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Sometimes it's for scientific reasons; sometimes it's quest driven. I think it's a very natural place for the two of us to go. We are curious, we're both introverted most of the time, and so a 100-day journey really excites...
Nevertheless, Veronica Guerin is largely character-driven by virtue of its script, distributing much of its weight on the shoulders of its actors. This proves beneficial for the film as it succeeds in that respect, obscuring to some degree the directorial inadequacies of the film...
Although Laika’s fourth record seems easy to pigeonhole on first listen, it’s defined by contradictions—an accessible beat-driven album that takes its title from a poem by Poet Laureate Mark Strand; a downtempo album that actually has lyrical content; an electronica album comprised largely of organic instruments. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler even lends wispy guitar sounds to the mix, and with skittering electronic beats complemented by drummer Lou Ciccotelli, Laika seem to move in spheres close to those of their Russian cosmodog namesake...
Wherever aims for a purer, more stripped-down and ethereal sound than the frantic Silver Apples of the Moon or rock-driven Good Looking Blues. Laika do seem to stay in fairly fixed musical orbit throughout, and tracks that don’t distinguish themselves in some way (as with the quicker tempo and diverse instrumentation of “Falling Down”, or the syncopated rhythms of “Dirty Bird”) are lost in the ample space. Regardless, floating through the cosmos with Laika is a great choice for anyone searching for vocal, laid-back...
Attie was drawn to the show’s representation of White House insiders as driven and decent people. “The thing ‘The West Wing’ always intended to do was to show the kind of people you hoped would be running the country,” he says...