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Latest CD reviews [ view all ]

Rosemarie

review by Ian Simmons

Break out the patchouli, guys...

Revolutions

review by Douglas Messerli

Almodóvar's Volver is a kind of 'revolution' is several senses.

Some things just stick in your mind

review by Ian Simmons

Vashti Bunyan emerges from the shadows of the English Phil Spector manqué

The Rough Guide to yodel

review by Ian Simmons

For fans of sarcastic yodelling everywhere.

Grides

review by Ian Simmons

Teeth-grinding tedium or classic jazz-rock, depending on your taste...

Latest book reviews [ view all ]

Bits Of Wood/Bouts De Bois

review by Ian Simmons

More aural gorgeousness from the man who plays trees.

Making poor nations rich

review by Elisa Nay

"The best way to help the poor is to achieve as high a level of economic freedom as possible."

Six feet over

review by Tom Ruffles

Oh, Death, where is thy sting-a-ling-a-ling?

Moondog

review by Ian Simmons

At last - a biography of nthposition's favourite composer.

"I am Houdini! And you are a fraud!"

review by Tom Ruffles

This book gets it wrong: Houdini had a dislike of fraudulent mediums, but he was agnostic about Spiritualism as a philosophy.

Latest film reviews [ view all ]

A hole in the world

review by Douglas Messerli

Burton's Sweeney Todd remains loyal to Sondheim's dark paean to love and revenge.

Revolutions

review by Douglas Messerli

Almodóvar's Volver is a kind of 'revolution' is several senses.

For your consideration

review by Seamus Sweeney

Nothing scuppers comedy like desperation.

The Duchess of Langeais

review by Douglas Messerli

Don't touch that axe...

4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days

review by Douglas Messerli

"A testament to the millions of individuals who suffered and survived the bleak Communist regimes"