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MACADELIC by Mac Miller
Conscious Rap/ Psychedelic Rap
I love this mixtape. There's beauty in how disjointed every song is.
17 tracks, all differing from one another. And definitely a change from his earlier works. What's interesting about this one is the composition. Mac recorded Macadelic at ID Studios, the same studio he had previously done his frat boy rap (Blue Slide Park, K.I.D.S, Best Day Ever, 'I Love Life, Thank You') however Macadelic is when Miller starts to stretch his musical ability into different avenues. Incorporating more jazzy sounds, experimental piano and bass, an collabs with musicians who had unique sounds.
Now to me, this Mixtape is where the Mac Miller we would know today started to blossom. In his previous mixtapes he was still finding his sound and Macadelic allowed him to explore and figure it out.
The beauty in this mixtape is in what it would lead to. After Macadelic, Miller went on to release Watching Movies with The Sound Off working with people like Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler the Creator, Chuck Inglish etc.
Overall I'd say this mixtape is a 7/10, but I have a soft spot for it so 10/10.
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i love books about women written in the way shakespeare wrote women. hopelessly romantic, scarily ambitious, intensely enraged.
in short, complex.
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book review - The Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS !!!!
A little sysnopsis
A revolution takes place on a lunar penal colony aided by a self-aware supercomputer named Mike.
Now unto the review
I loved how the friendship between the protagonist, Mannie, and the supercomputer Mike developed throughout the chapters. It made it even more impactful upon Mikes' 'death'.
I must say that the author and I have different political leanings. However, I can appreciate the topics that arise within this book. The nature of revolution and its necessity, the opportunists that use revolutions to consolidate their power, the parasitic yet inevitable nature of bureaucracy, etc.
Me liking this book is nowhere near an endorsement of Heinlein and his beliefs.
It's a well written, interesting narrative with a lot to talk about whether you agree or disagree.
Paperback version
It's also quite interesting how the novel ends. At the end of the day, the revolution took place, freedom was won but the system to replace the previous colonial system has been distorted, creating an uneasy ending. The won but at what cause?
What I didn't like
Obviously the subtle libertarian views that are peppered throughout the novel.
Dialogue style. So it is described that as a result of the inhabitants of lunar being criminals and children to said criminals (essentially), the ways in which they speak are different to Earthside english. To put this across, Heinlein writes Dialogue for Manny in the way he would speak (colloquialisms etc). At the beginning it did put me off a bit but after caring more about the story i was able to virtually ignore it.
OH also I wanted more of Mike. He was just so interesting as a character that I just wanted a few more pages with Mike.
Rating
4/5 stars
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Starship Troopers - got the point, still didn't like it much.
Starship Troopers (1997) acts as a mirror to Heinlein. Showing him how quasi-ridiculous his views within the novel, Starship Troopers, were.
REVIEW
Considering that Heinlein was upset at Eisenhower's suspension of the US nuclear tests, only for the soviets to have their nuclear tests right after, probably added to his desire for a greater emphasis on militarism within the United States (that is very evident within the novel.)
After reading the book and then watching the movie, I think this movie actually pulled its punches. Heinlein is a great writer and makes his political views clear through the character of Johnny. The themes about force, war, military control in achieving a "utopia" also carry over from the book into the film, but that's all it is.
Sure a satire need not make remedies for the issues on the product it's parodying, but I think more could've been done. The topic of facism within this movie is one that is purely aesthetical. It's not tackled as a historic fact, rather it appears as spectacle whereby the audience can recognize and say "oh look, their uniforms look make them look like n*zis" and ends the conversation at that.
Jean-Francis Lyotard argued that cinema has co-opted the historical lens, drawing on stories with heavy political struggles but leaving those struggles at the door in favor of postmodernist film spectacle, and that rings heavy with this movie.
CASTING
Verhoeven puts his casting choice up to the point that it's supposed to be ironic. He explains that he chose these actors to "fit a proto-fascistic mould....by choosing appearance over acting ability."
He nailed that part, which just adds more to this movie being a satirical spectacle and not much else.
SCENES
The scene with the Mormons. Let's talk about it. The idea, I think, was to show the encroachment of the arachnids land by the Mormons. Subverting the narrative that the arachnids are the initiators of the war. It's a short sequence, but that message does not penetrate clearly because it's juxtaposed by the mutilated remains of the Mormons.
This scene is only made "slightly" better when it's showed on FedNet. Kind of using it as a means of indoctrinating and satisfactorily plays into Verhoeven's irony and subversion
3/5 stars.
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Paisà (1946), dir. Roberto Rossellini
Maria Michi
The Raw Neorealist filmmaking of Rossellini. Two people from different worlds experiencing the same reality of a post war Rome. Both of them being unrecognisable to each other due to impact of war on their self.
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Hi! I'm Minanno.
I created this tumblr account to talk about some of my favourite things: film, literature, music.
I hope to put some of y'all onto some of my favourite films, books and albums and maybe get some mutuals from that. Sometimes i might "wax poetic" about some projects and I apologize in advance :p .
Excited to get started.
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The Sunflower and the Tree.
“It’s the essence of nature. The circle of life. As we live, so shall we die.” The tree was always wise. The sunflower remembered how frightened she was the day the sky came down. “It’s rain, that’s all.” said the tree. “I don’t fully know what it is, but I know it makes me grow.” The sunflower had learned not to fear the rain and now looked forward to every rainfall.
But now the rain had stopped. The air was dry and little white flurries filled the sky. The sunflower did not feel as strong as she once did. She asked the tree what the white flurries were. “Snow.” he told her solemnly. “The seasons change and sometimes we grow weaker.” The sunflower noticed the tree had started to lose some of his leaves. She, herself, had began to lose her seeds.
The sunflower anxiously wondered what would become of her as winter neared. “You will die. It will be painful, long and morose.” answered the tree. “It will frighten you. You will try everything you can to stay alive - and you will fail.” The tree’s words were harsh but true. He had witnessed countless seasons. “In living there’s opportunity,” the tree continued, “and in death, uncertainty. Your anxiety and fear grow as death draws closer. Never an answer to be given.”
Winter had arrived. The vibrant colors of the sunflower dimmed, and her stalk sank under the weight of snow. The sunflower fought against the blistering cold, her heart aching with the truth of the tree’s words. The first petal had fallen.
It was now mid-winter and more petals lay scattered beneath the snow. Her anxiety was stronger than ever. “Hope.” said the tree. “It grows in the face of uncertainty.” Hope made every day arduous for the sunflower. She found herself yearning for death’s arrival. The tree was proud that the sunflower had made her peace with death. But the sunflower had not. “I find myself yearning for death to eliminate my hope. Hope has caused me a great deal of pain.” the sunflower confessed. “I just want to sleep.”
And so, the final petal fell, granting the sunflower her wish. She could finally sleep.
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