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The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy 62 reviews Robert D. Kaplan
Vintage, 1997
wow! how can someone possibly accumulate, sort, and process so much information?
+ Not Kaplan's best but well worth while + No need to write a long review + One of the most eye-opening accounts about Africa
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The Color of Pomegranates 14 reviews Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli
Kino Video, 2001
A truly extraordinary film.
+ Fascinating and unusual film + An amazing achievement.... + "Sing. Sing. Sing. Die" + Stunning
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Un Peu de Neige Salie Bernhard Günter
Table of Elements, 1998
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The Jazz Messengers 8 reviews Art Blakey
Sony, 1997
Glorious and Inexhaustible: An Embarrassment of Riches
+ Too much be-bop is like too much reggae + The Best! + Truly the best of the great Art Blakey Jazz Messengers albums + Hard bop=Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
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Desperate Straights Slapp Happy, Henry Cow
Rer, 2004
Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.
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String Quartet 2 11 reviews Morton Feldman, Flux Quartet
Mode, 2002
An amazing performance
+ Six Hours of Ecstatic Bliss + 6 Hours, 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds of pure bliss + Drive, he said..... + Long day's journey into night (and back again)
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Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection Spine #34) 90 reviews Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov
Criterion, 1999
The Most Spiritual Film Ever Made
+ A stunning and thought-provoking film - but not for the faint-hearted or those with ADHD + THE LOWDOWN ON THE TWO VERSIONS
Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about the religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
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Silence: Lectures and Writings 9 reviews John Cage
Wesleyan, 1961
Essential
+ A Seminal 20th Century (And Beyond) Text (from Ahadada Books) + Very Interesting!! + Quintessential Cage + This book is slightly overrated, actually
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Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) 28 reviews Various Artists
Smithsonian Folkways, 1997
Necessary.
+ Ghosts aplenty inside these tunes + THE Chronicles + totally essential listening + The grandfather of the reissue records
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Birth of the Cool 44 reviews Miles Davis
Blue Note Records, 2001
Legendary Cool Jazz, One Awesome Debut!
+ The album title says it all + ONE OF THE ALL-TIME TOP TEN CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUMS!!! + Cool Breeze
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Desperate Straights Slapp Happy, Henry Cow
Rer, 2004
Japanese limited edition issue of the album classic in a deluxe, miniaturized LP sleeve replica of the original vinyl album artwork.
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String Quartet 2 11 reviews Morton Feldman, Flux Quartet
Mode, 2002
An amazing performance
+ Six Hours of Ecstatic Bliss + 6 Hours, 7 Minutes and 7 Seconds of pure bliss + Drive, he said..... + Long day's journey into night (and back again)
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The Color of Pomegranates 14 reviews Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli
Kino Video, 2001
A truly extraordinary film.
+ Fascinating and unusual film + An amazing achievement.... + "Sing. Sing. Sing. Die" + Stunning
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The Jazz Messengers 8 reviews Art Blakey
Sony, 1997
Glorious and Inexhaustible: An Embarrassment of Riches
+ Too much be-bop is like too much reggae + The Best! + Truly the best of the great Art Blakey Jazz Messengers albums + Hard bop=Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers
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The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy 62 reviews Robert D. Kaplan
Vintage, 1997
wow! how can someone possibly accumulate, sort, and process so much information?
+ Not Kaplan's best but well worth while + No need to write a long review + One of the most eye-opening accounts about Africa
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Anthology Of American Folk Music (Edited By Harry Smith) 28 reviews Various Artists
Smithsonian Folkways, 1997
Necessary.
+ Ghosts aplenty inside these tunes + THE Chronicles + totally essential listening + The grandfather of the reissue records
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Silence: Lectures and Writings 9 reviews John Cage
Wesleyan, 1961
Essential
+ A Seminal 20th Century (And Beyond) Text (from Ahadada Books) + Very Interesting!! + Quintessential Cage + This book is slightly overrated, actually
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Un Peu de Neige Salie Bernhard Günter
Table of Elements, 1998
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Birth of the Cool 44 reviews Miles Davis
Blue Note Records, 2001
Legendary Cool Jazz, One Awesome Debut!
+ The album title says it all + ONE OF THE ALL-TIME TOP TEN CLASSIC JAZZ ALBUMS!!! + Cool Breeze
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Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection Spine #34) 90 reviews Anatoli Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov
Criterion, 1999
The Most Spiritual Film Ever Made
+ A stunning and thought-provoking film - but not for the faint-hearted or those with ADHD + THE LOWDOWN ON THE TWO VERSIONS
Tarkovsky digs deep into history itself and reveals hidden truths about the religious experience and the mind of the artist in this epic struggle through the wintry wastelands of medieval Russia. A profound, mystical journey of enlightenment which remains perhaps the most spiritual film ever made.
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