The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy62 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
  
  











  



  
The Color of Pomegranates14 reviews
Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli

Kino Video, 2001

A truly extraordinary film.

+ Fascinating and unusual film
+ An amazing achievement....
+ "Sing. Sing. Sing. Die"
+ Stunning
  
  











  



  
Un Peu de Neige Salie
Bernhard Günter

Table of Elements, 1998
  
  











  



  
The Jazz Messengers8 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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
String Quartet 211 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)
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
Silence: Lectures and Writings9 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Birth of the Cool44 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
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
String Quartet 211 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)
  
  











  



  
The Color of Pomegranates14 reviews
Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli

Kino Video, 2001

A truly extraordinary film.

+ Fascinating and unusual film
+ An amazing achievement....
+ "Sing. Sing. Sing. Die"
+ Stunning
  
  











  



  
The Jazz Messengers8 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
  
  











  



  
The Ends of the Earth: From Togo to Turkmenistan, from Iran to Cambodia, a Journey to the Frontiers of Anarchy62 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
  
  











  



  
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
  
  











  



  
Silence: Lectures and Writings9 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
  
  











  



  
Un Peu de Neige Salie
Bernhard Günter

Table of Elements, 1998
  
  











  



  
Birth of the Cool44 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
  
  











  



  
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.