What song are you listening to?

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Can't believe how big a fanboy about Bareilles I've become. She's got a unique pop voice and is a good interpreter of other songs.

Thought Ambler and bitchcraft in particular might find this of interest ... Friday night is Duran Duran Night on BBC4. Details -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/duran-duran-bbc-four

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What can I say? I thought we could all use a little pick-me-up...

I'll check out the Haza.

PS--I did, and felt no gastric distress. Haza's easy enough on the eyes and ears.

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On the subject of electronic music, Amblerious, how do you feel about Varese and Stockhausen?

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Not a fan either.

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It's fairly saucy, too ... Kapranos isn't gay as far as I know, but 'Do you want to go where I've never let you before?' and 'Your famous friend, well I blew him before you' suggest a ... willingness to experiment, shall we say.

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Heh. It was indeed easy to see how Broz could have lured the homo hitman.

The Monkman score was an interesting one. Comparing it to Conti's FYEO score from the same period could pay some dividends. Both are heavily electronic but stylistically quite divergent.

OT, but the cinematographer for TLGF was one Phil Meheux. Didn't he work on a Bond film or two?

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Erica Ambler wrote:

Art-rock and androgyny has a long history. I think the real heroine here is director Diane Martel, who was also responsible for Blurred Lines. For some inexplicable reason, feminism isn't claiming her as one of its own.

Speaking of androgyny and thunderstruck elites, am I the only person in reasonably educated circles who thinks Morrissey is undergoing a late artistic renaissance? 'When You Open Your Legs' is whimsical enough and watching Morrissey become another casualty of self-styled liberals is only half-amusing.

Really don't know what to make of Moz these days ... he seems to enjoy playing the arch-contrarian.

This meme amused me -

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A great work from perhaps my favorite composer.

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