Paprika…to add a little spice
Paprika and her marching band
Okay, okay so I might be about three years behind everyone else in writing this post. But…Have you seen it?! Have you seen it?!
The most visually stunning piece of animation I’ve ever seen, Paprika was based on Yasutaka Tsutsui’s 1993 novel, and was directed by Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers and Paranoia Agent). It seems that dreams is Satoshi’s thing…
Paprika delves into people’s dreams, and therapists being able to administer diagnoses based on the occurances that, well…occur in those dreams. An interested concept. They’d have a field day with my noggin!….But mummy, I don’t want to take the monkey from it’s steeple…zzzzz
The Soundtrack from Susumu Hirasawa is equally as stunning. ‘Parade’ sets an amazing frame and feel for the movie.
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Beirut - Flying Club Cup
Now there aren’t many album covers that you can shoot atop a copper covered cushion, and make it look good…
.. Actually, there are plenty of album covers that you can shoot atop a copper covered cushion to make look good. But truth be-known, with this album, you don’t even need to try to make it look good… It does it all by itself.
‘Flying Club Cup’, has been sitting on my desk for months (literally), waiting to see it’s very own private air-time via your’s truly. And, all honesty, it’s been well worth the wait! One of the most beautiful, enchanting journeys into…I don’t know, folk? Acoustic? Any-who, judge for yourself. But please give yourself the opportunity to judge.
Watch out for ‘Nantes’, it’s the one that really sets the mood for the album…
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