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Desert Island Top 5 | 8.07.2005


















Back by popular demand...

If you were trapped on a desert island (presumably with enough gadgets to play music, watch DVDs and surf the web )(don't forget an HSC-high speed connection)), what films, music and sites would you want to interact with? Here's mine this month:

Films:

Hell House - ll Houses are a distinctly American phenomenon which began in 1990 just outside of Dallas, at the Trinity Assembly of God Church. The original Hell House was conceived as a modern-day fire-and-brimstone sermon....

Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek - SPEND AN EVENING WITH SADDLE CREEK is the story of the record label as told by the people who made it happen. With extensive interviews, rare performances and archival footage, the film is an oral and visual history of how the combination of talent, dedication and collaboration launched bands like Bright Eyes...

Drive Well, Sleep Carefully - Plexifilm is proud to announce the DVD release of DRIVE WELL, SLEEP CAREFULLY: ON THE ROAD WITH DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE which will had its world premiere...

MOOG - Permanently changing the face of music, the "Moog synthesizer" went from being the centerpiece of a late-60s craze -- appearing on records with such titles as Spotlight on the Moog, Moog Power, Music to Moog By..

Ile Aiye - Originally broadcast for the PBS show ALIVE FROM OFF CENTER, ILÉ AIYÉ which translates into THE HOUSE OF LIFE, garnered much critical acclaim: the WALL STREET JOURNAL called it "One of the very best things you'll see on television this year" and it also led writer Luc Sante to pen a feature in INTERVIEW magazine -- included in the liner notes of the DVD.

Music

Eisley - Room Noises
L'Altra - Different Days
Sam Prekop - Who's Your New Professor
Luke Temple - Luke Temple
EVBTG - Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes
Filz Brazillia - Maim That Tune

Sites

www.iht.com - greatest news site on the planet
www.engadget.com - talk about gadgetphyle
www.gizmodo.com - talk about it again (see above)
www.pinchworm.com - now that this guy has a job, it's not as updated as it has been but check back often...it's a great resource
www.vagabonding.com - great travel blog

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