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Location: St. Andreu de Llavaneres, Barcelona Spain
In My Own Words:
I paint portraits, I garden, I watch the Med and I read a lot. I also watch a lot of films. Oh, yeah, and I like to cook. And sew. I've got a couple of friends who are writers and are constantly recommending hard to find out of print absolutely fabulous books. So I spend a lot of money on first editions and rare books which are absolutely worth it. Ya esta.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Well, leave it to the Coen brothers to turn a story about a barber who wants to become a dry cleaner into a little masterpiece. Everything about this film is superb. You could watch it frame by frame and never find a glitch. The cinematography is brilliant, and the film is in black and white. It could not be in colour, which would distract from its focus. The acting, the casting, are impeccable. Billy Bob is so absolutely the man who wasn't there that I can't remember his name in the film. This film is the same kind of tragedy as Fargo: you can see exactly what the tragic flaw is, exactly where everything goes wrong, and everything follows absolutely. It is quite beautiful in this logical… Read more
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It really will. We laugh when new connections are made in the brain, when ideas that are so dissimilar as to have never been connected are introduced. And Good Omens is just full of these kinds of weird and wonderful connections. Gaiman and Pratchett are both brilliantly funny and have no trouble throwing us meaty bones throughout the novel. Yes, it is absurd and often ridiculous, but it is also nicely salt and peppered with very astute observations which are funny simply because they are so very true, but usually ignored as conditioning and familiarity get in the way of objectivity. This is just a very, very, funny book, so funny that at times I had difficulty reading as I was laughing so… Read more
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Mezzanine was fixed, almost permanently in my car for two years. Now, it shares space with Morcheeba and Hooverphonic and Portishead, who also enjoyed semi-permanent status. Thing with Mezzanine is, there are so many levels of sound that every time you listen to it, you hear something new. That in itself is a wonder, but the vocals are simply gorgeous, the beats are hypnotic...bone conductive...and the lyrics are completely incomprehensible. With this album, it's all in the sound, which just wraps you up and takes you away. Massive Attack is a an eclectic mix of genres: jazz, pop, folk, rap, blues, even classical. They take what they need from each and create their own, unique sound. One of… Read more
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