Any project featuring John Medeski is worth whatever Manhattan venues deem to charge, and The Word is no exception. A high-powered gospel/funk/jam outfit featuring Medeski, sacred steel guitarist Robert Randolph, as well as Luther Dickinson, brother Cody, and Chris Chew of the North Mississippi All-Stars, The Word has not played together since Bonnaroo 2005. Thursday [...]
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"A fast, complex, exhilarating roadster ride through history and time.... Kino is an intoxicating Euro-brew, written with enormous skill and dedication." — Frederick Barthelme
"Jürgen Fauth's deft mashup of genre and historical period is both a full-throttle literary thriller of ideas and a contemplative examination of film and fascism. Kino is a debut of great intellectual force."– Teddy Wayne
"A surprising alternative history. Kino brings the golden age of German cinema to light with loving, sometimes gritty, detail and great precision." – Neal Pollack, author of Jewball.
"A delirious melange of conspiracy, magic, sex, history, bad behavior, and cinema, Kino is a stellar entertainment, and Jürgen Fauth is a writer of rare, sinister imagination." – Owen King, author of Reenactment
"A light-hearted romp that leads straight into darkness and back through the shadows on the wall."– Ben Loory, author of Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
"Movie nuts arise! A happy and felicitous debut."– Terese Svoboda
All posts tagged james-brown
Phish Covers
Too many lousy movies, not enough rock’n roll: what this blog needs is more Freebird, more Bohemian Rhapsody, more Big Pimpin’ — as played by the popular rock band Phish. Bohemian Rhapsody (with the Boston Community Choir) Freebird (with Wynonna Judd) While My Guitar Gently Weeps 99 Problems and Big Pimpin’ (with Jay-Z) Some of [...]
Posted by Jürgen on May 11, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/05/11/phish-covers/
Spider-Man 3
The hype machine is in high gear, but for once there’s truth in advertising. As far as megabudget superhero adaptations go, Spider-Man 3 delivers exactly what it promises: more of the same. If you liked the first two installments, this is great news. Unlike the self-important Batman Begins, the Spider-Man movies know exactly what they [...]
Posted by Jürgen on April 30, 2007
http://jurgenfauth.com/2007/04/30/spider-man-3/
RIP JB
Qu’est-ce qu’on veut dire, quand on dit “leve-toi”? Love Power Peace. [tags]music, james brown, rip, funk, youtube, video[/tags]
Posted by Jürgen on December 25, 2006
http://jurgenfauth.com/2006/12/25/rip-jb/
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