speedie wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:46 am Starting to think this Trump guy might be an asshole.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 7:27 am Stanley Kubrick.

Fine filmmaker, exceptional collaborator, not some sui generis artist. You could pick a half-dozen filmographies over his without thinking too hard.

Not to say I'm not a huge fan of some Kubrick, etc, &c.

DaveA wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:24 pm An issue with Kubrick is that he's been overly associated with "maverick" filmmaking and having fussy technical and directorial standards, but the list of filmmakers for whom the same qualities would apply is really quite vast, the deeper one digs. Plenty of filmographies have just as much or more to offer, and yet, his name always comes up like clockwork (no pun intended) in assessments of filmmakers who "did it their way."

Honestly, I feel the same about music, in that one might have their favorites, bands or artists they think of as one of a kind, but if so many people out there have the basic building blocks of a sound and style, and they can avoid shooting themselves in the foot, the actual number of people "bringing it" in some capacity, making the music they want to make and doing it well, isn't that tidy. Not all of this art will be one's cup of tea or socially relevant or pressing enough to command one's attention, but there's always a lot more out there than there might appear.

seby wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:02 pm I have been trying to like revco for 30 years. Still no dice.

M.H wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 4:27 pm

seby wrote: Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:02 pm I have been trying to like revco for 30 years. Still no dice.

Try listening to You Goddamned Son of a Bitch from 'You Often Forget' to 'Attack Ships on Fire' - rabid intensity w/ unfuckable grooves, it's what really sold me on them (though it's more post-studio trickery than an actual document).

Debut is great if you like Front 242 / Luc Van Acker (and I do). The rest is patchy, the 'reunion' stuff is dreadful.

Mickey242 wrote: Sun Oct 23, 2022 5:36 pm ^ me too but not Pulse.