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10 BRILLIANT COVER VERSIONS (in no particular order)
siouxsie and the banshees – dear prudence (beatles)
luna – season of the witch (donovan)
blondie – heroes (bowie)
elvis costello and the attractions – what’s so funny bout peace love and understanding (nick lowe)
ciccone youth – addicted to love (robert palmer)
william shatner and joe jackson – common people (pulp)
the slits – heard it through the grapevine (marvin gaye)
glen campbell – times like these (foo fighters)
hüsker dü – make no sense at all (the dammed)
camper van beethoven – pictures of matchstick men (status quo)
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10 BRILLIANT ARTISTS (in no particular order)
Antonello da Messina (almost entirely because of The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel)
Vorticists (mainly for BLAST, the movement’s short lived but BRILLIANT journal, remember this was 1914!!!!)
Peter Greenaway (for his films and especially his Last Supper)
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10 SONGS I LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER ON MY IPOD (warning: a truly great song is not necessarily accompanied by a great video)
the verlains – death and the maiden
wilco – born alone (any/all wilco will do but at the moment its this one)
dexy’s midnight runners – there there my dear (the chorus literally makes me want to jump up and down for joy)
smudge – i don’t want to be grant mclennan (and as a bonus here is grant mclennan)
ultra vivid scene – the mercy seat
smog – held
the hold steady – stuck between stations
nick cave – midnight man
courtney love – but julian i’m a little older than you (angry/crazy woman with a guitar, what’s not to like?)
go-betweens – bye bye pride
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10 FILMS TO WATCH OVER AND OVER
the rebel (best film about art EVER) – robert day
lawrence of arabia – david lean
a room for romeo brass – shane meadows
ghostbusters ( if i had to pick only one film i would pick this) – ivan reitman
bedazzled – stanley donen
habla con ella – pedro almodovar
smashing time (best “swinging ’60’s in London” film EVER)- desmond davis/carlo ponti
atanarjuat, the fast runner (the first all inuit produced film- its bloody brilliant) – zacharias kunuk
lost in translation – sofia coppola
the filth and the fury – julian temple
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