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Musick to Play in the Dark Vol 2 by Coil
After leaving London in 1999 for the sleepy seaside retiree town of Weston-super-Mare, Coil co-founders John Balance and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson set up shop in a palatial eight-bedroom estate to pursue the outer reaches of the group’s heightening cabalistic chemistry. Among the staggering string of late-era masterpieces they produced is lunar opus Musick To Play In The Dark, widely hailed as an artistic zenith upon its release. The sessions that birthed it were in fact so fruitful that a second LP took shape during the creation of the first one. Aided by the recent addition of Welsh multi-instrumentalist engineer Thighpaulsandra, Coil mined further into the recesses of surrealist eldritch electronica Balance termed “moon music” – post-industrial spellcasting at the axis of narcotic and nocturnal energies. Musick To Play In The Dark² spans a full witching hour of bad acid sound design, synthesizer voyaging, opiated balladry, Luciferian glitch, and subliminal hymnals, alternately ominous, oracular, and absurd. Scottish gothic icon Rose McDowall guests on vocals for two tracks but otherwise the album is a hermetic affair, tapping into the group’s limitless insular synergy. Opener “Something” is stark and incantational, a spoken word experiment for windswept voids. “Tiny Golden Books” unspools an aerial whirlpool of cosmic synth, both whispery and widescreen. “Ether” is an exercise in funeral procession piano and intoxicated wordplay (“It's either ether or the other”), while “Where Are You?” and “Batwings – A Liminal Hymn” lurk like liturgical murmurings heard on one’s death bed, framed in granular FX and flickering candlelight. As a whole the collection skews more muted and remote than its predecessor, as if having grown accustomed to the nether regions of these darkening seances. But music box hallucination “Paranoid Inlay” captures the group’s oblique comedic side, always glimmering beneath: over a warped, wobbly beat Balance intones an opaque narrative of serenity, Saint Peter, and suicidal vegetables, accompanied by spiraling harpsichord and stuttering squelches of electronics. “It seems concussion suits you,” he repeats twice, like a macabre pickup line, before dictating a dear diary entry about risks and failures, finally concluding with as close to a self-portrait as Coil ever came: “On a clear day I can see forever / that the underworld is my oyster.”
released April 8, 2022
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gorgeousshutin · 6 years
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What if Revolutionary Girl Utena was an old Hollywood movie?
This is like the geekiest post ever I’m sure.  
Okay, imagine the impossible: what if Revolutionary Girl Utena was an old Hollywood movie made during the late 40s aka Golden Age of the Studio Era?  Which classic screen icon would get to star as whom?
My dream cast list would be as follows:
The Leads
Utena: Audrey Hepburn Reason: Being lean and long-waisted, AH is maybe the only “boyish” actress of Old Hollywood.  And her turn in War and Peace displayed a range showing she could handle both the spirited tomboy and the seduced adulteress at once, both crucial to playing Utena. Like in Roman Holiday, she could have to be discovered as an unknown for this work in the late 40s.
Anthy: Jean Simmons Reason: She has this soulful suffering look to her eyes that would be ideal for the Rose Bride side of Anthy.
Akio: Tony Curtis Reason: Handsome in this pretty devilish way that is almost openly amorous and bi.  You know he’s kinda bad just looking at him.  Definitely Ends of the World material.  
The Student Council
Touga: Roger Moore Reason: Young pre-Bond RM plays gigolo roles to perfection.  Campus Dandy incarnate.  
Saionji: James Dean Reason: Has brooding quality that mirrors Saionji.  Can do explosive violence too.
Juri: Lauren Bacall Reason:  This style icon can do cool poised assured and strong just like Juri!
Miki: Elvis Presley Reason: Young teenage pre-fame EP has Miki’s angelic wistful innocence.  That and he looks the twin to my pick for Kozue (see below)
Nanami: Anita Ekberg Reason:  On top of being extremely pretty in her youth, AE does energized “minxes” -- the ones who harp on other female characters -- very well.  
Ruka: Paul Newman Reason: Beautiful icy and curt, he can deliver that stinging love/hate thing to his romantic interest like no other.  Anyone who’ve seen Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will know what I mean.
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Mikage: Robert Mitchum Reason: Classic anti-hero with this laid back quality to his badass-edness.  
Anthy!Mamiya:  Jean Simmons cross-dressing as a boy Reason: It’s what Old Hollywood would have done for the role, I’m sure.
Kanae: Marilyn Monroe Reason: Yes, Kanae is a lady.  But lets not forget how her first scene involves making out passionately with Akio.  That and the “nothing bad ever happens at Ohtori” line, delivered straight, is the most ditzy thing ever.  On top of the dumb blonde thing, MM can sort of also do psychologically broken female.  She should have no problem with the elevator and apple fed scenes.
Kozue: Elizabeth Taylor Reason:  ET excels at playing spoiled, romantically adventurous rich girls who have this wild animal ferociousness to them.  See a Date with Judy/ Place in the Sun/ Girl Who Had Everything etc.  Plus she looks like Elvis’ sister.
Shiori: Ann Blyth Reason: Watch Mildred Pierce.  Petty poisonous and spiteful beneath a seemingly demure front.  And so destructive to the one who gives love to her. She’s basically Shiori in that film.
Mitsuru:  Sal Mineo Reason: SM plays the naive, hero worshiping young boy so well.  See Rebel without a Cause.
Wakaba: Debbie Reynolds Reason: Who else can do both Wakaba’s cheery side and angsty side well? If you’ve seen Unsinkable Molly Brown you’d know what I mean.
Tatsuya: Roddy Mcdowall Reason: Boy next door looks and screen personality.  A perfect match for DR’s Wakaba.  Can do both easy go lucky and dark and almost creepy.  Watch Lassie and contrast with Cleopatra  Definitely can do that elevator scene.  
Keiko: Louise Fletcher Reason: Can play villain.  She even looks like a real-life version of Keiko in the early 50s.
Tokiko: guest starring Eva Marie Saint Reason: Has a wistful, still presence with gravity.
Real!Mamiya: some cameo child actor
Background Characters
Guidance Councilor: guest starring Betty Davis Reason: BD using that riding crop to troll Utena and other students would be so campy and classic!
Vice Principal: guest starring Oliver Hardy Reason: Classic comedian.  Can do the nasty little man character well.
Mrs. Ohtori: guest starring Joan Crawford Reason: Who else can demand sex from Akio without irony?  Will definitely make for a classic camp moment.
Yuuko /Aiko/Three Stooges/ Shadow Girls: unknowns
Chu-Chu: Micky Rooney in monkey mouse costume XD
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suerusselldj · 7 years
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Nico, Basquiat, Murakami Tributes to Feature Devendra, Jenny Hval, Downtown Boys, More
Spoil me - I'm a DJ and I'm cute!
The Broad, a contemporary art museum in L.A., has announced a late-night music and performance series. “Summer Happenings at the Broad” returns this year for its second season. It features music, dance, spoken word, and other performances that explore contemporary artists and themes highlighted in the museum’s collection and the current installation The Oracle. Devendra Banhart, Xiu Xiu, Jenny Hval, Downtown Boys, and others will perform in homage to each night’s icon theme—Nico, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, and American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The performances will be held once a month beginning June and continuing into September. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow via the Broad’s website.
The first program, Warhol Icon, is inspired by Nico and will feature live music from Jenny Hval, Kembra Pfahler, Tiny Vipers, Rose McDowall, and Geneva Jacuzzi. The event, which takes place on June 24, will also feature performance art from Vaginal Davis and a video installation by Nao Bustamante.
Strange Forest, the program named after Takashi Murakami’s work, will feature music from Afrirampo, Devendra Banhart, former DNA member Ikue Mori, and Dustin Wong (ex-Ponytail) with Takako Minekawa. It happens on July 29.
On August 26, A Place to Bury Strangers and Xiu Xiu will play alongside poets like Raquel Gutiérrez and performance artist Linda Mary Montano in celebration of the Broad’s current exhibition, Oracle. 
Downtown Boys, Zebra Katz, DJ Rashida, and Michael Stock will perform as part of the final program, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Basquiat event, which takes place on September 23, will also feature choreographed “dance bombs,” a Shani Crowe performance, and a sound piece from Damon Locks that’s based on themes found in Basquiat’s work. 
The “Summer Happenings” series was co-curated by artist and Afropunk festival co-founder James Spooner, curators Ryu Takashi and Bradford Noreen, and the Creative Independent’s Brandon Stosuy (formerly an editor at Pitchfork).
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ricardosousalemos · 7 years
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Nico, Basquiat, Murakami Tributes to Feature Devendra, Jenny Hval, Downtown Boys, More
The Broad, a contemporary art museum in L.A., has announced a late-night music and performance series. “Summer Happenings at the Broad” returns this year for its second season. It features music, dance, spoken word, and other performances that explore contemporary artists and themes highlighted in the museum’s collection and the current installation The Oracle. Devendra Banhart, Xiu Xiu, Jenny Hval, Downtown Boys, and others will perform in homage to each night’s icon theme—Nico, author Takashi Murakami, and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. The performances will be held once a month beginning June and continuing into September. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow via the Broad’s website.
The first program, Warhol Icon, is inspired by Nico and will feature live music from Jenny Hval, Kembra Pfahler, Tiny Vipers, Rose McDowall, and Geneva Jacuzzi. The event, which takes place on June 24, will also feature performance art from Vaginal Davis and a video installation by Nao Bustamante.
Strange Forest, the program named after Takashi Murakami’s work, will feature music from Afrirampo, Devendra Banhart, former DNA member Ikue Mori, and Dustin Wong (ex-Ponytail) with Takako Minekawa. It happens on July 29.
On August 26, A Place to Bury Strangers and Xiu Xiu will play alongside poets like Raquel Gutiérrez and performance artist Linda Mary Montano in celebration of the Broad’s current exhibition, Oracle. 
Downtown Boys, Zebra Katz, DJ Rashida, and Michael Stock will perform as part of the final program, Jean-Michel Basquiat. The Basquiat event, which takes place on September 23, will also feature choreographed “dance bombs,” a Shani Crowe performance, and a sound piece from Damon Locks that’s based on themes found in Basquiat’s work. 
The “Summer Happenings” series was co-curated by artist and Afropunk festival co-founder James Spooner, curators Ryu Takashi and Bradford Noreen, and the Creative Independent’s Brandon Stosuy (formerly an editor at Pitchfork).
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