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Written by Rino Breebaart
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I've come to some interesting conclusions about boredom: we tend to fear boredom and boring others. We shield ourselves with a culture of distraction, as though every moment must be gainfully occupied. But boredom can be a rich experience because it can help train attention... |
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Written by Mike Wood
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If any artist was able to use colour and composition to proclaim the defiant strength of the heart, it was director Sergei Parajanov. |
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Written by Adam Rivett & Rino Breebaart
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The Slow Review panel work through American Tabloid, The Cold Six Thousand, and Blood's a Rover. We are exhausted but elated at the master of crime, conspiracy, complicated conscience and filing. |
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Written by Lisa Dempster
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To announce you've written the ultimate vegan cookbook is a pretty bold claim, but that's what New York-based authors Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero have done. In fact, they put it right on the cover, calling their book The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook. |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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Lo-Fi music is the format-du-jour for some bands. Others sneak in a taste here and there, and some record direct to Cassette. Retrograde nostalgia? Dissing digital? Lack of cash? |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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Music sounds better late at night. The best Late Night music is also some of the best ever made. Settle back, pull up your cushions and take the Slow guide through the Late Night Experience. |
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Written by Joseph "Jon" Lanthier
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The best of the 70s have more in common than technical wizardry and a love of smart reference. |
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Written by Rino Breebaart & Adam Rivett
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Writer, novelist, teacher.
21 02 1962 - 12 09 2008 |
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Written by Adam Rivett
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Randy Newman in 1971 is a creature unlike any other – a goofball, hostile, sincere, Fats Domino- worshipping moralist loser with an audience (however small). |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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 Once it come along a dime by the dozen / That ain't nothin' but drug store lovin' / Pretty little thing, let me light your candle / Cause mama I'm sure hard to handle, now, yes around. |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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Wonderfully coherent, thoroughly of our time, strictly Radiohead and yet gilded with a strange and subtle beauty — a really great album of non-pop. At last. |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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One keeps coming back to Roth — there's always more to explore. Here's a review-batch of six novels from across his literary spectrum. |
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Written by Rino Breebaart
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When the glorious 70s slipped into the cool 80s, Abba put out what would become their last great album. Get ready for some serious art built on divorce and sadness and amazing craft.
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A small but powerful stone tossed at the wall that separates people, cultures, religions, and basic assessment of the situation in Gaza. |
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Imagine a Steely Dan covers band saying Right, that’s the covers done, now let’s make some music. Get on board! |
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Let's take a good 45 minutes to visit Perdomo Country. Cigar cutter? Check. Hooch? Check. Typewriter? Check. |
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Melbourne is already a great place... but now you can appreciate the finer, slower details a little more. |
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A look at Victoria Wood’s quirky comedy, dinnerladies. |
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I used to collect them. I still love them. Fascinating machines. Wonderful writing aesthetic and process. Wonderfully old school. Seriously Luddite. Better writing. |
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Earth is a hollow head, part of a bigger head, It nearly drives me crazy, Insects are evil thoughts, thought of by selfish men, Here comes the waves down by the shore... |
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An Ambient Masterpiece – what does that mean exactly? Can something with so little regular music be thought of as essential music? Of course it can. You can trust in Brian. |
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Television comedy producer, writer and performer.
22 02 1953 – 29 08 2008 |
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Chapter 5: the author recounts a ribald incident wherein he drank a fine bourbon... |
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Images of the child soldier are more vivid today than ever. |
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Alternative title: All This Ridiculous Beauty. Let's talk about the overcooked style of (the) Mann. |
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The first Slow Wine Review is of an elegant and rounded Barossa red from Cameron Vale. Crack open the cheese and gather your tasting notes for a fine drop. |
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A monster of a cigar, like a grandiose and overweight statesman... so much smoke you have to sit down and shudder your jowls. |
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