Alex In Wonderland

Go Forth and Do My Bidding

Stop whatever your doing right now (that doesn't involve reading this blog of course) and prepare to do something nice.

The Business A film so British that it will have you americans doing a Dick Van Dyke cock-er-nee accent faster than you can say "Y'all". Don't let that put you off though, as it is a well acted film that takes a nostalgic trip into the early to mid 80's Costa Del Crime culture that flourished before there were extradition agreements. Long but thoroughly gripping and enjoyable.

Athlete - Tourist An album by a british group who kind of got submerged by the whole Coldplay/The Darkness wave a few years back and quite undeservedly IMO. This is their second album and probably benefits more from these other groups taking the limelight in so much as they have beenable to focus on being a little more experimental with their music.

The voice is not as whiney as Chris Martins can be, the songs seem more fully formed and more gripping, with unexpected twists (the first song on the album is a case in point - I was going to skip it then suddenly a completely new direction opened up in the song causing me to listen more) and chords and instrumentation that is unexpected but yet fits well within the whole. There are weaker tracks on the album but you come away with a feeling that it all worked and was good for it too. Anything that stirs emotion is good, and the title track had the curious effect of making me feel both uplifted and infinently sad at the same time.

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