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Bob on the Bob - The Greatest Albums of All Time - by Bob I feel that since I have wrote about vinyl on here that I tell you all what are the greatest albums of all time. This list is not in any particular order. Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys The Velvet Underground and Nico by The Velvet Underground and Nico Grotesque (After the Gramme) by The Fall Et moi et moi et moi by Jacques Dutronc Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain Townes Van Zandt by Townes Van Zandt Horses by Patti Smith  Voice of Chunk by The Lounge Lizards There are hundreds of great albums out there. But, listen to these first. They will change your life.  Now, for a little bonus, here are some "artists" that I recommend AVOIDING AT ALL COST!!!! David Bowie The Talking Heads The Beatles (and any other project any of them are involved in) Blondie Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen (THE WORST OF ALL) If you want ...

Bob on the Bob - The Greatest Films of All Time by Bob Since I recently posted what the greatest albums of all time were on here, I thought I would tell you all what the greatest films of all time are. Again this list is in no particular order. Guns of the Trees by Jonas Mekas Fellini Satyricon by Federico Fellini Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard The Passion of Joan of Arc by Carl Th. Dreyer Les Diaboliques by H.G. Clouzot Bob le Flambeur by Melville There are several other films that I will recommend in the future, but for now I recommend with these ones to start you off.  Here's a little bonus post. THE FILMS THAT HAVE RUINED CINEMA!!! Jaws by Steven Spielberg Star Wars by George Lucas Raiders of the Lost Ark by Steven Spielberg E.T by Steven Spielberg Temple of Doom by Steven Spielberg I think you can see where I am going with this...

Bob on the Bob - Cinema is DEAD!!!! by Bob Cinema is dead, or at the very least is dying. I cannot remember the last time I went to see a film pay at the cinema that was actually worth the ticket fee. The rise of the Hollywood blockbuster is, of course, to blame for this! Oh, how I HATE what films such as Jaws and Star Wars have done to this art form. Cinema used to be something that made an audience think and feel. Now, now it is simply there for entertainment. Why? Is it because people are morons? Is it because filmmakers now only think about money? Well yes. Yes to both of these. It pains me that I am slightly too young to remember the days of when cinema was a respected art form. Gone are the days of the true auteur. It is rare that we see the films of Godard, Fellini, Jonas Mekas and the likes at the cinema anymore. Now we must sit through the utter shite that is mainstream cinema.  Cinema reminds me a lot about vinyl, in the sense that we are killing it by just givi...

Bob on the Bob - Why Vinyl Matters by Bob In recent times, the number of ways we listen to music has changed so much. We have CD's now, we have tape recordings, we have the radio constantly playing when driving. The most recent seems to be the rise in the music video (the most pointless of all). And what is the cost of this rise in the ways we can listen to music? The only true way of listening to music, the vinyl record. Why you may ask? Well for many reasons. Mainly for the audio quality as vinyl sounds just as the artist intended. Listening to a CD or tape or whatever just ruins it as it gets tampered with too much by someone who hasn't got any fucking idea of what music is supposed to sound like. Another reasons is that listening to vinyl means that you actually listen to it . When you listen to a CD or a tape or the radio, its just background noise to distract you from your pathetic life. If you don't have time to just sit back and listen to music in its true form...