Dec 23, 2000 Movies Princess Mononoke by Hayao Miyazaki (Review) It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a movie that has filled me with so much wonder.
Dec 23, 2000 Music The Black Mask Soundtrack by Various Artists (Review) An uneventful mix made up of mostly boring and pointless tracks.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Owl Remix Low by Various Artists (Review) The best way to enjoy this disk is not really so much as a Low record, but as a relatively well-done compilation of electronic and ambient music.
Dec 23, 2000 Music On the Brink of Infinity by Various Artists (Review) Anyone who considers themselves a fan of World Serpent, Projekt, Cold Meat, or other similar labels would do themselves well to find a copy.
Dec 23, 2000 Music In the Fishtank 5 by Tortoise and The Ex (Review) Sounds like a Fugazi clone with a horn player and a strange sort of intensity that got lost in the translation.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Glimpse by Triangle Paradise (Review) You’re left with an EP that sounds like nothing more than a bar band covering old ’80s classics.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Destructor by Supremeex (Review) This album represents what Hip Hop can be when a focused artist is given the right amount of time and space.
Dec 23, 2000 Music The Three Calamities by Switchblade Symphony (Review) So for all you cats whose Portishead tapes popped as a result of repeated listens, slide this in and you won’t miss a beat.
Dec 23, 2000 Music 2000 Fold by Styles Of Beyond (Review) While it may be hip to be unknown and trendy to record for an independent label, you still have to make good music.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Music for Modern Dance, Volume 1 by Bill Storch and John Storch (Review) This music is spirit glorified.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Per Aspera Ad Astra by Stars Of The Lid and Jon Mccafferty (Review) Pure contemplative magic.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Sequence of the Negative Space Changes (Review) The whole disk is nice and airy, never a dissonant note for too long.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Good Looking Blues by Laika (Review) There’s so much more substance here than anything produced by the average person alone in a basement doing electronically reconstructed jazz.
Dec 23, 2000 Movies The Tin Drum by Volker Schlöndorff (Review) A disturbing movie because we expect to see innocence and childhood, but instead find corruption and sin.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Normal Control Range (Bliss Out Vol. 16) by Technicolor (Review) While all of the songs are electronic in nature, they avoid falling into the normal trappings of your average dancehall fare.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Dual by Supercollider (Review) Compared to other post-rock artists, there’s something surprisingly raw and brutal about Supercollider’s music.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp (Review) This is undoubtedly one of the best things to happen in 2000.
Dec 23, 2000 Music Rare Tracks by Morrissey (Review) Many of these songs were so good that they should’ve been on Maladjusted instead of that album’s weaker tracks.