All Consuming : Niklas Pivic

Consumed "Fade EP"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 08:26:23 GMT

Fade EP

by Starkey

Consumed "Unsecured"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:09:54 GMT

Unsecured

by Miles

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A story about "Unsecured"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 07:09:54 GMT

Unsecured

by Miles

Some techy, instrumental, early Aphex Twin-y kinda shit! I like it.

Consumed "The Loved Ones"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:57:51 GMT

The Loved Ones

by Sean Byrne

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A review of "The Loved Ones" (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:57:51 GMT

The Loved Ones

by Sean Byrne

This was a nice surprise: a new, truly modern horror film where violence is displayed in detailed, yet manages to pull everything into place. The female lead is acted supremely, and as a whole, this film is quite scary and altogether well made. Kudos!

A review of "L'Eclisse" (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:47:05 GMT

L'Eclisse

by Michelangelo Antonioni

I saw this film in a company where we talked and had fun; I wasn’t very concentrated on the film. That said, in that moment, I think everything was perfect to see this film, where plot is – as in “L’Avventura” – thrown out the window. Vitti and Delon’s characters mesh somewhat, but as a whole, this seems to me a bunch of allegories and symbols. In a good way, although I was taken back by the way the film is presented. In a way, I can’t wait to see it fully concentrated; in another way, I don’t want to. See it.

Consumed "L'Eclisse"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:47:05 GMT

L'Eclisse

by Michelangelo Antonioni

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Consumed "Sabrina (1954)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:43:45 GMT

Sabrina (1954)

by Billy Wilder

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A review of "Sabrina (1954)" (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:43:45 GMT

Sabrina (1954)

by Billy Wilder

While Bogart and Holden disliked each other and this is only Hepburn’s second US film, it doesn’t show. This is a sweet, albeit tempo flawed, romantic comedy with a bitter twist, i.e. Bogart’s character. Well played.

A story about "The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:31:28 GMT

The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul

“Soul is when a man do everything he can and come up second. Soul is when a man make a hundred dollars a week and it cost him a hundred and ten to live. Soul is when a man got to bear other people’s burdens. Soul is when a man is nothin’ because he’s black.”

A review of "Tough Without a Gun: Publisher: Knopf" (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:27:22 GMT

Tough Without a Gun: Publisher: Knopf

by Stefan Kanfer

Humphrey Bogart grew up in a progressive family where his parents were successful. They did, however, not lavish him with much attention. Au contraire, Bogart grew up an anti-authorative thespian who played theater before becoming the world-famous movie star and icon that he is known as today.

A libertine and man of his word – while it is argued that he was a serial adulterer – Bogart seems to have stayed true to his friends and work for as long as he lived. Half self destructive, half great at what he did, he believed in being a “man” and having a lot of fun.

The book turns him out as a no-nonsense kind of guy who always went for the truth, except in his most alcoholic moments. It shows his ups and downs, and how he always turned around some really bad situations in his life.

This book is straight-forward. There are no revelations in here, and the contents are put out chronologically in one simple way. There is no personal style to the writing, and towards the end I got the feeling that the author simply wanted to finish it off.

There are a lot of enthralling stories on how Bogie and Hollywood worked in the 1940-1960s, not to mention some comparisons between the man and modern-day actors.

Consumed "Tough Without a Gun: Publisher: Knopf"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:27:22 GMT

Tough Without a Gun: Publisher: Knopf

by Stefan Kanfer

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Consumed "Random Access Memories"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:30:41 GMT

Random Access Memories

by Daft Punk

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Consuming "The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:51:35 GMT

The James Brown Reader: Fifty Years of Writing About the Godfather of Soul

Consumed "More Light"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:51:05 GMT

More Light

by Primal Scream

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A review of "Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure" (rated 3 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:23:17 GMT

Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Famous and Obscure

Some of the six-word memoirs are wonderful. Some are just fodder. All in all, though, brilliant bits that put Twitter to shame.

Some faves:

Woman with man’s name— thanks, parents! —Curtis Sittenfeld

Became my mother. Please shoot me. —Cynthia Kaplan

Hope my obituary spells “debonair” correctly. —Gregg Easterbrook

Girlfriend is pregnant, my husband said. —Shonna MacDonald

Blogging is easy. Writing is hard. —Jennifer Shreve

Consuming "Calculated Carelessness"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:57:40 GMT

Calculated Carelessness

Consumed "The Company You Keep"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:15:05 GMT

The Company You Keep

by Cliff Martinez

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Consumed "H-Town"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:13:06 GMT

H-Town

by Dizzee Rascal

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Consumed "Where You Stand"

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:11:49 GMT

Where You Stand

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A review of "The Place Beyond the Pines" (rated 1 star)

nobody@allconsuming.net (Niklas Pivic) — Mon, 06 May 2013 10:40:14 GMT

The Place Beyond the Pines

by Derek Cianfrance

This film starts off with Ryan Gosling playing himself as mandated by Hollywood regulations. Sum total: a very predictable film, which actually peaked about an hour into the film, but then went downhill quite fast. Some pretty photography and a song by Suicide doesn’t really help it. Ray Liotta should have been in this film a lot more, and he steals the show, displaying Gosling’s real problem: just being quiet does not equate good acting. Bogart could do it because he was a great actor.