I freely admit it. I have a number of guilty musical pleasures: songs and bands that I would be slightly embarrassed that anyone knew I adored or enjoyed sneaking a listen to from time to time. One of those passions is for classic prog rock, or at least, a subset of it. Now, Deeper Into...



Vows of silence and other paradoxes
In Philip Gröning’s 2005 documentary Into Great Silence we spend almost three hours in the company of monks who’ve taken a lifelong oath of silence in a Swiss monastery. This lush beautiful film gives us a fleeting sense of a life of profound, ascetic quietude. It’s a paradox, of course, for a sound medium...
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