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Jim Jarmush
23 November 2003, by arthur

An incomplete work on Jim Jarmush’s amazing art and work.
With the future release of Coffee & Cigarettes (2003) directed by Jim Jarmusch, we had the pleasure of re-discovering the world of this amazing movie director, and plunged ourselves into watching as much of his work as we could. And it’s never a dissapointment. Being complete addicts of IMDB (which we recommend greatly as a source of information) we managed to get our hands on the complete list of his filmography. And here it (…)
2 Sounds from Britain in one evening- Radiohead and ADF Live
20 November 2003, by arthur, Christopher Montel, Paul Kirkness

Both are from Britain, and at first glance that’s as close Radiohead and Asian Dub Foundation seem to get. But having already met a few years ago, Radiohead chose the Foundation as its supporting group to play in Paris on November 17th.
We came in a few minutes late, but as the Sounds crew hedged its way through the centre of the pit, Asian Dub Foundation had already started. Still, the group managed to bring in the crowd fairly quickly to their sound, and their calls for alternative (…)
Iraqi resistance fueled by economic plundering, repressive rule
20 November 2003, by Christopher Montel
After transforming Iraq into an immense ghetto during the UN sanctioned embargo in the 1990s, the US-led coalition administration, the Occupation Authority, is now covering the dismantling of its economy, above all its oil and gas extraction industry, to the benefit of US and European multinationals. Meanwhile, Iraqi unemployment reaches 70%.
Interview with Schlaf
20 August 2003, by Christopher Montel
Interview with Naho (Vocals, Flute) at The Sugar Water in Shibuya, Tokyo. Photos are from Ruby
Commentaires sur Pascal Lamy
11 août 2003, par Thomas Bourgenot
Interview de Pascal Lamy de l’AMI (Accord Multilatéral sur l’Investissement), avec des commentaires en rouge par TOMA.
American Crucible: Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
14 January 2002, by Christopher Montel

Today, the academic value of Gary Gerstle’s American Crucible could seem at first severely jeopardized. It was published in 2001, evidently before September 11th, when in its immediate aftermath the issues of race, nation were brought back to the forefront of national debate and policy-making. American Crucible was not updated, since the approach deliberately overlooks the last quarter of the 20th century, to emphasize on the far reaching legacy of the American nation-building process (…)
Boog-ia interview
4 May 2001, by Paul Kirkness

I hope I don’t have to introduce Boog-ia to the French readers... If I do, it’s a scandal! I’ll overlook it for now but I want all of you to pay great attention to this extremely gifted band... Boog-ia have a mere two years of existence behind them but they sound like they’ve had a dozen. We managed to scrape some time of Winny’s (bass) heavy time-table to answer a couple of questions...
What is Boog-ïa ?I know that its noisy, that it doesn’t sound too friendly… Winny (bass): Well… (…)
Sharon’s 2001 victory
4 May 2001, by Christopher Montel

These look like uncertain times dear friends... Junior is now head of the most powerful state in the world, and has already used his cool awesome military power against Saddam Husain, by killing more Iraqi civilians in the last recent bombing of Baghdad.
In another country not far from Iraq, and who strangely has the same kind of history as the United States- just replace American Indian native by Palestinian Arab, another right wing maniac has managed to fool the majority of the (…)
Glorious Kissinger...
13 April 2001, by Christopher Montel

I woke up today, Sunday, with a certain feeling of aimlessness. I was tired, and went downstairs in the kitchen to drink a coffee which I hoped would change me. I sat down and found a week end issue of The Guardian someone had left on the table. On the cover was the title of the main article, "After Pinochet, Should Kissinger be Next in the Dock?"and, yes, this article was dealing with the hidden history of the US after the second world war, a political issue you must admit we don’t hear (…)
Nouvelle Vague
12 April 2001, by Vincent Gagneur

The year 1958, with the issue of Le beau Serge , in France, by Claude CHABROL, marked a new age in French cinema: an age of mobility, theory, energy and youth. Claude CHABROL had been part of a group of young "cineman" (quoting Truffaut) critiques for the famous Cahiers du cinéma. Since the beginning of the 50s, GODARD, TRUFFAUT, ROHMER, RIVETTE, DOUCHET and a happy few managed to give enough strength to Jacques DONIOL-VALCROZE’s magazine to tyrannise all French cinema directors of the time. (…)