Tag: documentary
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The Nest of Giants
And from Norway to Iceland, where Vice has this interesting documentary about Icelandic Strongmen, including my favourite Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (can’t think why *cough*), more famous as The Mountain in Game of Thrones. Really I MUST visit Iceland some day…but maybe when it’s less cold? 😉 And if you have a taste for Iceland and…
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Great Lives – Vivian Stanshall
Just found this documentary about Vivian Stanshall from 2013 with Ki Longfellow (his second wife) and Neil Innes – it’s an excellent listen, includes a rare home demo from Ki’s archive about Seedy the bird.
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Yo get ready cos here’s the break
Excellent short documentary from 1989 about hip house…Fast Eddie, Tyree Cooper, KC Flightt, Twin Hype they’re all there and more. TURN UP THE BASS! I found this via an excellent article from FACT about the 20 best Hip House Tracks I stumbled on looking for a version of Doug Lazy’s H.O.U.S.E….
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The Man Who Took A Lobster for a Walk: Status Anxiety
Watched all 6 episodes of Philosophy of Happiness series by Alain de Botton and the documentary Status Anxiety (which unlike the others seems to accessible in the UK). I really recommend them, especially the latter which includes Native Americans, Televangelist, The Theory of the Leisure Class, duels, Orwell, John Ruskin, naturists, Marx, members of Crass,…
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Everybody’s doing the twist (even pop artists)
I saw clips off the 1962 film Pop Goes The Easel aeons ago, but never watched the full BBC Monitor documentary by a young Ken Russell until now. It featured an equally young looking Peter Blake, Pauline Boty, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips. What I love about this, and the clip I saw many moons…
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Boycott Sochi
You might have heard about the violence against LGBTQ in Russia but I doubt most of you have seen it. In this disturbing video by the HRC you can see what actually happens and hear from the people who have been attacked and ignored. Also I’ve not watched the Dispatches Channel 4 documentary Hunted yet…