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  • Pop-Music
    Andrew Goulding's pop music reviews. Reviews include: The Beatles (+ SOLO), Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, Roxy Music (+ SOLO), King Crimson, Joni Mitchell & more.
    
    
    • The-Beatles
      Reviews of a selection of albums by The Beatles. The music of The Beatles still lives on because it was both inventive & was also the soundtrack to massive social change.
      
      
      • John-Lennon
        Reviews of solo albums by ex Beatle John Lennon By 1970, John Lennon had already released several experimental solo albums & 2 pop singles. Here's what he did next...
        
        
        • Plastic-Ono-Band-1970
          Review of the 1970 album, John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band. John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band was Lennon's first solo album of songs, fuelled by his then-recent Primal Scream psychotherapy.
          
          
        • Imagine-1971
          Review of John Lennon's 1971 album, Imagine John Lennon's single and album Imagine stormed up the charts in 1971, publicised by interviews on The Dick Cavett Show.
          
          
        • Some-Time-In-New-York-City-1972
          Review of the John Lennon album, Some Time In New York City. John Lennon's 1972 album, Some Time In New York City was a sloganeering mish-mash of radical causes presented as a tabloid.
          
          
        • Mind-Games-1973
          Review of the 1973 John Lennon album, Mind Games. John Lennon's Mind Games, was released in Christmas 1973 at the same time as Paul & Ringo's efforts but didn't fare half as well.
          
          
        • Walls-And-Bridges-1974
          Review of the 1974 John Lennon album, Walls And Bridges. Walls & Bridges provided Lennon with 2 hit singles Whatever Gets You Through The Night & #9 Dream but little inspiration.
          
          
        • Rock-N-Roll-1975
          Review of the 1975 John Lennon album, Rock-N-Roll. Recorded during The Lost Weekend of 1973/4, Lennon's album Rock'n'Roll has lots of covers The Beatles played in Hamburg.
          
          
        • LIVE-Peace-In-Toronto
          Review of the 1969 John Lennon album: Live Peace In Toronto. With a band that only rehearsed on the flight to Canada, Lennon's Live Peace In Toronto is raw & sloppy but he's in fine voice.
          
          
        • Double-Fantasy
          Review of the 1980 John & Yoko album: Double Fantasy. Sentiment aside, Lennon produced several good tracks on Double Fantasy, while Yoko was just plain awful!
          
          
        • Posthumous-Releases
          Posthumous releases after the death of John Lennon in 1980. How the media presented John Lennon's death. Tracks by Yoko, Paul, George, Elton. Roxy Music. Posthumous Lennon albums etc.
          
          
          • John-Lennon-Anthology
            Review of the John Lennon album: Anthology Lennon's 4-CD Anthology project is comprised of LIVE tracks, out-takes & demos. There's also a 1-CD version, Wonsaponatime.
            
            
          • Menlove-Ave.
            Review of the John Lennon album: Menlove Ave. Lennon's second posthumous release, Menlove Ave, comprised of mostly of out-takes from Walls & Bridges + Rock'n'Roll + 1 track.
            
            
          • Acoustic
            Review of the John Lennon album: Acoustic. Lennon's fourth posthumous release, Acoustic, is comprised of acoustic guitar demos, album out-takes & a few rare LIVE cuts.
            
            
        • Milk-And-Honey
          Review of the John & Yoko album: Milk & Honey. Released by Yoko as the follow-up to Double Fantasy, Lennon's contribution to Milk & Honey consists of a few tarted up demos.
          
          
        • Lennon-Books-DVDs
          The books that any Lennon scholar should have. Lennon books: His own 3, 2 books of photos, 2 bios (1 sanitized, 1 fanticised), first wife Cynthia's.tell-all + several DVDs.
          
          
          • The-Lives-Of-John-Lennon-Albert-Goldman
            Review of Albert Goldman's infamous The Lives Of John Lennon. Though scandalous, often mean, bitchy & fantacised, Goldman's bio still manages to get close to the spirit of John Lennon's work.
            
            
          • John-Cynthia-Lennon
            A review of Cynthia Lennon's book: John Cynthia Lennon second stab at describing her life while married to Beatle John Lennon during the Swinging Sixties.
            
            
          • Lennon-Ray-Coleman
            A review of Ray Coleman's biography, Lennon. Ray Coleman's biography Lennon is a fantastic read if you would like to believe the best about the late John Lennon.
            
            
          • Imagine-DVD
            A review of the Imagine DVD by John Lennon. Centered around the Imagine sessions the late John Lennon tells the story of his life through sound grabs & over 800 hours of film.
            
            
      • A-Hard-Days-Night-1964-DVD-Album
        Review of A Hard Days Night the 1964 album by The Beatles. Review of Richard Lester's brilliant movie, A Hard Days Night, starring The Beatles + review of their accompanying soundtrack.
        
        
      • Revolver-1966
        Review of Revolver, the 1966 album by The Beatles. Revolver was perhaps The Beatles' strongest song for song album with McCartney shining & Lennon describing his drug indulgences.
        
        
      • Sgt.-Pepper-1967
        Review of Sgt. Pepper, the 1967 album by The Beatles. Many reviewers consider Sgt. Pepper to be The Beatles' greatest album and with the addition of the 1967 singles, I agree with them.
        
        
      • White-Album-1968
        Review of The White Album, the 1968 release by The Beatles. The sprawling self-titled double album by The Beatles, their first on their own label, Apple, showed not a band...but 4 individuals.
        
        
      • Abbey-Road-1969
        Review of Abbey Road, the 1969 album by The Beatles. Like trying to save a failing marriage with a dirty weekend, The Beatles' recorded Abbey Road as their last hurrah.
        
        
      • Anthology-1995-DVD-Book-Albums
        Review of The Beatles Anthology DVD, book & albums. Anthology is The Beatles' story by The Beatles. It's history, legend and the story behind the soundtrack to our lives, all rolled into one.
        
        
      • Magical-Mystery-Tour-1967
        Review of Magical Mystery Tour, the 1967 album by The Beatles. Magical Mystery Tour, the disastrous TV film still had a stellar soundtrack including "I Am The Walrus" & "Fool On The Hill".
        
        
      • Let-It-Be-1970-DVD-Album
        Review of Let It Be, the 1970 album by The Beatles. The review includes Let It Be, Let It Be Naked (the recent album of raw tapes) and the movie, now on DVD.
        
        
      • Love-2006
        Review of Love, the 2006 album by The Beatles + George Martin. George Martin & son Giles, with a sometimes radical reworking of hits by The Beatles for the Cirque de Soleil stage show.
        
        
      • Yellow-Submarine-DVD-Album
        Review of Yellow Submarine, the album & film by The Beatles. Yellow Submarine is a wonderful, trippy state-of-the-animated-art affair, created around 1966/7 songs & off cuts like Hey Bulldog .
        
        
      • Beatle-Books
        The books that any scholar of The Beatles should have. Beatle Books: In their own words (Anthology) + business associates + techical help (George Martin) + Beatlemania.
        
        
      • Paul-McCartney
        Reviews of a selection of albums by ex-Beatle, Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney has had an erratic career since the break-up of The Beatles but when he was good, he was very, very good.
        
        
        • McCartney-1970
          Review of Paul McCartney's first solo album, McCartney. Paul McCartney recorded his first solo album on a 4-track at home with a number of songs already aired at sessions with The Beatles.
          
          
        • Ram-1971
          Review of Paul McCartney's 1971 second solo album, Ram. Lyrically juvenile and/or deliberately vague, but brimming with quality toons, Ram is one of Paul McCartney's best-loved albums.
          
          
        • Band-On-The-Run-1973
          Review of Paul McCartney's album, Band On The Run. Could the success and sheer quality of Paul McCartney's Band On The Run be what really scuppered the 1974 Beatles reunion?
          
          
        • Tug-Of-War-1982
          Review of Paul McCartney's 1982 album, Tug Of War. On Tug Of War McCartney's attempts to come to terms with John Lennon's death in a few of the songs, including the title track.
          
          
        • Wings-Wild-Life-1971
          Review of the maligned Paul McCartney album Wings Wild Life. Wings Wild Life, Paul McCartney's 1971 album released just a few months after Ram is raw & undercooked...but not too bad.
          
          
        • McCartney-Classical-Music
          Paul McCartney: Classical Music pieces. Paul McCartney has released 5 classical music works. Included is a video from his latest, Ecce Cor Meum
          
          
        • Avant-Garde-Music
          Paul McCartney has released several avant garde works. With 2 trance albums (Strawberry Oceans Ship Forest & Rushes) + Liverpool Sound Collage. McCartney still flirts with the avant garde.
          
          
        • Linda-McCartney
          Linda McCartney: Books & Music. Linda McCartney, wife of Paul, musician, Sixties photographer, Vegetarian, author, business woman: a selection of her work.
          
          
        • Short-Films
          A little known Paul McCartney side project is his short films: Paul McCartney has collaborated on the production of a number of short films, including 2 BAFTA (British Oscars) winners.
          
          
        • Roots-Rock-n-Roll
          Paul McCartney has recorded several albums of roots Rock'n'Roll. CHOBA B CCCP, Unplugged: The Official Bootleg & Run Devil Run, with most tracks all roots Rock'n'Roll standards or b-sides.
          
          
        • Give-My-Regards-To-Broad-Street
          Paul McCartney's movie: Give My Regards To Broad Street. Dismissed upon release as an aging rock star's ego gone mad. Give My Regards To Broad Street is actually a lost Beatles movie.
          
          
      • Ringo-Starr
        Reviews of a selection of albums by ex-Beatle, Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr has made a career out of being an ex-Beatle since the break-up of The Beatles, including making some memorable pop.
        
        
        • Ringo-Starr-Greatest-Hits
          Review of Ringo Starr's Greatest Hits Culled entirely from Ringo Starr's pre-1975 releases. It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, Photograph, No No Song, Only You etc
          
          
        • Sentimental-Journey
          Ringo Starr's first SOLO alnum, Sentimental Journey. Shocking the Rock Music world by releasing an album of old standards, Sentimental Journey still went Top 10 for Ringo.
          
          
        • Beaucoups-Of-Blues
          Review of the Ringo Starr album Beaucoups Of Blues. Recorded in two days with some of America's top country session players, Beaucoups Of Blues is a genuine quality country album.
          
          
        • Ringo
          Review of the 1973 Ringo Starr album, Ringo The Ringo album was being touted as the first step for a Beatles reunion and sold by the bucketload. Hits included Photograph etc.
          
          
        • Goodnight-Vienna
          Review of the Ringo Starr album Goodnight Vienna After the success of Ringo's near-Beatle self-titled album in 1973, his follow up, Goodnight Vienna, was inevitably going to suffer...
          
          
        • Caveman-movie-1981
          Review of the Ringo Starr movie Caveman, 1981 Caveman, a slapstick Ringo Starr movie of no redeeming qualities is a delightful waste of time with Shelley Long & Barbara Bach.
          
          
      • George-Harrison
        Reviews of a selection of albums by ex-Beatle, George Harrison. Ex-Beatle George Harrison released some memorable work during the early 70s and sporadically for the rest of his life.
        
        
        • George-Harrison-LIVE-In-Japan
          Review of: George Harrison LIVE In Japan. In 1991, Harrison embarked on a short SOLO tour of Japan with buddy Eric Clapton & band. The DVD is surprisingly good.
          
          
        • The-Concert-For-Bangla-Desh
          Review of George Harrison's The Concert For Bangla Desh 1971 George Harrison's star-studded concert & film that was intended to bring the world's attention to the plight of war-torn Bangla Desh.
          
          
        • All-Things-Must-Pass
          Review of the George Harrison album, All Things Must Pass. Harrison stunned the world in 1970 with the release of All Things Must Pass, an impressive double album of gospel Krishna rock.
          
          
        • The-Concert-For-George
          Review of The Concert For George DVD (recorded in 2002) Concert commemorating the life and music of George Harrison 1943-2001 with: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton et al.
          
          
        • Experimental-+-Production
          Mini-reviews of George Harrison's non-Beatle work during 1969. 1969 saw George becoming a very busy boy, both as a musician and as a producer for several Apple acts, including Billy Preston.
          
          
        • Living-In-The-Material-World
          Review of: George Harrison Living In The Material World. Living In The Material World was a bit too heavy on the Krishna consciousness...but could easily have been so much better...
          
          
      • Help-DVD-album
        Review of the 1965 movie & album Help, by The Beatles. The Beatles second film was Help, again directed by Richard Lester was a funny and highly successful James Bond spoof.
        
        
      • Rubber-Soul
        Review of the 1965 album by The Beatles, Rubber Soul. The Beatles' Rubber Soul showed a new maturity from with songs such as Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man & In My Life.
        
        
      • The-Beatles-Greatest-Hits-1962-1966
        Review of The Beatles Greatest Hits 1962-1966 Containing all The Beatles Greatest Hits from the early years
        
        
      • The-Beatles-Greatest-Hits-1967-1970
        Review of The Beatles Greatest Hits 1967-1970 Review contains all The Beatles Greatest Hits from Sgt. Peppers, Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road & Let It Be.
        
        
      • Past-Masters
        Review of Past Masters Volime 1 & 2 by The Beatles. All The Beatles singles releases not already on albums are gathered on Past Masters Volume 1 & 2.
        
        
    • albums-you-should-have
      Andrew Goulding's recommendations of albums you should have. Presumptuous as it might sound, this selection is of albums that I love, some of which you may even have not heard of.
      
      
      • grace-jeff-buckley
        A review of Jeff Buckley's album, Grace. Coming out of nowhere, Jeff Buckley stunned the rock world with his debut album, Grace, the best album Led Zepplin never made.
        
        
      • the-koln-concert-keith-jarrett
        A review of The Koln Concert by Keith Jarrrett. Keith Jarrett's The Koln Concert, improvised and recorded in 1975 is now one of the best-selling jazz records of all time.
        
        
    • Joni-Mitchell
      Reviews of a selection of albums by Joni Mitchell. Joni Mitchell, mostly remembered as a giggling hippy on Big Yellow Taxi has also had a long career as an experimental songwriter.
      
      
      • Ladies-Of-The-Canyon
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Ladies Of The Canyon 1970. Joni Mitchell's album Ladies Of The Canyon ends with 3 much covered songs: Woodstock, Both Sides Now & The Circle Game.
        
        
      • Blue
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Blue 1971. Joni Mitchell's Blue still sounds stark, naked and moving, the dark side to the spirit that was the Woodstock dream.
        
        
      • Court-And-Spark
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Court And Spark 1974. Court And Spark provided Joni Mitchell with a new jazz direction, a hit single in Help Me & a powerful batch of autobiographical songs.
        
        
      • The-Hissing-Of-Summer-Lawns
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, The Hissing Of Summer Lawns. Slammed by critics when first released, Joni Mitchell's The Hissing Of Summer Lawns is now considered brave and breath-taking.
        
        
      • Hejira
        Review of the Joni Mitchell 1976 album, Hejira. In Islam, Hejira is the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca. Joni Mitchell uses the analogy for her dedication to life as a musician.
        
        
      • Dog-Eat-Dog
        Review of the Joni Mitchell 1982 album, Dog Eat Dog. New-wave synths & computer drums may date Dog Eat Dog, but some of these song/diatribes bite harder than ever now.
        
        
      • Chalkmark-In-A-Rainstorm
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Chalkmark In A Rainstorm. Chalkmark In A Rainstorm saw Joni Mitchell casting herself as a storyteller, presenting little movies, rather than as a songwriter.
        
        
      • Night-Ride-Home
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Night Ride Home. Joni Mitchell pared back the sound for Night Ride Home, to create an intimate, modest album, containing at least 3 great songs.
        
        
      • Both-Sides-Now
        Review of the Joni Mitchell album, Both Sides Now. Joni Mitchell covers a dozen jazz classics on Both Sides Now with a full orchestral backing & frequently sounding surprisingly sultry.
        
        
    • King-Crimson
      Reviews of a selection of albums by prog rockers, King Crimson. Prog. Rock band have been making innovative music for 40 years under the direction of band leader, guitarist Robert Fripp.
      
      
      • Adrian-Belew
        A look at King Crimson guitarist Adrian Belew's SOLO career. Adrian Belew's SOLO career has under-achieved but he has so many undiscovered gems that it's almost embarrassing.
        
        
        • Inner-Revolution
          Review of the Adrian Belew album: Inner Revolution. Adrian Belew's Inner Revolution has got it all, guitars, great songs, humor, wisdom. So why wasn't it a hit?
          
          
        • Here
          Review of the Adrian Belew album: Here. Adrian Belew's one-man-band album, Here, is one of the rare works that constitute a "lost" Beatles album.
          
          
        • Lone-Rhino
          Reviews of Adrian Belew's Lone Rhino & Twang Bar King. Reviews of both Adrian Belew's first two SOLO albums, Lone Rhino & Twang Bar King, which have been repackaged together.
          
          
        • Mr.-Music-Head
          Review of the Adrian Belew album:Mr. Music Head. Mr. Music Head is one of Adrian Belew's gentlest albums with piano driven songs and Oh Daddy, an almost hit single.
          
          
        • Young-Lions
          Review of the Adrian Belew album: Young Lions. With David Bowie on vocals for 2 tracks, Young Lions sees Adrian Belew bristling with confidence and delivers a great set of toons.
          
          
        • Belew-Extras
          Odds & Sods from Adrian Belew
          
          
        • The-Bears
          A brief intro to Adrian Belew's occasional band, The Bears. The Bears, thinking man's power-pop were meant to be "the next big thing" in the mid 1980s but it never hapened for them.
          
          
        • Acoustic-Belew
          Review of the Adrian Belew's acoustic albums. Adrian Belew has release two acoustic albums, covering his own already recorded material as well as a few covers.
          
          
      • Robert-Fripp
        A review of selected works by King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. Reviews include: Exposure, No Pussyfooting, I Advance Masked (with Andy Summers), Under Heavy Manners etc.
        
        
        • Robert-Fripp-Brian-Eno
          A review of the two albums produced by Robert Fripp & Brian Eno. Robert Fripp & Brian Eno produced two fascinating drone-like albums in the mid 1970s, No Pussyfooting & Evening Star.
          
          
        • Exposure
          A review of Robert Fripp's solo album, Exposure. Robert Fripp's Exposure is perhaps the most unusual album yet released by a major rock musician and still defies categorization.
          
          
        • Frippertronics-Discotronics
          A brief look at Robert Fripp's Frippertronics & Discotronics, Looking at Robert Fripp's delayed guitar tape-loop system Frippertronics (later Soundscapes) & with a beat (Discotronics)
          
          
      • Discipline
        Review of the King Crimson album Discipline. The 1981 King Crimson, found Fripp & Bruford with new boys Adrian Belew on guitar & Tony Levin on bass making great noise.
        
        
      • Beat
        Review of the King Crimson album Beat. The second of King Crimson's 1980s trilogy saw the band fraught with internal struggles but the results were just fine and dandy.
        
        
      • Three-Of-A-Perfect-Pair
        Review of the King Crimson album Three Of A Perfect Pair. The final of King Crimson's 1980s trilogy is perhaps the least successful of the three but only marginally so. Includes Sleepless.
        
        
      • Thrak
        Review of the King Crimson album Thrak. After a 10 year break, King Crimson reconvened with the same 4 members from the 1980s + 2 new ones & a new album, Thrak.
        
        
    • David-Bowie
      Reviews of a selection of albums and films by David Bowie. These reviews are my take on David Bowie, one of the most influential pop musicians of the 1970s and 1980s.
      
      
      • Space-Oddity-1969
        Review of Space Oddity, the 1969 album by David Bowie. Space Oddity was a re-release of Bowie's first official album from 1969 and though erratic, has a number of gems worth checking.
        
        
      • The-Man-Who-Sold-The-World-1970
        The Man Who Sold The World, the 1970 David Bowie album. The Man Who Sold The World was David Bowie's "heavy metal" album steeped in homosexuality, magic & post-Atlantean myths.
        
        
      • Hunky-Dory-1971
        Review of Hunky Dory, the 1971 album by David Bowie. Soon after the release of Hunky Dory, David Bowie was being regularly touted in the English music press as The Next Big Thing.
        
        
      • Ziggy-Stardust-1972
        Review of Ziggy Stardust, the 1972 album by David Bowie. In hindsight, Ziggy Stardust, was a surprisingly modest English rock'n'roll album with some imposed gay affectations.
        
        
      • Pin-Ups-1973
        Review of Pin Ups, the David Bowie covers album from 1973. Pin Ups is an under-rated covers album comprised of cool tracks from bands of the London 1966-67 club scene like The Who.
        
        
      • Aladdin-Sane-1973
        Review of Aladdin Sane, the 1973 album by David Bowie. Aladdin Sane was the album created from David Bowie's impressions of America while on tour there as Ziggy Stardust.
        
        
      • Diamond-Dogs-1974
        Review of Diamond Dogs, the 1974 album by David Bowie. Diamond dogs remains one of David Bowie's favorites but I find it a muddy affair with another silly post-apocalyptic scenario.
        
        
      • Young-Americans-1975
        Review of Young Americans, the 1975 album by David Bowie. David Bowie performed perhaps the greatest u-turn in pop music history by releasing Young Americans, a bona-fide soul album.
        
        
      • Station-To-Station-1976
        Review of Station To Station, the 1976 album by David Bowie. Cocaine + Fascism + Witchcraft make a delicious combo.for David Bowie's Station To Station includes the hit single Golden Years.
        
        
      • Low-1977
        Review of Low, the 1977 album by David Bowie. Low is an astonishing and still deeply respected collaboration between David Bowie & Eno that redefined European pop music.
        
        
      • Heroes-1978
        Review of Heroes, the 1978 album by David Bowie. The second Bowie & Eno Berlin album introduced King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and produced the huge hit single, Heroes.
        
        
      • Scary-Monsters-1980
        Review of Scary Monsters the 1980 album by David Bowie. Reunited with guitarist Fripp, Bowie produces Scary Monsters, a claustrophobic, tense, album in which says goodbye to his past.
        
        
      • The-Early-Years
        Review of the early tracks released by David Bowie. There are a number of Bowie compilations from the early years, but these are the tracks you should try to make sure you get.
        
        
      • Bowie-Movies
        Reviews of a selecton of David Bowie's movis as an actor. Reviews include: The Man Who Fell To Earth, Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence, The Hunger & Labyrinth.
        
        
        • The-Man-Who-Fell-To-Earth-1976
          A review of The Man Who Fell To Earth starring David Bowie. Nicholas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth sees David Bowie as an alien of high morals who becomes perverted by the Earth.
          
          
        • The-Hunger-1986
          A review of the great looking hip vampire flick, The Hunger. Tony Scott's The Hunger sees Catherine Deneuve & David Bowie as ancient vampires who regularly need some of the red stuff.
          
          
        • Merry-Christmas-Mr-Lawrence-1983
          A review of the movie: Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence, set in a WW2 Japanese POW camp where the commander fancies prisoner David Bowie.
          
          
        • Labyrinth-1986
          Review of the movie Labyrinth + rare David Bowie music videos. From Lucasfilm, written by Monty Python's Terry Jones, directed by Jim Henson, starring David Bowie and a lots of fabulous puppets.
          
          
      • tonight
        A review of the David Bowie album, Tonight. While not one of David Bowie's more memorable albums, Tonight still had some highlights, including the mini-movie for Blue Jean.
        
        
    • Todd-Rundgren
      Reviews of a selection of albums by Todd Rundgren. Todd Rundgren, Anglophile rocker, Sweet Philadelphia white-boy soul brother, Producer, Cosmic traveller, Malcontent: the full story.
      
      
      • Runt-1970
        Review of the 1970 Todd Rundgren first album, Runt. Todd Rundgren,'s first solo album, Runt, was brave & eclectic but a little tentative. Still, there are a few tracks worth checking out.
        
        
      • The-Ballad-Of-Todd-Rundgren-1971
        Review of the 1971 album, The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren. The Ballad Of Todd Rundgren, Todd's second solo album was a considerably more confident and playful effort than his first, Runt.
        
        
      • Something-Anything-1972
        Review of the 1972 Todd Rundgren album, Something/Anything. Something/Anything was Todd Rundgren's breakthrough album. Includes: Saw The Light, Couldn't I Just Tell You & Hello It's Me.
        
        
      • A-Wizard-A-True-Star-1973
        Review of the 1973 Todd Rundgren album, A Wizard, A True Star Todd Rundgren's A Wizard, A True Star plays & sounds like a melodic acid trip with a feelgood coming down.
        
        
      • Todd-1974
        Review of the 1974 Todd Rundgren album, Todd. Indulgent and over-long, Todd's double album Todd should have been a single album, in which case it had some good moments.
        
        
      • Faithful-1976
        Review of the 1976 Todd Rundgren album, Faithful. Todd Rundgren's Faithful contained several classics, including: Love Of The Common Man & The Meaning Of The Verb To Love.
        
        
      • The-Hermit-Of-Mink-Hollow-1978
        Review of the Todd Rundgren album The Hermit Of Mink Hollow. The Hermit Of Mink Hollow remains one of Todd Rundgren's best sets finding him with a broken heart and a new-found maturity.
        
        
      • Healing-1980
        Review of the 1980 Todd Rundgren album, Healing. The best & worst of eccentric rocker Todd Rundgren.Healing contains 2 classic songs that weren't even going to be included.
        
        
      • Initiation-1975
        Review of the 1975 Todd Rundgren album, Initiation. Todd Rundgren's hippy treatise, Initiation, has to be one of his most indulgent-ever efforts but there's still some great music.
        
        
      • The-Tortured-Artist-Effect-1982
        Review of the 1982 Todd Rundgren album, Tortured Artist. The ironic and wonderfully silly full title of this album should be: Todd Rundgren presents The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect.
        
        
      • A-capella-1984
        Review of the 1984 Todd Rundgren album, A capella. A capella finds studio whizz-kid Todd Rundgren delivering one his strongest ever albums with all the music created by his voice.
        
        
      • Todd-Rundgren-And-Utopia
        Reviews of a selection of albums by Todd Rundgren & Utopia Todd's Utopia went from prog rock to cosmic hard rock to Beatle tribute band to new wave pop on consecutive albums. Weird!
        
        
        • Todd-Rundgren-presents-Utopia-1973
          Review of the first Utopia album, 1973's self-titled, Utopia. Consuming a steady diet of Yes & ELP, pop one-man band, Todd Rundgren created his own LIVE Prog. Rock combo, Utopia.
          
          
        • Another-Live-1975
          Review of the second Utopia album, 1975's Another LIVE. Todd Rundgren & Utopia Another LIVE has got 3 of the best ever hippy songs on Side 1 and a grab-bag of assortments on Side 2.
          
          
        • Ra-1977
          Review of the third Utopia album, 1977's Ra. Stripped down to a 4-piece that was equally adept at prog rock or pop, Ra bristles with goofy hippy energy and some stern warnings.
          
          
        • Oops!-Wrong-Planet-1978
          Review of the fourth Utopia album, 1978's Oops! Wrong Planet. Swinging from Cosmic to Harder Rock, Oops! included Love Is The Answer which England Dan & John Ford Coley took to #1.
          
          
        • Adventures-In-Utopia-1980
          Review of the fifth Utopia album, 1980's Adventures In Utopia. Adventures is one of those great summer-sounding albums and contained the hit single, Set Me Free.
          
          
        • Deface-The-Music-1980
          Review of the sixth Utopia album, 1980's Deface The Music. A bizarre, Todd Rundgren-driven Beatles pastiche album from all stages of their 1964-70 career. Very clever and sometimes funny!
          
          
        • Swing-To-The-Right-1982
          Review of the seventh Utopia album, 1982's Swing To The Right. With the election of President Reagan in 1980, Todd Rundgren & Utopia warned America of the ramifications of that conservatism.
          
          
        • Utopia
          Is this Utopia release the greatest dumb album of all time? Pop-hooks a-plenty as Utopia deliver a superb boy-meets-girl collection of witty love songs that was criminally overlooked.
          
          
    • Roxy-Music
      Reviews of a selection of albums by Roxy Music. In hindsight, Roxy Music's hugely influential albums of the 1970s are some of the most imaginative and disciplined rock music, ever.
      
      
      • Roxy-Music-1972
        Review of the self-titled first Roxy Music album. Roxy Music's first album appeared out of nowhere with an image, sound and intellectual approach that was entirely novel & exciting. .
        
        
      • For-Your-Pleasure-1973
        Review of the second Roxy Music album, For Your Pleasure. For Your Pleasure is Roxy Music's most experimental album featuring classics like Do The Strand & Editions Of You.
        
        
      • Stranded-1973
        Review of the third Roxy Music album, Stranded. Stranded was the first Roxy Music album without Eno & saw the band shifting from experimental pop to a more sophisticated sound.
        
        
      • Country-Life-1974
        Review of the fourth Roxy Music album, Country Life. Roxy Music's Country Life stands up as possibly their strongest set but with no real hit singles, it's hardly remembered.
        
        
      • Siren-1975
        Review of the fifth Roxy Music album, Siren. siren was the last of the five great Roxy Music albums released within a 3 year period and included the hit "Love Is The Drug".
        
        
      • Manifesto-1978
        Review of the sixth Roxy Music album, Manifesto. Manifesto was the Roxy Music reforms album of 1978, after 3 years apart, with the band moving in a new "dance" direction.
        
        
      • Avalon-1982
        Review of the eighth Roxy Music album, Avalon. Avalon is remembered for many years as the ultimate yuppiie make-out album. Funky muzak that sounds meaningful.
        
        
      • Roxy-Music-Greatest-Hits
        Review of Roxy Music Greatest Hits Collection Although there are several Roxy Music Greatest Hits collections floating around, this is the most comprehensive, by far.
        
        
      • Andy-Mackay
        A brief look at some of Roxy Music's Andy Mackay's SOLO work. Andy Mackay's first solo album, In Search of Eddie Riff was a curious saxaphone instrumental treat.
        
        
      • Phil-Manzanera
        Review of Phil Manzanera's album, Diamond Head. Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera's first SOLO album is a fascinating taste of how Roxy might have developed.
        
        
        • 801-LIVE
          A review of the album 801 LIVE, featuring Phil Manzanera & Eno. In 1976 Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera created this one-off band for a few concerts. The resultant 801 LIVE album was sensational.
          
          
      • Bryan-Ferry
        Reviews of the solo albums by Roxy Music leader Bryan Ferry. Reviews include: These Foolish Things, Let's Stick Together, In Your Mind, Boys & Girls, Bete Noire, Mamouna etc.
        
        
        • These-Foolish-Things-1973
          Review of the first Bryan Ferry solo album, These Foolish Things. Bryan Ferry's joyous first solo album, These Foolish things, is a must-have in any pop fan's music collection.
          
          
        • Another-Time-Another-Place-1974
          The second Bryan Ferry album, Another Time, Another Place. Bryan Ferry's 1974 solo album Another Time, Another Place has sadly become lost in the glory that was mid-1970s Roxy Music
          
          
        • Lets-Stick-Together-1976
          Review of the third Bryan Ferry album, Let's Stick Together. Bryan Ferry's Let's Stick together, one of his most popular albums, is actually just a repackaged collection of singles & b-sides.
          
          
        • Taxi-1993
          Review of Bryan Ferry's 1993 covers album, Taxi. Bryan Ferry's Taxi is a gem, one of the best sounding albums in rock music history with guitars swirling in and out of the chic mist.
          
          
        • The-Bride-Stripped-Bare-1978
          Review of the fifth Bryan Ferry album, The Bride Sripped Bare. There's some good and some dirte on Bryan Ferry's The Bride Stripped Bare but what's good is delicate and delicious.
          
          
        • Boys-And-Girls
          Review of Bryan Ferry's 1985 album, Boys & Girls. When Slave To Love was used in the pivotal montage for the movie 9½ Weeks it broke Bryan Ferry's Boys & Girls globally.
          
          
        • Bete-Noire
          Review of Bryan Ferry's 1988 album, Bete Noire. Bete Noire is the album that should have broken Bryan Ferry in the USA but unfortunately it's chic and distinctly European.
          
          
        • Mamouna
          Review of Bryan Ferry's 1997 album, Mamouna. The aesthetics of drowning. Ferry's Mamouna, years in the making is an album of beautiful, cool, wafting sounds looking for a song.
          
          
        • In-Your-Mind
          Review of Bryan Ferry's 1977 album, In Your Mind. Disappointing SOLO album by Bryan Ferry, in which he made a very deliberate guitar-orientated grab for the American market.
          
          
      • Brian-Eno
        Andrew Goulding's brief retrospective of Brian Eno's works. Reviews include Eno's: Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain, No Pussyfooting, Another Green World etc.
        
        
        • Another-Green-World-1975
          Review of the Brian Eno album Another Green World. Brian Eno's Another Green World broke new ground in its simple intuitive use of synthesizers, a big influence on 70s European pop.
          
          
        • Ambient-Music
          Review of the Brian Eno Ambient Music album Discreet Music. Discreet Music may be the first Ambient Music, music that, in theory, one should ignore, quite the opposite to pop music.
          
          
        • Here-Come-The-Warm-Jets-1973
          Review of the Brian Eno album Here Come The Warm Jets. Brian Eno's Here Come The Warm Jets is one of the great Art Rock (and possibly Glam) releases. Droll with some great toons.
          
          
        • Taking-Tiger-Mountain-By-Strategy-1974
          Review of the Brian Eno album Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy was Brian Eno's second solo album, created with Roxy Music's Phil Manzanera on guitar.
          
          
        • Before-And-After-Science-1977
          Review of the Brian Eno album Before And After Science. Brian Eno's Before And After Science has some interesting moments but isn't as groundbreaking as his previous releases.
          
          
  • Books
    A collection of books reviewed by Andrew Goulding. Reviews include works on Hitler, philosopher George Gurdjieff, John Lennon, Spalding Gray, The Magus, Foucault's Pendulum...
    
    
    • Foucaults-Pendulum-Umberto-Eco
      Review of the novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco. Foucault's Pendulum is an orge of intellectual games, a satire of New Age manias and a great conspiracy theory all rolled into one.
      
      
    • The-Magus-John-Fowles
      Review of the novel The Magus by John Fowles. The Magus is John Fowles' first novel, a wonderful, verbose maze with a selfish, young 1950s everyman trying to find his way out.
      
      
    • Spalding-Gray
      Reviews of a collection of works by monologuist Spalding Gray The late Spalding Gray's gift was to always tell his version of the truth in all its neurotic, narcissistic, often comic & brutal honesty.
      
      
      • Swimming-To-Cambodia
        Review of Swimming To Cambodia by Spalding Gray Spalding Gray's hilarious self-obsessed Swimming To Cambodia monologues were also made into a successful movie.
        
        
      • Monster-In-a-Box
        Review of Monster In A Box by Spalding Gray Spalding Gray's Monster In A Box monologues about the writing of his novel were recorded to create a movie, also available on DVD.
        
        
      • Gray's-Anatomy
        Review of Gray's Anatomy by Spalding Gray Spalding Gray's punningly-titles Gray's Anatomy details his dive into alternative medicine while attempting to avoid a routine operation.
        
        
  • Movies
    Reviews of over 60 movies by Andrew Goulding A selection of movies that I've enjoyed over the years, some well known, others less so.
    
    
    • Cult-Movies
      Andrew Goulding's selection: Cult Movies. Reviews include: Midnight Cowboy, Team America, Indahouse, Evil Dead 2, Austin Powers, Dude Where's My Car, Cletis Tout
      
      
      • Midnight-Cowboy
        Andrew Goulding's review of Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Cowboy is about 2 unlikely friends. Dustin Hoffman & Jon Voigt and was the Academy Award winner for best picture in 1969.
        
        
      • Team-America
        Andrew Goulding's review of Team America. Broad-minded viewers only! A pre-Iraq War puppet satire from the makers of South Park, filled with both inventiveness & Nihilism.
        
        
      • Indahouse
        A review of Sacha Baron Cohen's movie: Ali G Indahouse. Sacha Baron (Borat) Cohen's first movie as white, weed-smoking, unemployed home-boy, Ali G, who's elected to parliament.
        
        
      • Psycho-Beach-Party
        A review of the extremely gay movie: Psycho Beach Party. Psycho Beach Party is a very guilty, pleasure with virtually no redeeming qualities...but lots of tacky fun & some great one-liners!
        
        
      • Happy-Texas
        Andrew Goulding's review of the Happy Texas movie. 2 crims on the run are mistaken as gay beauty pageant experts in the small town of Happy Texas. Cupid + bank robbery fun.
        
        
      • Evil-Dead-2
        A review of the cult classic film by director Sam Raimi, Evil Dead 2. Spiiderman director Sam Raimi in his first big-budget feature, a virtual remake of his first movie, Evil Dead. Zombie-like fun.
        
        
      • Austin-Powers-Trilogy
        Andrew Goulding's Review of The Austin Powers Trilogy. My silly attempt to use the full force of armchair pop psychology to analyse Mike Myers' Austin Powers trilogy. "...Oh Behave!"
        
        
      • Dude-Where's-My-Car?
        Review of the cult movie Dude Where's My Car? Dude Where's My Car? is a wonderful, colorful, very funny total waste of time. Great stoner fun with lots of catch phrases.
        
        
      • Who-Is-Cletis-Tout?
        A review of the cult movie: Who Is Cletis Tout? In Who Is Cletis Tout?, film buff hit-man Tim Allen gives his victim one chance to live. Tell me a good story or I'll blow your brains out.
        
        
    • Black-Comedy-Movies
      Andrew Goulding's selection: Black Comedy Movies. Reviews include: American Beauty, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty & Bonfire Of The Vanities.
      
      
      • Pulp-Fiction
        A review of the movie: Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction is the best black comedy of the 1990s with stunning, performancess by all the cast and a great out-of-sequence script.
        
        
      • American-Beauty
        A review of the movie: American Beauty starring Kevin Spacey. American Beauty, winner of 5 Academy Awards in 2000, including Best Picture, is a triumph of American pre-9/11 navel-gazing.
        
        
      • Get-Shorty
        A review of the 1996 Get Shorty movie, starring John Travolta. In Get Shorty, JohnTravolta plays Chilli Parker, a loan-shark with a heart of gold, who loves movies and finds a way into Hollywood.
        
        
      • Bonfire-Of-The-Vanities
        A review of The Bonfire Of the Vanities, starringTom Hanks. Bruce Willis turns in a delightful comic performance as alcoholic journalist, Peter Fallow, who destroys stock trader Tom Hanks' life.
        
        
    • Movies-For-Thought
      Andrew Gouldings selection: Movies For Thought. Reviews include: Million Dollar Baby, Apocalypse Now, Baraka, Birdy, Shattered Glass, Supersize Me, The Life Of David Gale etc.
      
      
      • Million-Dollar-Baby
        A review of Clint Eastwood's movie: Million Dollar Baby. The Academy award-winning boxing drama Million Dollar Baby is Clint Eastwood's great achievent, stark, austere and poignant.
        
        
      • Super-Size-Me
        A review of Morgan Spurlock's documentary: Super Size Me. In Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock's went on a diet of McDonald's for one month and supersized whenever requested. He got fat & ill.
        
        
      • Apocalypse-Now
        Andrew Goulding's review of the movie: Apocalypse Now Redux. Director Francis Ford Coppola reinserted 2 major scenes for Apocalypse Now Redux, his original vision, re-released in 2001.
        
        
      • Shattered-Glass
        A review of the movie Shattered Glass with Hayden Christiansen. Stephen Glass, is a young, funny, charismatic journalist for the respected New Republic magazine. He's also a pathological liar.
        
        
      • The-Life-Of-David-Gale
        A review of The Life Of David Gale, starring Kevin Spacey The Life Of David Gale is about a Philosophy professor & anti- death penalty activist, who's on the Texas Death Row for murder.
        
        
      • Birdy
        A review of Alan Parker's movie Birdy, starring Nicholas Cage. Review of Alan Parker 's movie Birdy, about a young man who's been traumatized bythe Vietnam War & copes by acting like a bird.
        
        
      • Baraka
        A review of the New Age movie Baraka, 1992 Baraka is a stunning visual and world music trip around the planet and its people. A must-see for every hippy & new age humanist.
        
        
    • Woody-Allen
      Andrew Goulding's brief selection of Woody Allen movies. Is movie writer and director Woody Allen an insightful auteur or a whining, self-obsessed goof? Reviews include Annie Hall etc.
      
      
      • Manhattan
        A review of the Woody Allen movie from 1978, Manhattan. Woody Allen's dark ode to Manhattan and its dwellers was a powerful follow-up to the breezy existentialism of Annie Hall.
        
        
      • Annie-Hall
        A review of the Woody Allen movie from 1978, Annie Hall. Woody Allen's Academy Award-winning and still very funny movie, Annie Hall, based on his love affair with Diane Keaton.
        
        
      • Take-The-Money-And-Run
        A review of the Woody Allen movie, Take The Money And Run. Take The Money And Run was Woody Allen's breathrough movie, a mockumentary about a petty criminal, whose every crime fails.
        
        
    • Christopher-Guest
      Reviews of a selection of director Christopher Guest's movies. Christopher Guest, (Nigel from Spinal Tap) has directed several highly acclaimed movies e.g. A Mighty Wind & Best In Show.
      
      
      • Spinal-Tap
        A review of the movie: This Is Spinal Tap directed by Rob Reiner. If you love Rock'n'Roll, you must see This Is Spinal Tap, the often hilarious, satirical rockumentary on "the world's loudest band".
        
        
      • Best-In-Show
        Andrew Goulding's review of the movie: Best In Show, Directed by Christopher Guest, Best In Show is the second of his "actor-improvised" movies, this time spotlighting dog shows.
        
        
      • A-Mighty-Wind
        Andrew Goulding's review of the movie: A Mighty Wind Directed by Christopher Guest, A Mighty Wind is his third "actor- improvised" movie, this time hilariously satirising 1960s folk music.
        
        
      • Waiting-For-Guffman
        A review of the movie: Waiting For Guffman. Directed by Christopher Guest, Waiting For Guffman is the first of his "actor-improvised" movies, spotlighting smalltown theatre.
        
        
    • Mainstream-movies
      Andrew Goulding's selection of Mainstream Movies. Reviews of: Clueless, Indiana Jones, Bend It Like Beckham & The 40 Year Old Virgin, movies that I couldn't fit into other categories.
      
      
      • Indiana-Jones-Trilogy
        Andrew Goulding's brief review of The Indiana Jones Trilogy. Indiana Jones is a part of pop culture & a review of the series might seem superfluous...but this is what my kids thought:
        
        
      • Bend-It-Like-Beckham
        A review of Bend It Like Beckham, starring Keira Knightley. Bend It Like Beckham is a quirky, feel-good, culture-clash comedy about an English-born Indian girl wanting to play soccer.
        
        
      • 40-Year-Old-Virgin
        A review of the 40 year Old Virgin movie starring Steve Carrell. Very funny, ribald humor & an education for dating women when 4 macho guys discover their nerdy co-worker is a 40 Year Old Virgin.
        
        
      • Clueless
        Andrew Goulding's review of Clueless, starring Alicia Silverstone. Clueless is still a hip, very funny tale about a spoilt rich girl with a heart of gold who's finding out about love the (not too) hard way.
        
        
    • Historical-movies
      Andrew Goulding's selection of Pre-1900 Historical Movies. "...Many of these movies have tens of millions spent on historical research, costume design etc.they are an education to watch..."
      
      
      • Troy
        A review of the ancient epic,Troy, starring Brad Pitt & Eric Bana. Troy is a great-looking $200 million epic with Brad Pitt as he-man Achilles on a quest for immortality via the Trojan Horse.
        
        
      • The-Name-Of-The-Rose-movie
        A review of The Name Of The Rose movie starring Sean Connery. Monks are being murdered in a medieval monastery and Connery plays a rational monk who doesn't believe the Devil is to blame.
        
        
        • The-Name-Of-The-Rose-novel
          Review of The Name Of The Rose. novel by Umberto Eco, The Name Of The Rose.is a whodunit set 1327 in a medieval monastery, monks are dying. Is it The Devil...or one of them?
          
          
      • Kingdom-Of-Heaven
        A review of Ridley Scott's Crusades epic: Kingdom Of Heaven. Ridley Scott's Kingdom Of Heaven is a brilliantly shot, post 9/11 humanist essay on Christian v Moslem wars of 1,000 years ago.
        
        
      • Munich
        A review of the Stephen Spielberg movie, Munich. Stephen Spielberg's movie about an Israeli hit-squad's retailation killings after Israeli athletes were killed at the '72 Munich Olympics.
        
        
      • Cry-Freedom
        A review of Cry Freedom, starring Kevin Kline. Cry Freedom looks at Apartheid in South Africa on the 1970s & the murder of black leader Steve Biko by State Security forces.
        
        
      • Driving-Miss-Daisy
        A review of the Academy Award-winning film Driving Miss Daisy. Winner of 4 Academy Awards, starring Morgan Freeman & Jessica Tandy, a love story of sorts spread over 40 years..
        
        
      • Fried-Green-Tomatoes
        A review of the award-winning film Fried Green Tomatoes. Fried Green Tomatoes is a love story set in the 1930s about two women who love each other without knowing they are lesbians..
        
        
      • Gandhi
        A review of the Academy Award winning movie, Gandhi.. Sir Richard Attenborough's epic 1982 film about Mahatma Gandhi and his 40 year struggle to gain independence for India.
        
        
  • English-Comedy
    A brief look at two great English Comedy Acts Reviews of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore in the 1960s and Monty Python in the 1970s, who have dominated English comedy since.
    
    
    • Monty-Python
      A review of the collected works of Monty Python. Monty Python dominated English comedy during the 1970s and considerably beyond. Reviews of their movies, solo work etc.
      
      
      • monty-python-movies
        Reviews of movies by English comedy Giants, Monty Python.. Reviews include: And Now For something Completely Different, The Holy Grail, The Life Of Brian &The Meaning Of Life.
        
        
        • The-Holy-Grail
          A review of the movie Monty Python & The Holy Grail. Monty Python & The Holy Grail was the team's first movie outside of the TV series and though made on a shoestring, looks great.
          
          
        • The-Life-Of-Brian
          A review of the movie: Monty Python & The Life Of Brian. The Life Of Brian is Monty Python's satire on Brian, whose life uncannily mirrored Jesus Christ's was very successful for the team.
          
          
        • The-Meaning-Of-Life
          A review of the movie: Monty Python & The Meaning Of Life. There's much to support Eric Idle's belief that The Meaning of Life is a great musical masquerading as a sketch comedy film.
          
          
        • And-Now-For-Something-Completely-Different
          Monty Python: And Now For Something Completely Different Review of the 1971 Monty Python movie And Now For Something Completely Different, starring John Cleese & Co.
          
          
        • Monty-Python-LIVE
          A review of the DVD: Monty Python LIVE. A compilation of: Monty Python LIVE at the Hollywood Bowl, LIVE At Aspen, the German TV special & a greatest hits selection.
          
          
      • Terry-Jones
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of Terry Jones. Terry Jones has had a busy post-Python career, writing academic history books and writing & directing several movies.
        
        
        • The-Wind-In-The-Willows
          A review of the movie: The Wind In The Willows 1997 Directed by Monty Python member, Terry Jones, Wind In the Willows is an imaginative but accurate representation of the book.
          
          
        • Erik-The-Viking
          A review of the movie: Erik The Viking, directed by Terry Jones. Erik The Viking is an only partly successful swashbuckling movie that carries a serious philosophical message about Men & Women.
          
          
        • Personal-Services
          A review of the movie Personal Services, starring Julie Walters. Julie Walters plays Christine Painter a down to earth woman who falls into prostitution but discovers the real money is in Domination.
          
          
      • John-Cleese
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of John Cleese. Mini reviews of Fawlty Towers, A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures and his books about emotional survival.
        
        
        • Cleese-the-writer-actor
          John Cleese, the writer-actor. John Cleese has been involved in a number of successful projects as a writer-actor, including Fawlty Towers & A Fish Called Wanda.
          
          
        • Cleese-The-Thinker
          John Cleese, the thinker. John Cleese has used his position as one of England's top comics to also discuss some very non-comedic issues, lin books & DVDs.
          
          
      • Eric-Idle
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of Eric Idle. With Graham Chapman, Eric Idle was considered something of a Monty Python under-achiever but he's the brains behind Spamalot.
        
        
        • Rutland-Weekend-Television
          Eric Idle's Rutland Weekend Television & The Rutles. Rutland Weekend Television was a TV series Eric Idle created soon after Monty Python, The Rutles were its Beatle-parody band.
          
          
      • Michael-Palin
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of Michael Palin. Post Monty Python, Michael Palin has successfully carved himself a fine career as a writer, actor and television explorer.
        
        
      • Terry-Gilliam
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of Terry Gilliam. Terry Gilliam has well and truly flown form his Monty Python perch and has long been an established Hollywood movie director.
        
        
      • Grahan-Chapman
        A brief look at the non-Monty Python career of Graham Chapman. The late Graham Chapman was definitely the under-achiever of Monty Python although he did leave a superb autobiography.
        
        
    • Peter-Cook-Dudley-Moore
      Selections from the career of Peter Cook & Dudley Moore. During the 1960s Peter Cook & Dudley Moore were considered the funniest men in Britain and, some would argue, the world.
      
      
      • Peter-Cook-A-Biography
        A review of Peter Cook: A Biography by Harry Thompson. Harry Thompson's biography of Peter Cook is an incisive peek into the soul of a man described as "the funniest man in England".
        
        
      • Derek-&-Clive
        Review of various Derek & Clive albums Derek & Clive, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore's toilet-cleaner alter- egoes produced 3 albums of foul-mouthed often hilarious excess.
        
        
      • Bedazzled
        Review of the 1967 movie Bedazzled, written by Peter Cook. Bedazzled was supposed to launch Peter Cook as an international movie-star, except he couldn't act. Dudley Moore could, though!
        
        
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    The Andrew Goulding About Us page. A brief introduction to Andrew Goulding, webmaster of the review site.
    
    
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  • A-Thinking-Man
    Andrew Goulding: A Thinking Man Reviews of books and movies that I consider worth pondering and mini sections on the philosopher Gurdjieff and Adolf Hitler.
    
    
    • Gurdjieff
      Andrew Goulding's intro to the philosopher George Gurdjieff. Gurdjieff's system a.k.a. The Fourth Way is a significant chunk of the virtually lost esoteric knowledge that unites all great religions.
      
      
      • In-Search-Of-The-Miraculous-Ouspensky
        Review of: In Search Of The Miraculous by P.D.Ouspensky. By far the most outstanding book on George Gurdjieff, In Search Of The Miraculous is still only ...fragments of an unknown teaching
        
        
      • Struggle-Of-The-Magicians
        Review of Struggle Of The Magicians by William Patrick Patterson Struggle Of The Magicians, a chronicled history of the ups & downs of mystic George Gurdjieff & chief disciple P.D. Ouspensky.
        
        
      • beelzebub's-tales-to-his-grandson
        An intro to George Gurdjieff & Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson. A look at two books by philosopher George Gurdjieff, Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson & Meetings With Remarkable Men.
        
        
    • Hitler
      Andrew Goulding's selection of books on Nazi Germany & Hitler. I believe Hitler to be the most astonishing public figure of the 20th Century. I find his story both fascinating and utterly repellant.
      
      
      • Spandau-Secret-Diaries
        The Spandau: The Secret Diaries by Albert Speer. Albert Speer, imprisoned for 20 years at Nuremburg for war crimes. The Secret Diaries is his impressive recapturing of that time.
        
        
      • Albert-Speer-His-Battle-With-Truth
        Review of: Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth by Gitta Sereny. Albert Speer, Hiter's architect, Armaments minister, & friend, the #2 in Nazi Germany, yet,claimed he was unaware of The Holocaust.
        
        
      • The-Book-Of-Alfred-Kantor
        Review of The Book Of Alfred Kantor, Holocaust survivor. The Book Of Alfred Kantor, pesents watercolors of the Nazi camps at Auschwitz & Treblinka. Frequently used in Holocaust exhibitions
        
        
      • The-Spear-Of-Destiny
        Review of the book: The Spear Of Destiny by Trevor Ravenscroft. The Spear Of Destiny is a fascinating book that claims to explain the Occult roots of Nazi Mysticism & Hitler's possesssion by Evil.
        
        
      • Triumph-Of-The-Will
        A Review of: Triumph Of The Will a film by Leni Riefenstahl. Triumph Of The Will, about the 1934 Nuremberg Nazi party rally is the first successful weaving of documentary, propaganda & music.
        
        
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    Andrew Goulding recommends Xango mangosteen juice? I can't believe what life would be without Xango mangosteen juice. It's no ordinary health supplement, it's given me my life back.
    
    
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    A mini home-page for various writings by Andrew Goulding Links to my various articles, selected blog posts, favorite youtube videos and jokes.
    
    
    • Lame-Jokes-Inc.
      Andrew Goulding's Jokes. No, I haven't written these jokes, merely collected, rewritten and then posted them on a blog that I occasionally update.
      
      
    • Articles
      A selection of articles by Andrew Goulding. A number of articles and essays selected from my blog. Categories include: Biography, Rants, Pop Music, Men & Women.
      
      
    • My-Deepest-Blog
      A selection of blog posts by Andrew Goulding. Occasionally I post at my blog, My Deepest Blog. Here are a collection of my favorite posts.
      
      
    • Youtube-Videos
      A selection of Youtube videos chosen by Andrew Goulding. Occasionally I post at a blog I created for Youtube videos that I like. Some are weird, others interesting, some just clever...
      
      
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