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jaywink@jasonrobinson.me
Jason Robinson 🐍 🍻

Second day of "Night Visions" festival movies. Spoilers due.

Invention (2024)

A daughter arrives to a small town to handle matters after her fathers death. They clearly have not been close and the life the father has been living quickly uncovers to be different than she expected, after endless interviews of the townsfolk and people he had surrounded himself with. A kind of TV miracle doctor, inventor of the "healing machine".

Does the machine actually do anything? Was the doctor a swindler or did he genuinely help people? Did big pharma "off" him?

I think the movie was trying to portrait the grief of a woman who lost their father. I couldn't really tie the whole healing machine and the loss of the father together, there seemed to be two different focuses going on.

Fight another day (2024)

In a dystopian future, the boss of a pharmaceutics company invents a time machine. What does he use it for? The benefit of humanity? No, lets make a TV show, pulling warriors (like, err, a cop) from history just before their death, giving them a second chance in life - that is if they survive a brutal arena where the historical combatants battle to the death using weapons of their era.

The idea is very interesting, though the background story of the world is somewhat weak like Israel at a human rights conference. There is a kind of story, albeit not a very interesting one. What the movie excels at are the combat scenes, warriors of different times facing each other in very, very brutal combat. Like I'm not sure how well I will sleep tonight kind of gore. I think the story was just pieced on top to somehow tie together lots of fight scenes. And based on the ending they kind of just gave up in the end.

#nightvisions #movies #films #festivals #reviews

jaywink@jasonrobinson.me
Jason Robinson 🐍 🍻

"Night Visions" is a movie festival I've long wanted to participate in, but somehow have never done. I think originally I tended to look at it and see it focus too much on horror movies (which I do not like), but it clearly, at least these days, is not just that, having a load of fantasy, scifi and plain weird stuff. This year it fell on a kid free week, so bought tickets for 7 films, yay!

Today, two films. What follows may contain plot spoilers.

A samurai in time (2023)

It's the end of the Edo period in Japan, with clans opposing and supporting the Shogun happily warring away. During a stormy night, two samurais supporting the Shogun prepare to take on a ronin from the opposing side. During the battle, lightning strikes, transporting our samurai to another time. Through hilarious turns of events the samurai finally adjusts to his new surroundings as part of a stunt man on jidaigeki TV productions. But was he the only one transported through time?

I think this is probably the most goodwill samurai film I have ever seen. Really enjoyable film, lots of well written comedy, mixed with the grief of a samurai who lost their time and purpose. At times things stand still a bit and the plot doesn't have too many surprises, but overall a very enjoyable film.

Starcrash (1978)

What do you get when Star Wars has just blown out across the world and an Italian scifi fan writer and director wants to create a film with all the cool stuff he liked as a kid? Starcrash! This movie has everything, from the many clear Star Wars rip offs no one is trying to hide, space Amazons (with a freakin' huge metal robot), a Dracula influenced villain, a godlike alien that apparently dies when wounded on his arm, troglodytes, a somewhat Roman influenced emperor, a space smuggler, the planet Arrakis, silly space battles - and of course David Hasselhoff!

There is little point in worrying too much about the plot, this is a movie where you just sit back, enjoy the silliness and the various references to many other scifi/fantasy works, and of course the late 70's special effects that don't quite reach Star Wars levels. As the director present at the screening said, "no one had done this in Italy at the time".

The ratings on IMDb really don't give this the credit it deserves.

#nightvisions #movies #films #festivals

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pillavoine@diasp.org
Philippe Pillavoine ⏚

Les consignes du Quai d'Orsay pour ne plus programmer les artistes du Niger, Mali et Burkina Faso

Les artistes du Niger, du Burkina Faso et du Mali ne sont plus les bienvenus sur les scènes françaises : le ministère des Affaires étrangères demande de ne plus programmer en France les artistes qui viennent de ces trois pays, selon un document que nous avons pu consulter.

Le ministère des Affaires étrangères appelle les acteurs de la culture à ne plus inviter d'artistes du Niger, du Mali et du Burkina Faso © AFP - Serge Tenani

Est-ce une mesure de rétorsion contre le Niger, le Mali et le Burkina Faso, trois pays dont les nouveaux pouvoirs militaires tournent le dos à la France ? Le Quai d'Orsay demande aux programmateurs de salles et organisateurs de festivals de ne plus inviter d'artistes de ces pays. C’est un mail court et direct, qui ne laisse aucune porte de sortie. Il a été envoyé via les directions des affaires culturelles. Il demande expressément à tous les théâtres, tous les festivals, de suspendre jusqu’à nouvel ordre tous les projets de coopération avec ces trois pays.

Les soutiens financiers suspendus

Le Quai d’Orsay demande aussi la suspension de tous les soutiens financiers qui peuvent être apportés à ces associations, à ces troupes du Mali, du Niger et du Burkina Faso, et de ne plus lancer d’invitation à ces artistes. "Sur instruction du ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères, il a été décidé de suspendre, jusqu’à nouvel ordre, toute coopération avec les pays suivante : Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso", écrit le ministère. "Par conséquence, tous les projets de coopération qui sont menés par vos établissements ou vos services avec des institutions ou des ressortissants de ces trois pays doivent être suspendus, sans délai, et sans aucune exception (…) De la même manière, aucune invitation de tout ressortissant de ces pays ne doit être lancée. "

Un coup dur pour les festivals

C’est un coup dur pour les artistes africains, pour leur liberté de parole et cela va compliquer de nombreux festivals à venir. Par exemple, la 40e édition des Francophonies de Limoges qui débute la semaine prochaine, avec une forte programmation africaine. Le metteur en scène burkinabè Hassane Kassi Kouyaté s’inquiète de cette situation et se sent impuissant face à cette décision : "On est tous otage des décisions politiques. Ce sont des décisions qui nous dépassent, mais je les subis en tant qu’organisateur et en tant qu’artiste. C’est d’autant plus difficile que l’on est sur certains projets depuis trois ans. On a une décision qui nous dit que ces artistes ne peuvent plus travailler ici, et c’est très très grave. Je le vis très mal."
Le premier syndicat des entreprises culturelles du secteur public (Syndeac) a demandé ce matin une réunion d’urgence avec le ministère des Affaires étrangères pour tenter de faire infléchir cette décision.

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jaywink@jasonrobinson.me
Jason Robinson 🐍 🍻

20th August, day 9 - Elbriot 🤘

Today is metal day! No shitty tourist photos, no cycling, just metal! Well ok, I took a few photos on the way on my phone. Cute river boat homes and a dragon overlooking a canal.

Alestorm was as fun on stage as their tracks are. Suited this beer heavy festival well.

Jinjer rocked 🤘 They’re the one I came to see and no disappointment here. Fuck the war!

Fever 333, unknown to me before, did some crazy stage stuff.

Bullet for my Valentine made the crowd pretty crazy. Ended up in the mosh pit which interestingly wasn’t the normal type of round-we-go circle. It was just hundreds of bodies bumping into each other. Is this a German thing or just a local Elbriot specialty? I’ve never touched so many people :D Lost my other earplug and a pin too while being heaved around.

Crowd surfing was an interesting thing I’ve not experienced before. It’s usually forbidden in Finnish festivals, at least the ones I’ve been to. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about it. Constantly needing to help someone cross over you at the danger of being crushed if you’re not ready kinda takes some focus out of actually enjoying the music. But hey, riot 🤘

Festival food for me was mozzarella bread and vegetarian noodles. The rest of the stuff would have required a local guide to be able to choose..

Also, people come to talk to you! At least four people talked to me during the festival and none of them was at the urinal which is where drunk Finnish men will make small talk (please, don't do that).

Total kilometres travel approx (still): 1420km

#travel #travelbyland #jasontravels #hamburg #elbriot #festivals

garryknight@diasp.org
Garry Knight

Sequins, sunflowers and sea creatures: Dougie Wallace’s Glastonbury gallery | Music | The Guardian

Originally from Glasgow and now based in east London, the photographer has won international acclaim for his portraits of people from his home town and beyond. With a particular interest in nightlife’s unexpected beauty, Wallace didn’t lack inspiration on his first visit to Glastonbury. ‘There is drama everywhere,’ he says. ‘Everything is turned right up’

#photography #festivals #music #Glastonbury

https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2022/jun/27/sequins-sunflowers-sea-creatures-dougie-wallace-glastonbury-gallery

A woman dressed as a mermaid sits inside a large 'goldfish bowl' and talks to the children outside, watching her

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garryknight@diasp.org
Garry Knight

In pictures: Glastonbury 2022 | BBC News

Thousands of people have been enjoying Glastonbury Festival after a forced hiatus due to the Covid pandemic.
This year's festival has featured it's youngest-ever solo headline in Billie Eilish and Sir Paul McCartney as the oldest. As well as the music Greta Thunberg also made a surprise appearance.

#photography #festivals #music #Glastonbury

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61939575

In pictures: Glastonbury 2022

Thousands of people are attending the event which has returned for the first time in three years.

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bliter@diaspora-fr.org
Bliter Underground 🇫🇷 ☠ ♫ ☯ ☮ ♽

The Formula - #Computer #DJ - ShowReel - #RaviAbbott

For #Bookings email - ravi@raviabbott.com, Looking for #events, gigs, openings and #festivals

Nottingham Based DJ Specialising in using original 1993 equipment and mixing from floppy disk in a .mod 4channel #8bit format. A lot of original #dance, #jungle, drum and bass was produced in this way on basic equipment.

Next Gigs:
#Workbench 2022 - Chipping Sodbury - May 21st
The #Commodore #LosAngeles Super #Show - (streamed) - 25th June
SetPatch 2022 #Party - Mönchengladbach, Germany - October 16th/17th

#Tweet me @RetroRavi

  • The Retro Hour Podcast -TheRetroHour.com
    My weekly gaming podcast with Dan Wood and Joe Fox

  • Remotely Interested Podcast - remotely-interested.com
    My Monthly Technology Podcast With Adam Spring

  • #8bitmix - 8bitmix.com
    My weekly Dj show and podcast
    #mixing on #Classic #Amiga #Computers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzkUU8nKWcM
#musique #music #techno

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bliter@diaspora-fr.org
Bliter Underground 🇫🇷 ☠ ♫ ☯ ☮ ♽

[ #Documentaire] Introduction à la #Trance #Psychédélique - #Catharaxis

La Trance Psychédélique est une #musique #électronique #underground apparu dans les années 90. Elle a pour origine un carrefour #culturel, entre la musique transe, la musique psychédélique, et la musique électronique. Des premières fêtes sur la plage à #Goa jusqu'à des #festivals réunissant des milliers de personnes comme #Ozora et #Boom, elle s'est développée au fur et à mesure, tant par son #évolution #musicale que #technologique.

Pour expliquer cet univers vaste et complexe, 4 protagonistes du mouvement vont se succéder pour introduire ce phénomène majeur qu'est la Trance Psychédélique.

Documentaire présenté et réalisé par Elias Henni.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQcbLDd6sK8

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

For Jimi Hendrix Fans -
Beatles fans got an amazing 8 hour slice of real life - near the end of Beatles (Get Back!)

For Hendrix fans, there's this. Only 31:35 long, and a week before he died! Here's a clean recording of Hendrix on his reputation, playing, song-writing, etc., with some excellent questions and context from the interviewer. Just re-watched. 🏆

Just for you... I cued up a section of it where Hendrix had just finished talking about psychadelia, his image, and his plans to incorporate classical music seamlessly into his music... and here is his vision, pre-DVD's, LCD TVs, Internet, etc., of the future home entertainment center, as Beta/VHS was the state of the art at the time. Sounds a lot like where we are today! Then he talks about the ideals and economics of large rock festivals... and local concerts. (Free is best) And "luxury". That's the tail - cued up here, but you can wind it back to the beginning for the full thing. I just finished Get Back. This was like the icing on the (1969) cake. You're welcome! :))

#JimiHendrix #1970 #rockhistory #guitarlegends #rocklegends #music #musica #musique #festivals #contextandperspective.

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