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Justin Hawkins recommended track Black Dog by Led Zeppelin in Four Symbols by Led Zeppelin in Music (curated)

 
Four Symbols by Led Zeppelin
Four Symbols by Led Zeppelin
1971 | Rock
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Black Dog by Led Zeppelin

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"This album was mixed by Kevin Shirley and I think he did an awesome job because you can hear John Bonham doing more than he did on recordings. I think that’s probably because of the way the songs were written, because after being on the road they’d developed the songs a bit and a lot of the things you listen out for, like the subtleties on the record, they exaggerate them and that goes from the drums right up to the singing. This is just one of those recordings where you can hear them exaggerating the things that people love about these songs and how they grew on the night into some kind of monster and the material went with it."

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Silent Blade (Kinsmen, #1)
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5.0 (2 Ratings)
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I don't know if it was its shortness or the plotline just didn't pull me in but I found this a little odd.

It also seemed to happen too quick. One minute they were meeting for the first time and two days later, after not seeing each other again in between, they're having sex like crazy people and during those days they fall in love with each other only for her to leave...?

I just didn't quite get where her reasoning was in that. I understood her wanting to get a little revenge but at the same time she never talked about her plan, so I didn't understand what she was doing until she told him.

I wont be reading the second novella in this series.
  
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Absolute Boyfriend, Vol. 1
Yuu Watase | 2006 | Romance
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9.0 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
3.5 stars.

Initially I had a little trouble getting into the story but the more I read, the more I liked it. The storyline was a little crazy but I've grown to like Night. He really is being the Absolute Boyfriend.

To me, it's obvious that the next door neighbour likes our girl, but she's being a bit oblivious at the minute.

And then that last page! Her "friend" of all people!

It has definitely made me intrigued enough to carry on the series. It's only in 6 parts so I wouldn't think it would take me too long to finish it. BUT I have a few other things on the go right now, so I may wait until I've finished those to carry on with it.
  
The Bay (2012)
The Bay (2012)
2012 | Horror
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5.6 (9 Ratings)
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I've never been the biggest fan of the found footage sub genre (there are of course some notable exceptions!) but there's something about The Bay that really gets under my skin. The documentary style provides a strong sense of realism, and the footage shown captures the panic of an outbreak with eerie accuracy, and with recent real world events, it's all feels a bit too familiar, especially when negligence from people in charge is thrown into the mix.
The way the town descends into panic is executed in a truly disturbing way. The gore is seldom but hard hitting. The resulting film is one that makes me question both swimming and drinking tap water ever again, because those parasites are real, and absolutely fuck that.
  
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2021)
2021 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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8.7 (10 Ratings)
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2021 sequel to the 2009(!) original, which was the first movie - I felt - to really make 3d feel like part of the experience rather than a gimmick.

The less said about 'Unobtainium' the better, however.

That might be why that resource is NOT mentioned at all in this, with the humans again returning to Pandora but now in search of a new resource instead, and with Jake Sully and his family initially fleeing from those settlers (to join a tribe of sea-people) before events lead them to fight back.

Yes, the story (this time around) is perhaps even more basic than the first time. That might be because this is part 2 of (projected) 5.

The effects, however?

Absolutely mind blowing.