Paul’s Blog

I am a discerning critic of rare, philosophical, taboo, experimental cinema, foreign and independent films.  I’m not above typically popular main stream flicks but much more enjoy dogme, verite, noir, art & documentaries.  For reasons that follow, I have recently taken to the practice of writing movie reviews on Netflix.  Being a huge movie addict [...]

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If you are listening to the radio now (online), try the channel ‘beatbasement’ on shoutcast.com, it’s my preferred rap channel, if I’m going to listen to internet radio rap (not often). However, for the most part, there is very little rap I enjoy these days; I mostly prefer rap from the golden age of the 90’s [...]

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The idea of literary toil and the related concept of long-windedness have been on my mind of late, based on comments I get from time to time about my style of writing. Most of the time though, I see these as diversions or stimulating exercises which are good for the mind. It’s almost like [...]

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These are my comments on ‘Symbiosis’ by Pilobolus:
A terrible creature lurks deep in our minds.
The first bloom of a new Spring, we begin to see…
Power has crushed our whispered resistance and
One single blue moment of fear, we stop and feel
For the first time, we stop thinking and feel
What strange harmonies result, what new inventions?
This is [...]

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