Film: Oxide Ghosts

As part of a small UK tour, Michael Cummings has taken Oxide Ghosts to a number of cinemas around the country and I was fortunate to see the first at the Prince Charles Cinema. Michael was the director of seminal TV Show "Brass Eye", a controversial show, 20 years old and still relevant today.

In this show we got 90 minutes of out-takes and extras previously not broadcast and a brief Q&A with the director afterwards. 

It was fun to get the behind-the-scenes insight into the making of the show but a little frustrating that we'd been asked not to photo or take notes on the chat with the director. 

So it was funny, just like the original show was, and an OK night out.

Film: Kingsman The Golden Circle

I really liked the first Kingsman movie, a nice comic book nod to James Bond with a council kid called Eggsy becoming the latest recruit to an overly British spy organisation. In the sequel it's more of the same with the Headquarters being destroyed and Eggsy needing to unite with his American counterparts to take down Julianne Moore, the leader of a global drug syndicate and a fan of 50's Americana. 

It's more comic book than the first and more disbelief is required to enjoy it. I know that it has divided my friends into love it/hate it camps. I did like it despite the over-the-top Americans being brought in and an Elton John cameo was unnecessary.

Event: Bug 56

I had tickets for this one but had to pull out following a leg injury but the event organisers kindly sent me the play list.

Beck "Up All Night"
Joan of Arc crashes a houseparty to rescue a chap in this rather upbeat Beck track. A rather straightforward video.

Kendrick Lamar "Element"

I'm not a fan of this guys work at all. The video is better with the sound turned down. (The worst recommendation you can give a music video I guess)

Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me Do"

Big budget and a little introspection. Terrible song but I like the birdcage set!

Dram ft A$AP Rocky & Juicy J "Gilligan"

It's just a bass line with butt cheeks.Terrible. 

Tennyson "L'oiseau qui danse".
The vid on youtube isn't the one they played which is this one. I quite like both the track and video.

Yael Naim "Coward"

This one was quite straightforward and better for it.

Radiohead "There There"

Typical RH video. Pretentious twaddle that I don't get.

Radiohead "Burn the Witch"
A repeat play for this one, which is ok.

Run the Jewels "Don't Get Captured"
An ok stop-motion animation for another shouty-shouty RtJ track.

Father John Misty "Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know before the Revolution"

A quite musical song but a wasted video. I didn't feel this one at all.

Radiohead "Lift"

A song called lift with a video set in a lift and a journey in the lift that gets a bit weird. It's ok.

Jay Z "Moonlight"

I liked the idea of this with a great recreation of Friends with an all-black cast but it petered out into disappointment.

Every Time I Die "Map Change"
Shots of Buffalo to a shouty punk type rock track. It's ok.

Bowie "Sound & Vision"

This one is director group Canada's tribute to Bowie done as part of an exhibition in Barcelona. I'm not a Bowie fan but I did like this work.