Art/Film/Music

Paulina Wierzgacz and “The Drinking Season”

Karolina Szymczak

rem·i·nis·cence noun 1. the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc. -- Model: Karolina Szymczak; Directed by: Roman Ziaja; Filmed by: Krystian Forberger; Edited by: Paulina Wierzgacz; Music by: Tom Fahy ("The Drinking Season")
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The Luthier – Janos Markus-Barbarossa

János Márkus-Barbarossa

The Luthier: János Márkus-Barbarossa → "As many wrong things that were done in the name of Lenin, still he said three good things: Learn! Learn! Learn! But from this point of view, he was not so stupid." Shot and Edited by: Matei Plesa; Second Camera: Emanuil Iova; Soundtrack: Tom Fahy (Read More »

Motonori Sato Double Feature: Akihiro Ikeyama’s “Holey Holye” & Surfing on the Eisbach

Surfing on the Eisbach

“Holey Holye” Artist: Akihiro Ikeyama Directed and Edited by: Motonori Sato Music by: Tom Fahy Surfing on the Eisbach Directed and Edited by: Motonori Sato Music: “Letters to Allayne,” by Tom Fahy
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Milan Brown: Aliwal Shoal in South Africa

Location: Aliwal Shoal, South Africa Filmed by: Christine Kelbe Edited by: Milan Brown Music: “Op. 5, Étude No. 19” by Tom Fahy
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Voortrekker (Andries Pretorius’ Theme)

Voortrekker (Andries Pretorius’ Theme)

"I say to you that not one of you will return." —► Gertz Maritz's warning to Piet Retief prior to the massacre of Retief's party by Zulu Chief Dingane, half-brother of Shaka.
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Op. 6, Nos. 1-27

Op. 6, Nos. 1-27

"Undomesticated piano playing, urgent and sincere, without a sarcastic or satrical note. Delightfully ambiguous storytelling and a paean to the high culture offhandedly dismissed by post-modernism. Opus 6 is not only the work of a composer still laboring under the burden of his curses, but is also a resounding work against balefulness." –Aaron Desmond,...
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Richard Wagner: Parsifal, ein Bühnenweihfestspiel

Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival Buch I (Gamuret of Anjon Speaks) If unfaith in the heart find dwelling, then the soul it shall reap but woe; And shaming alike and honor are his who such doubt show, For it standeth in evil contrast with a true man’s dauntless might, As one seeth the magpie’s plumage,...
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Saga

Saga

sa·ga \ˈsä-gə — A Modern Heroic Narrative Resembling the Icelandic Saga... — “Saga is explicitly autobiographical in a way that, ironically, My Story (2008) is not. It is a consistently loud album and no less violent than the unusual clan that it describes.” —Aaron Desmond, Snide Magazine
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“A Short Affair,” Eight Years Later…

“A Short Affair,” Eight Years Later…

Making Music is voluntary. Unlike bread, we don't require it for our sustenance. Accordingly, music should not require its pound of flesh from the would-be listener. The price of art should be set by the market, by the listener, not by a machine with political interests. —Tom Fahy, 2004 Date: 2004 Label: Stag Records...
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Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 (Second Movement)

"It is no common mortal who speaks to us in this music." —Ludwig Speidel
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