It took me a long time to fully appreciate Roxy Music's influence and I'm enjoying Michael Bracewell's Re-make/Re-model book at the moment. I think Ferry's affected voice will have fed into what i was talking about above but there is also a distinct strand of portentous, theatrical vocal...
Yeah I've been wondering about this 80s affected voice thing for a while and had come to the conclusion that Bowie is somewhere near its source and had spawned a zillion singer-types who wanted to be a bit literary, a bit theatrical, look a bit mad and intense and as if they might know a bit...
Probably no help but ours used to have a little circular hatch under the door which you could open and clean the filter out. That is the sum total of my washing machine expertise.
I was a bit partied out by the time I got there but the music was great. Nice to meet you Mr Eden and sorry I missed Woops. Long way back to Sydenham, see...
I showed my 9-year old son this thread and the poll in particular and he regarded it as some kind of asymmetric warfare/shock and awe thing on Tintin, even though he reflected that Asteix might have the edge on balance.
I love this idea that feet, legs, asses etc are worshipped with solemn piety by gentle religious souls rather than, say, in drooling lust by deviants obeying their basest urges!
My contact at Gagarin seems to have some affection for this:
I think I've been introduced to Holger Hiller and I didn't really know who he was and it's really taken the edge of this namedrop/fanboyism. :(
Me and you hang out too much. I was just thinking of these two exact clips. I like the fight scene and i quite like the idea of Harmony Korine (his name is fucking Harmony Korine ffs!) and I don't mind him in that interview but I tried to watch Julien Donkey-Boy the other day and I found it...
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