Bill Callahan – Apocalypse (2011)

Mr. Brainwash-'Jebeno Remek-Delo'...
Mrs. Dragonslayer-' Slusam ga 3 puta dnevno, Neverovatno...
Mr. Juvenile Delinquent-'Album Godine, Za Sada...Najezen ga slusam...Uvek!!!

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Songs That Save My Day In Serrrbia...

Le Trou (Jacques Becker, 1960)

In a Paris prison cell, five inmates use every ounce of their tenacity and ingenuity in an elaborate attempt to tunnel to freedom. Based on the novel by José Giovanni, Jacques Becker’s Le trou (The Hole) balances lyrical humanism with a tense, unshakable air of imminent danger
Le Trou, Jacques Becker’s last film, is undoubtedly the director’s best work and was hailed at the time (particularly by the New Wave directors such as François Truffaut) as a masterpiece. Today, it remains a compelling film, superbly directed and photographed with a remarkable attention to detail.

Fleet Foxes - "Helplessness Blues" [Sub Pop]

Fleet Foxes are one of those bands that arrived so fully formed that it was hard to imagine where they'd take their sound next, and judging by the long gap between their debut LP and the upcoming Helplessness Blues, it seems the group may have struggled with that notion some as well. The eponymous lead single from the record finds them honing their intricate baroque folk while at the same time trying out a more straightforward, lyrical approach. The most notable difference between "Helplessness Blues" and the Sun Giant/Fleet Foxes material is that frontman Robin Pecknold's words and vocals are front and center, high in the mix. Over a surging acoustic instrumental, he sings about existential fear ("What's my name? What's my station? Oh, just tell me what I should do") in a hopeful and earnest way. Some will probably call these lyrics hokey, but they're delivered with such sincerity (and vocal warmth) that I can't help but go along for the ride. The song is essentially two halves, and around the three-minute mark, the whole band appears, and it bursts into a more reverberant, orchestral section that just shimmers. It's here where you remember how great these guys sound when they're firing on all cylinders, and it's easy to think there could be more of this kind of lovely sprawl on the record's other tracks.

Timber Timbre – Creep On Creepin On (2011)

Cekao sam neki Savrseni dan kao ovaj danas...Kisa pada Bez Prestanka...
Sivo I Mutno je, Zle slutnje, Nemiri...A Opet, oseca se neko Cudesno Blazenstvo...
E, Bas takav je ovaj Posebni Album, Izgubljen u svojoj mracnoj jednostavnosti.

Black Death, Christopher Smith (2010)

As the Black Death sweeps through Medieval England, young monk Osmund (Eddie Redmayne) sends his girlfriend, Averill (Kimberly Nixon), to the safety of the remote forest while he remains at the monastery to serve God. Shortly thereafter, Ulric (Sean Bean) and his fierce band of Christian crusaders show up seeking a guide to help them locate an isolated village that is said to be untouched by the Black Plague. Convinced that this may be his one opportunity to reunite with Averill and serve a higher power at the same time, Osmund volunteers. Later, as the group departs, Osmund learns that their mission has much darker implications. Rumors persist that within the village dwells a necromancer with the power to bring the dead back to life; their true goal is to take the sorcerer back to the bishop for confession, trial, and execution.

Boy Meets Girl, Leos Carax (1984)

A depressed aspiring filmmaker falls in love with a suicidal young woman in this off-beat French drama, the second feature from director Leos Carax. Both have been recently dumped by their lovers and neither is coping very well. They meet via an apartment intercom system. Later the filmmaker sees her by the Seine. They finally meet in person at an elegant party and begin a long, strange conversation over a kitchen table. During the course of their talking, the two find themselves unable to resist their mutual neediness and this leads them to tragedy.

Radiohead's free newspaper

The Universal Sigh, a free newspaper created by Radiohead to coincide with the physical release of their album 'The King of Limbs', is being distributed in locations around the world today and tomorrow. 

The Universal Sigh, copies of which Thom Yorke himself handed out in London today (March 28).

 In the UK, the paper was launched at noon today in three special events in London, Manchester and Glasgow. It will be available for the rest of today and tomorrow in those cities, and in 56 others across Europe, Australia, Scandinavia, Canada and the US. Full details of locations can be found at the website theuniversalsigh.com, where photographs of readers with the newspaper are also being posted. According to the website, “Our dedicated teams of newspaper delivery people will be handing out copies of The Universal Sigh to anyone who wants one, until we run out!”  

Dry The River- New band of the day

Dry The River
Hometown: East London.
The lineup: Pete Liddle (vocals, guitar), Matt Taylor (guitar), Scott Miller (bass), Will Harvey (violin), Jon Warren (drums).

Living Dolls: The Making of a Child Beauty Queen (Shari Cookson, 2001)

Ludo da ludje ne moze biti...Ne za svaciji zeludac...
In this documentary produced for the HBO cable network, child beauties and their parents throw themselves passionately into the national pageant circuit made famous by the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. Presented with only a few factual intertitles and without voice-over narration, the 90-minute film focuses on delicate five-year-old blonde Swan Brooner and her no-nonsense mother, Robin Browne, as they try to parlay Swan's success at local beauty pageants into national recognition and cash prizes.

Nine Queens (Fabián Bielinsky, 2000)

Early one morning, Marcos observes Juan successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier, and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift. Marcos steps in, claiming to be a policeman, and drags Juan out of the store. Once they are back on the street, Marcos reveals himself to be a fellow swindler with a game of much higher stakes in mind, and he invites Juan to be his partner in crime.

Connan Mockasin – Forever Dolphin Love

Connan Mockasin
Forever Dolphin Love
(Phantasy Sound,2011)

Ariel Pink za ovu godinu.. remmek delo!












Forever Dolphin Love is the first album from Connan Mockasin. Originally hailing  from Wellington, New Zealand, he made his way over to the UK in 2007 where he has settled in London. The songs on Forever Dolphin Love conjure images of desolate fairgrounds, an abandoned children’s ride rocking gently in a breeze. Here, we find the wide-eyed exhiliration of youth channeled through carefully structured, captivating melodies. There’s a nostalgic feel to the music, glancing back at the hazy warmth, and innocent bewilderment of children. Mockasin demonstrates a pure understanding of this fantastical feeling that most fully grown adults have long forgotten, a feeling which he masterfully recreates here, carefully preserving it by wrapping it in his soft, sublime songs.

Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter – Marble Son (2011)

The alt-country super-group return with new album ‘Marble Son’ this spring, released through Fargo Records. The Seattle based singer and her band, featuring ex Whiskeytown and The Walkabouts personnel, have ventured into darker territory on this record, creating a bizarre and beautiful mix of 70’s country rock and heavy-doom; timeless and yet wonderfully avantgarde.

Nedelja Vece...

Nedelja popodne...

A.R. Kane

A.R. Kane
Lollita EP
(4AD,1987)



A.R. Kane invented the word "dreampop" to describe their music so it has been used after to name a genre.

The Low Frequency In Stereo

A Masterpiece by Bjork...

What's In My Bag?

Six Organs of Admittance – Asleep on the Floodplain (2011)

Nema iznenadjenja, jos jedan veoma dobar album za Ben Chasny-a, neprestana mantra...

As has become normal, a new Six Organs of Admittance album arrives amidst a flurry of extra-Organic work from Ben Chasny. 2010 saw him release the excoriating False Flag as one third of Rangda with Richard Bishop and Chris Corsano. This year should see the release of two albums by 200 Years, a duo project with Elisa Ambrogio of Magik Markers (one is due on Drag City in the spring, the other is scheduled to appear as part of the Grapefruit subscription record club). And there are other ongoing collaborations, both on and off record.

The Raveonettes – Raven in the Grave (2011)

Prolece Je Zvanicno-Konacno Stiglo, A Jos Lepse Je Uz Gavrana Iz Groba...grrrr!

The Kills – Blood Pressures (2011)

The Kills are American singer Alison Mosshart and British guitarist Jamie Hince. Their so far released three albums, ‘Keep On Your Mean Side’, ‘No Wow’ and ‘Midnight Boom’, have gathered much critical praise.
Their fourth effort, titled ‘Blood Pressures’ is due out on April 4th.

Mushy

Mushy
Faded Heart
[Mannequin,2011]

after 7 years exploring the global underground dark wave and experimental scenes, with collaborations with thierry muller and mater suspiria vision, mushy (aka italy's valentina f.) finally unveils her own double sided peon to the darkness. deeply influenced by cocteau twins, grouper, nico, angels of light and the 80s minimal wave movement 'faded heart' lolls in an undertow of lo-fi atmospherics ranging from dream-pop delight to nighmarish nocturnal terrors. the tools are analogue drum machines, processed guitars, burbling and droning synths and mushy's own sirenesque voice.the effect lands somewhere between 'the spoils'-era zola jesus, the grandiose sound of tamaryn and for older touchstones the depths of the glacial 4ad back catalogue or even industrial pioneers coil.

TV On The Radio

Polytechnique, Denis Villeneuve(2009)

Inspired by the tragic school shooting that took place at Montreal's Polytechnique school on December 6, 1989, director Denis Villeneuve's melancholy docudrama portrays the events as seen from the perspective of two students, Valérie (Karine Vanasse) and Jean-François (Sebastien Huberdeau). When an armed madman enters the school with the intention of killing as many females as possible, the lives of every student involved are forever changed.

Conore, Hvala Ti Na Prolecu...

Deux de la Vague-Two in the Wave (Emmanuel Laurent,2010)

Two in the Wave is the story of a friendship. Jean-Luc Godard was born in 1930; Francois Truffaut two years later. Love of movies brings them together. They write in the same magazines, Cahiers du Cinema and Arts. When the younger of the two becomes a filmmaker with "The 400 Blows", which triumphs in Cannes in 1959, he helps his older friend shift to directing, offering him a screenplay which already has a title, A bout de souffle, or Breathless.

Carancho (Pablo Trapero, 2010)

In Argentina over 8,000 people die in traffic accidents every year. Behind each of these tragedies is a flourishing industry founded on insurance payouts and legal loopholes. Sosa is a lawyer who tours the A&E Departments of the public hospitals and the police stations in search of potential clients.

Nedelja Vece...

Nedelja popodne...

D. Charles Speer – Arghiledes (2011)

‘Arghiledes’ is a brilliant homage to Greek Rebetiko music of the early 20th century by No Neck Blues Band’s David Shuford aka D. Charles Speer. It’s his 2nd solo LP under this moniker and a deeply researched, beautifully executed effort replete with in depth sleeve notes and paste-on cover. Coming from a Blues playing American of Greek descent, the project reflects the syncretic nature of Rebetiko music, itself made up of the many disparate elements which formed Greek urban folk music (European music, Greek Orthodox ecclestiastical chant, Byzantine music and the modal traditions of Ottoman art music and café music) of this era. It was seen as the music of hashish dens and criminals, speaking of the underworld and its associated vices, but most importantly with this music, even if you don’t understand the lyrics, the achingly melancholy melodies and lyrical style of playing conveys a far stronger, longer lasting emotion. The most affecting, and evincing of these tracks are those which add something extra to typical Rembetika array of bouzouki, baglamas, mandolins, gudulka etc, like the sliver of droning synth in his rendition of the classic ‘Márko’s Cave’, the bouncing delay trails of ‘Lost Dervish’ or the stoned ghosts in the whisky ether of ‘Harmánis’. Fans of everything from Jack Rose to Honest Jon’s Middle Eastern missive will really appreciate this album.

David Bowie (Live BBC)

Any Day Now: David Bowie

Kevin Cann's "Any Day Now" is a visual chronology of the early life and career of David Bowie, from his birth in London in 1947 to his departure from the UK in 1974. With a wealth of information, rare photographs and memorabilia, it also includes the most concise listing of Bowie performances ever published.

 "The insight the superb photographs, many of them unseen... would arguably make Any Day Now the music book of the year. Given its 140-odd thousand words of wisdom, though, it may well be the music book of the decade. Christmas for the pop fan in your life is sorted."
Daily Express

A Goldmine of Information...
The Guardian

Colder - Wrong baby (live)

The Vaccines

The Vaccines
What Did You Expect From The Vaccines [Columbia,2011]

U godini kad nas ocekuju novi albumi za The Twillight Sad, Glasvegas, The Big Pink, Art Brut, dobar debi album slicne orijentacije od mladih britanaca The Vaccines.
Uostalom, ovakav zvuk volimo ja (Mr. Brainwash) i Mr. Bad Seed! Podseca nas na omiljene The Wedding Present, recimo..

Prog 4 Drog (part 2)

From 1969 to around the mid 1970s, or thereabout, a small British label came by the name of Vertigo, and released a load of great albums. The label got started with the release of Colosseum's Valentyne Suite in 1969, and many more bands hopped on board including Gentle Giant, Gracious, Cressida, Affinity, Beggars Opera, May Blitz, Black Sabbath, Magna Carta, Uriah Heep, so many more bands.

Eleanoora Rosenholm

Eleanoora Rosenholm
Hyvaile Minua Pimea Tahti [Fonal,2011]

Eleanoora Rosenholm are Finnish octet coming from a small city of Pori to bring more approachable and understandable music to awesome Fonal records. Eleanoora is their fictive character of gloomy, maybe disturbed housewife who is on her killing spree. After two unexpectedly attractive and catchy records, their Eleanoora escapes to the city of dark star to continue with her murderous intentions. Her new stories are captured on Hyväile minua pimeä tähti (translated as Caress Me, Dark Star) which is promised to be darker and even more dramatic.

What's In My Bag?

Lucinda Williams – Blessed (2011)

Considered by many to be one of America’s greatest living songwriters, Williams lives up to that and more by delivering 12 new songs that cover an even wider emotional spectrum than her previous work, without moving too far in any one direction. Blessed opens with the gritty kiss-off “Buttercup” then moves seamlessly into the sultry blues of “Born To Be Loved”. Williams delves into a heavier subject as she questions the motives for a suicide on the hard-driving “Seeing Black”, which features blistering guitar from Elvis Costello.

2:54

Two sisters: drone rock, shoegaze, Mazzy Star, a bit metal, a bit stoner, named after a moment in a Melvins track....But they sing like frightened angels.

Tuzno.. tuznije.. Dis-patch R.I.P

Znam da ovo i nije neka najnovija vest ali i ako nikada nisam posetio nijedan od Dis-patch festivala (yes, yes.. no excuses) stvarno mi je mnogo zao zbog njegovog ukidanja.
Sada su neki nasi kolege skvoteri ostali bez svog omiljenog skvota. :(
Nadam se da se svi ti koji su drzali tu scenu nece odustati i nastaviti sa organizacijama desavanja i pruzanjem mogucnosti nekim ljudima da cuju i otkriju neki novi zvuk / oblik umetnosti a nekim drugim da uzivaju u svojim vec miljenicima.


Dis-patch Festival R.I.P. from Dis-patch Festival on Vimeo.

"Prošle nedelje smo saznali da više ne postoji muzički festival Dis-patch. Po rečima organizatora, za odluku da Dis-patch nestane najviše su zaslužne budžetske slavine Ministarstva kulture. Naime, prošle i pretprošle godine, festival je od Ministarstva kulture dobio 0 dinara, a prethodnih godina njihove donacije nikada nisu prelazila više od 20% celukopnog budžeta festivala...

Tokom osam godina postojanja, Dis-patch festival je uradio više za razvoj kulture na ovim prostorima nego što su sve nedelje dizajna zajedno. Od 2002. do prošle godine, na tom festivalu su svirali muzičari čija imena možda nisu toliko zvučna, ali čiji je muzički izraz i te kako originalan, bez obzira da li se radi o onima iz sveta elektronike, džeza ili popa. Takođe, mnogi učesnici Dis-patcha su prvo posetili Boegrad, pa su tek posle toga stekli ime na svetskom nivou (Manitoba (odnosno Caribou), Tunng, Niobe), neki važe za rodonačelnike žanra (Fennesz), a neki su nas podsetili da i van Grammy nagrada i magazina Downbeat postoji jazz (Chicago Underground Trio, Triosk). Isto tako, nikome u ovdašnjem kulturnom establišmentu nije značilo što je Dis-patch 2005. dobio Quartz nagradu za najbolji elektronski festival na svetu te godine. "
 - iz teksta Vladimir Skočajića "Kultura u Srbiji 2011"

Thom Yorke, Burial and Four Tet – Ego

Radiohead frontman forms part of electronica supergroup



This Tuesday the time came for Yorke fans to get excited again, as details of a vinyl-only single with Four Tet and Burial emerged. The double A-side, Ego/Mirrors (limited to just 300 copies), will be released through Four Tet's Text label.
Above is a radio rip of Ego, a six-and-a-half minute track that builds from a fairly standard, intricately programmed opening before Yorke's plaintive croon emerges from the fog to create a surprisingly melodic centre. Strange percussive tweaks and odd keyboard lines rise and fall throughout before a beautiful piano flurry emerges around the five-minute mark. This creates a rather more warming coda to the chilly opening.

O’Death – Outside (2011)

Malo sporiji nego pre, ali nista manje brilijantni bruklinski drugari...

Springtime In Serrrbia...

Suede - Remasters 2011

Suede are set to release their entire studio back catalogue in re-mastered and expanded versions, beginning on May 30 with their debut Mercury Prize winning album Suede.

Brett Anderson said:
“This is the definitive collection of pretty much everything we released in 14 years together – and some stuff which we didn’t. It’s all re-mastered and includes unreleased, never-before-heard oddities and gems which even I’d forgotten about. It’s the complete audio history of a band and, like any band of interest, it’s flawed, strange and sometimes beautiful.”

Dog Pound (Kim Chapiron, 2010)

Shot like a clear-eyed documentary, this unnerving teen prison drama draws us in by never sensationalising its story or characters. Clearly an homage to Alan Clarke's 1979 classic Scum, this film re-deploys cliches with originality and skill.

Get Low (Aaron Schneider, 2009)

Felix Bush (Robert Duvall) is a hermit who has no regard for anybody in the town or anyone who wants to get to know him. But one day, after a fellow old hermit as died and he hears people in the town telling stories about him, he decides that he needs to get these stories out in the public.

The Strokes

The Strokes
Angles [RCA,2011]

The Strokes opet donose veliko, veliko osvezenje...
Od mene cista petica!

Nedelja Vece...

Nedelja popodne...

E,ovo se zovu studentske demonstracije

devojka u the smiths majici na barikadama..

A student protester stands on a barrier in Parliament Square on December 9, 2010 in London, England. Parliament was voting on whether to implement the coalition Government's proposals to increase university tuition fees in England from 3,290 GBP to 9,000 GBP.

Another Year (Mike Leigh, 2010)

Another Year-Another Masterpiece...Jim Broadbent Nikad Bolji...

A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.

Biutiful (Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2010)

Svako Jutro Sve Bolji I Bolji I Bolji...BJUTIFUL.

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Mali osvrt na zenske snage 2011

Vec sam pomenuo pre mesec-dva Puro Instinct sa albumom Headbangers In Ecstacy [Mexican Summer,2011], ali evo jos par zenskih  bendova koji imaju nova, odlicna izdanja  - Vivian Girls, Sister Crayon, Widowspeak.

Vivian Girls
Share the Joy [Polyvinyl,2011]

On their third album (and Polyvinyl debut) Share the Joy, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls continue to sharpen and refine their transcendent mix of garage thrash, girl-group warmth and infectious pop hooksmanship.

What's In My Bag?

The Dodos – No Color (2011)

The energetic blend of folk, rock and psychedelia from the duo of Meric Long and Logan Kroeber, better known as The Dodos, is captured in their forthcoming album No Color, which was streaming on NPR.org before its release on March 15.
The Dodos have been teasing audiences for months now with glimpses into their fourth full-length, No Color, and with anticipation mounting for the album’s impending March 15th release, the duo surprised fans this morning with an announcement that they’d be premiering No Color in its entirety on The Hype Machine. Starting today, the album will be streaming in full here. Fans that have been clamoring to hear the results of No Color’s oft-reported collaborations with Neko Case (who tweeted a download of “Don’t Stop” last week) don’t have to wait any longer — they’re all on display, along with the frantic percussion of Logan Kroeber, fevered guitar picking of Meric Long and The Dodos’ knack for infectious melody.

Slusa se danas na hippy brodu...

Slusali jutros na gusarskom brodu...

Monty Python: Almost the Truth - The Lawyers Cut (TV Series 2009 )

I kako se sve zavrsilo...

Britain's top comedians pay tribute to the iconic series, Monty Python's Flying Circus.

How to Irritate People (Ian Fordyce, TV 1969)

Kako je sve pocelo...

In this mock-documentary, John Cleese narrates a series of sketches on irritation -- types and techniques. Included are parents irritating their children, old ladies irritating movie-goers in a theater, an overly subservient waiter, a car repairman denying obvious car trouble, a party guest hinting for a ride, airplane pilots playing practical jokes on their passengers, and a talk show host who doesn't stop talking.

The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck (2011)

The Mountain Goats announce their newest album to be released next March 29. The 13-track album is titled “All Eternals Deck.”
The band explain the idea behind the album by referring to ‘a 70s occult-scare movie where one of the scenes involves a couple of people visiting a storefront fortune teller, getting their cards read, and then trying to feel super-hopeful about what they hear when what they’re visibly actually feeling is dread.’
The band also worked on several studios with different producers for the album.

KADA SU DIVOVI HODALI ZEMLJOM – biografija grupe Led Zeppelin Mik Vol

Četrdeset godina posle njihovog osnivanja u neuglednom podrumčetu londonske Kineske četvrti, pojavljuje se prva zaokružena biografija najlegendarnije svetske rok grupe – Led Zeppelin.

Bio je to poslednji veliki bend šezdesetih i prvi veliki bend sedamdesetih godina prošlog veka. Nastao je iz pepela sastava Yardbirds da bi postao jedna od najprodavanijih rok grupa svih vremena.

Mik Vol, cenjeni rok kritičar i nekadašnji saradnik i Džimija Pejdža i Roberta Planta, nepokolebljivo pripoveda priču o bendu koji je ispisao pravila raskalašnog života na turnejama i, na kraju, to platio tragedijom, zavisnostima od droge i smrću. Kada su divovi hodali Zemljom prvi put otkriva pravu dubinu dugogodišnjeg zanimanja vođe grupe Džimija Pejdža za okultno, i zalazi iza scene iznoseći istinu o njihovom pompezno najavljivanom, ali i spektakularno isplaniranom povratku u londonskoj areni O2. Vol iznosi životne priče pet ličnosti koje su san o grupi Led ­Zeppelin pretvorile u još neverovatniju i teško prihvatljivu stvarnost: Pejdža, Planta, Džona Pola Džonsa, Džona Bonema i njihovog ozloglašenog menadžera Pitera Granta.

Fever Ray - The Wolf (Red Riding Hood OST)

Karin Dreijer Andersson and her live band members have written a new track for upcoming film, Red Riding Hood, the new offering from Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.

Slusali jutros u obdanistu...

Cold Cave – Cherish The Light Years (2011)

Las edades de Lulú (Bigas Luna, 1990)

The story of a young woman's descent into the kinky and dangerous sexual underground in Madrid.

Slusali danas na poslu...

Monogrenade – Tantal (2011)

Genre: Electronica / Experimental / Folk Rock

Location Montréal, Quebec, Canada

myspace / website

Its in french and kind of cool... Hope you`ll enjoy their music as i did while struggling with pixels and codes :)

La Naissance de L'Amour, Philippe Garrel(1994)

What becomes of self-styled cultural revolutionaries once they have headed into their fretful 50's? If they haven't grown up -- and who ever really grows up? -- they turn into flabby philanderers and borderline crackpots spewing out grandiose pie-in-the-sky career schemes. ''The Birth of Love,'' a 1993 film directed by Philippe Garrel, a talented French New Wave director who never achieved the international renown of Jean-Luc Godard, studies two friends, Paul (Lou Castel) and Marcus (Jean-Pierre Leaud), who are only dimly aware their time has past.
Paunchy, stringy-haired Paul, a minor stage actor, carries on a succession of affairs with younger women while ignoring his pregnant wife (who gives birth to a baby girl) and emotionally needy adolescent son. Mr. Castel's portrait of this selfish malcontent is so naked that you feel for him even while cringing at his callousness. Marcus, whose girlfriend has just left him, is an aging journalist who still dreams of writing an earthshaking book. He is also prone to windy middle-aged ruminations. Two samples: ''Work is a fully assumed obsession untiringly fulfilled,'' and ''Men choose their destinations to calm their lack of destiny.''
Both men brood out loud about the fathers who damaged them. Paul's abandoned the family (as Paul would like to do with his own family), while Marcus's kept him cruelly under his thumb. The wounds still smart.