Inner Dialogue » Blog http://www.innerdialogue.net Inner Dialogue features reviews, critiques, essays, commentaries and podcasts about art and culture. Topics range from literature, poetry, Shakespeare, art shows, music, theatre and cinema. Wed, 17 Aug 2011 06:17:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2006-2007 sean@innerdialogue.net (Inner Dialogue) sean@innerdialogue.net (Inner Dialogue) 1440 http://www.innerdialogue.net/Images/inner-dialogue-logo.jpg Inner Dialogue http://www.innerdialogue.net 144 144 Inner Dialogue is a group of know-it-all university students who thought that everyone out there on the Internet might be interested in their ramblings about all things artistic. We cover as wide a range of areas as possible, always focusing on the artistic merits (or lack thereof) of the work that we are discussing. Topics range from literature, poetry, Shakespeare, art shows, theatre and arthouse cinema. Inner Dialogue Inner Dialogue sean@innerdialogue.net no no Top Ten Albums of 2010 http://www.innerdialogue.net/music/top-ten-albums-of-2010/ http://www.innerdialogue.net/music/top-ten-albums-of-2010/#comments Sun, 14 Aug 2011 06:04:20 +0000 Sean http://www.innerdialogue.net/?p=261 I had originally planned on doing a proper 2010 review just like last year, but laziness and procrastination meant that while I had put the list together, nothing was done with it from here. Given that it is now August, it seems a bit pointless to go into all that much detail, but for posterity, here is my top ten from last year.

 

Twin Shadow – Forget

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti – Before Today

Deerhunter – Halcyon Digest

Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

LCD Soundsystem – This is happening

Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Hot Chip – One Night Stand

Morning Benders – Big Echo

Holy Fuck – Latin

 

Looking back at this list now, I probably would shift a few things around and possible add/subtract a couple of albums, but this is a good representation of where my music tastes where at the end of 2010.

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In Which We Consider The Macabre Unpleasantness Of Roald Dahl – ALEX CARNEVALE»

An interesting article on some of the less pleasant aspects of Roald Dahl’s life. I had always heard some of the Anti-Semitic statements that he had made over the years, but this detailed article goes in to Dahl’s personal life and the circumstances surrounding the publication of his various works. The writer is fairly transparently against him, which does make for a rather entertaining read.

Follow the Sun – MK12

Another video from MK12, the prominent graphic design studio hit the internet recently and it is definitely worth a look. I am quite a big fan of their style, the graphic touches that were applied to the movie, Stranger Than Fiction were fantastic. This movie is a interesting take on the old school cinema ads encouraging everyone to go and buy candy before the start of the feature. The slow perversion of this seemingly wholesome advertisement gives a wonderfully unsettling feeling.

Kurt Vonnegut & Sarah Ockler Books Removed from Missouri High School Library

This is a rather sad story of the banning of some important works of fiction from a particular high school library. Vonnegut responded by offering free copies of his banned book to anyone at the school that wanted them. But still, it is rather depressing to think that books still get banned in schools.

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The blog is going to be a bit of a catch-all for the random comments, thoughts and links that don’t really have a place on the main pages of the site. It could be ideas that aren’t properly fleshed out into a full article, random links to other interesting things on the web, or simply updates on various things that are occurring in my life, they should hopefully find a place here. If you want to get the RSS for this, you can subscribe using this feed:

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As always, comments are more than welcome on the blog as they are on the rest of the site. If you have anything interesting for me to put up here, email or leave a comment and I will take a look at it.

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One of the strengths of Jansen and Siems is that they bring an interesting perspective of the filmmaker to their movie discussions. Too often, we concentrate on the artistic merits of the film rather than examine some of the more technical aspects of cinema. What was especially interesting was the intercut interviews that they inserted in with Fincher and Sorkin, which go a long way to backing up some of the points that they are making. I, for instance, had absolutely no idea that the Winklevoss twins were played by the one actor and the duplication was done by CGI. The graphics were that seamless, and did not detract from the movie experience one bit. The CGI generated breath when they were standing out in the cold was horrible and distracting.

Anyway, these guys have a great podcast and this would be a great introduction for anyone who has seen the movie and wants to get a interesting perspective on it.

The Hollywood Saloon – Face Off

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