Tag Archive: Espers


VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS

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October 4, 2009

The weird and occasionally wonderful 1970 movie ‘Valerie & Her Week of Wonders’  is based on a 1935 novella by Czech author Vítězslav Nezval and directed by Jaromil Jireš.

It’s a movie which, alongside cult classics like ‘The Wicker Man’ and ‘Holy Mountain’, is held in high esteem within some quarters of  the New Folk movement. Like those movies, it centres mainly on big issues like sex, death, religion and the corruption of innocence; themes which also loom large in the contaminated folk music of the New Weird America. Continue reading →

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A Small Label In A Virtual World

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February 12, 2008

a-603411-1243407514.jpegTime-Lag , based in Portland, Maine, is a record label worth celebrating.

It is essentially a one man operation and Nemo Bidstrup has built an impressive catalogue of mainly vinyl releases since he started out in 2001.

While Time-Lag music is an essential entry point to what has been dubbed the New Weird America, Bidstrup wisely rejects links to any music scene or attempts to tie him to one genre. He prefers to call the artists as a “vague community” as a reference to the healthy cross fertilisation of ideas and shared philosophies. Continue reading →

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