I just watched the new film by Orson Wells!!! That’s something you can’t say everyday.
I don’t post very often, but this is a special occasion and extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. Consider the opening line for a moment, it’s as bonkers as it is true.
Citizen Kane is the best film ever made, most people would agree with that, there’s one person that wouldn’t, his name is Orson Wells. For him Kane meant that no matter what he’d do afterwards it would never measure up. He was right.
It’s 2018 and I’m watching a newly released film and “Directed by Orson Wells” comes up. 33 years after his death, life, funny as it can be, finally gave Orson his due, proving how far ahead of his time he really was.
I strongly recommend the film, plus “Did you see the new Orson Wells movie?” is a good opener to have just in case.
Katrin Koenning (German, b. 1979, Ruhrgebiet, Germany, based Melbourne, Australia) - From her series The Crossing, Glow, Indefinitely and other.Photography More
Happy new year! I’m easing my way back into the real world after an epic winter break by exploring the latest in Musicophilia’s sprawling post-punk surveys. I encourage you to do the same!
“I’m not particularly interested in clarifying or codifying, but rather more so in blurring: even the core bands one thinks of as defining “Post-Punk” (say, Talking Heads, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Siouxsie & The Banshees, This Heat) show just diverse the music is, and perhaps how fundamentally loose-fitting a name-of-convenience “post-punk” really is. So here you’ll find New Wave, proto-Goth, Art-Rock, Power Pop, etc. etc. and a whole lot of music that doesn’t fit neatly under any genre label. Each of the eight logo-identified mixes focuses not on particular sub-scenes, per se, but on sounds that work together, moods, emotionality, production approaches, etc. I hope that the theme and sound of each mix will be self-apparent as you dive in. It’s entirely possible not every sound will be your bag, but don’t let that stop you trying another and another: post-punk is like the weather, always mutating.”
