit of levity after hearing the crap news about Alex Chilton. This is one of Egypt’s most interesting modern composers.
[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/LlBS3PmPfaI" width="425" height="344" allowfullscreen="true" fvars="fs=1" /]It’s possible that Michel Legrand composed this song for Jean-Luc Goddard’s classic film Vivre Sa Vie, and I have no title for the music (I assume it’s simply titled Nana’s Dance). It’s of little importance, however, as Anna Karina just oozes sexy all over this slice of celluloid. Consider this a little something to perk up the readers!
HT: Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow, a blog definitely worth your time reading.
Though many came across Jim Carroll’s name through The Basketball Diaries, where Leonardo DiCaprio looked foolish trying to encapsulate Carroll’s intensity, he was also a great musician who scored a minor hit with the song ‘People Who Died’. Carroll died September 11 at the age of 60 from a heart attack. RIP.
Chikara Iwai does a documentary on the Japanese experimental turntablist Yoshihide Otomo. The blog SONORE reviews it here.
Great news of early punk rock fans! There will be a biopic of the late Ian Dury (of “Sex and Drugs and Rock & Roll” fame). He’s a weird one to do a film on, but I’m pleased just the same to see his story on celluloid.
HT: Dana Madore.
This soccer-inspired film Rudo y Cursi will have a killer soundtrack of some rather snazzy and classic Mexican songs interpreted by Devendra Barnhart, The Black Lips, Juana Molina and actor Gael Garcia Bernal.
HT: Paste Magazine.
A cute piece on a math theorem from the film Magistrarna på sommarlov (1941). Alice Babs, apparently, sang this lovely ditty.
HT: John Derbyshire, NRO.
Sad news to report. Maurice Jarre, one of the greatest film music composers (as well as father to Jean Michel Jarre) passed away today in Los Angeles. He was 84, and had been suffering from cancer. He is eulogized at the BBC here.
Steven Beard of National Review reviews a documentary that covers the horrible world of the slave trade. Director Justin Dillon should be commended for getting this project out to the general public.