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Siouxsie and The Banshees: Once Upon a Time

October 19, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Once Upon a Time is 9-track video featuring a compilation of tracks by Siouxsie and The Banshees, from 1978 to 1981, including Hong Kong Garden, Happy House, Israel and […]

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Music, Television

Love And Rockets: Sorted!

October 12, 2014by The Thorn 10 Comments

Synopsis: ‘Sorted! The Best Of’ is based on the original cult favorite “Haunted Fish Tank” videotape. Also included are all of Love and Rockets music videos, a band interview the […]

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Music, Television

Bauhaus: Shadow of Light

October 5, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Shadow of Light contains all the Bauhaus promotional videos as well as live performances recorded at the Old Vic Theatre in London in 1982.  *********************************************************************** Bauhaus: Shadow of Light […]

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Music, Television

Brian Eno: 1971-1977 – The Man Who Fell to Earth

September 14, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: This documentary film – the first ever about Eno – explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 & 1977, the period that some view as his […]

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Film, Music

No-Man: Mixtaped

August 24, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Mixtaped is a 2 disc set that captures No-Man’s complete concert at Bushhall, London in August 2008. it also includes a live photo gallery, including photos from all three […]

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Film, Music

Talking to Girls About Duran Duran

August 4, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As […]

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Literature, Music

Love is a Mix Tape

July 28, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Mix tapes: Stick one into a deck and you’re  transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield, author of Turn Around Bright Eyes that time was one […]

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Literature, Music

Arcadia: s/t

June 29, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Making of Arcadia (also known as Arcadia) is a Arcadia video, originally released in 1987. *********************************************************************** Arcadia: s/t 7.5 eyelights: the fantastic music. eyesores: Simon Le Bon and […]

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Music, Television

Björk: Volumen / Volumen Plus / Greatest Hits

June 22, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Unique, brilliant and impossibly gifted, Bjork is one of pop music’s most vital artists. Her award-winning videos echo the visionary spirit that inspires her music. “Volumen” collects every video […]

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Music, Television

Kate Bush: The Whole Story

June 15, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: A greatest hits compilation featuring thirteen of willowy Kate Bush’s promotional videos, including ‘Wuthering Heights’, ‘Hounds of Love’ and ‘Running Up That Hill’.   *********************************************************************** Kate Bush: The Whole […]

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Dancer in the Dark

May 30, 2014by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: In a world of shadows, she found the light of life. Director Lars von Trier (Breaking The Waves) delivers a provocative mix of drama and musical theater in this […]

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Film, Music

New Order: Story

April 27, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis:  New Order Story is a 1993 documentary on the English indie rock band New Order, featuring the majority of their music videos, as well as interviews with the band […]

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Film, Music, Television

The Dresden Dolls: Live in Paradise

March 30, 2014by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Live at Paradise June 5th 2005 At 11:58 PM on Sunday June 5th, after a five hour delay that had all hands on deck scrambling to try to restore […]

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