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Wayne Coyne recommended Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky in Music (curated)

 
Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky
Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky
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"Stravinksy has a way of putting surprises in music that sounds very familiar. You already know where the music is going, especially in this particular crescendo that we always listen to: [sings] "pom pom pom pom pom..." It's probably universal music, it's out there floating in the atmosphere and he just happened to pick it up, but he still puts in all these surprises, these little sounds, these strange time signatures, so by the time you get to the finale you're just another person. It's maybe the last seven minutes of the piece, and you know where it's going - it's like driving to your favourite restaurant knowing you're going to eat at the perfect time, and your desire is going to be quenched. Even though it's big, bombastic, strange music at times, it's very satisfying in a rock & roll way. Some of it's so simple, other bits are incredibly complicated, so much so you dismiss it, but you gotta let it take you along. But I'm a fan of Stravinsky. He's a weirdo. I love the weirdos."

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Blake Anderson recommended Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame in Music (curated)

 
Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame
Flockaveli by Waka Flocka Flame
2010 | Rap
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"I think that it pretty much changed the game. You can say what you want about Waka or whatever. like, ‘Oh he can’t rap.’ He always is like, ‘I’m not a rapper anyway.’ The proof is when this dude drops his album, if 80 percent of It just makes me want to shoot machine guns. that genre of music changes to sound like him, you know you did something right. Everybody is trying to be hype and get Lex Luger beats and all that. Everybody is just all about that energy that I don’t think anyone matches as well as Waka. He just brings this almost punk-rock energy but it’s so hood and hip-hop. I just remember kind of taking a gamble getting the album and it’s just one of those times...I was sitting at Universal Studios about to ride some rides, but I just kicked it in the parking lot because as soon as I turned it on, I was like, ‘Whoa.’ It just makes me want to shoot machine guns. I love Waka, he’s the shit."

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Pat Healy recommended Videodrome (1983) in Movies (curated)

 
Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
1983 | Horror, Sci-Fi

"I love David Cronenberg and everything he is about. He’s crawled inside my head and shown me dreams I never thought I’d have. His seminal 1983 psychodrama about the power of the media to corrupt and manipulate the minds of the people through sex and violence is as prophetic as it is horrifying. The mind-boggling effects dreamt up by Cronenberg and the master Rick Baker are a work of art unto themselves. It’s prophetic and horrifying and fascinating. Poetic, where other horror films are just gruesome and punishing. And Cronenberg gives a great commentary in conversation with longtime DP Mark Irwin. The edition also contains one of my favorite special features ever: Fear on Film, a half-hour roundtable discussion with Cronenberg, John Landis, and John Carpenter, who were all making classic horror films at Universal at the same time. It’s a nice little taste of what it must have been like to be around at a revolutionary time for American horror. I wish I had been there"

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