It’s Antigone.
It’s Mallrats.
It’s Gormenghast.
It’s Dawn of the Dead.
It’s The Eye in the Door.
It’s For a Few Dollars More.
It’s No Longer At Ease.
It’s The Libation Bearers.
It’s Judgement Day.
It’s Bring Up the Bodies.
It’s Oldboy.
It’s The Empire Strikes Back.
It’s The Two Towers.
It’s Aliens.
It’s The Year of the Flood.
It’s Three Colours White.
It’s The Subtle Knife.
It’s The Matrix Reloaded.
It’s Ghosts.
The second part of trilogies are perhaps the most forgotten. People remember beginnings and endings. But Sophocles’ ‘Antigone’ is the best of the Oedipus trilogy, for me. Ditto ‘For A Few Dollars More’.
In this episode some old friends re-emerge to say g’day. Why, there’s grumpy old misanthrope Luke Haines, still with us, and now he’s imagining what it’s like to be a Stasi spy relocated to the west. After 25 years, Mogwai have had a number one album. Husband and wife team Low have produced their most intriguing album ever.
And while few would accord such an accolade to Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s ‘Barn’, it has its place. In recent weeks Guy Haslam has reminded me of his love for Neil, while Doug Evans has done the same for Bob Dylan. I feel the same about Mark E Smith. We need to cherish them while they’re still around.
But plenty of brand new stuff, as ever. All now, all great.
