Somehow the script for Nick Cave’s sequel to the Russell Crowe epic Gladiator leaked a year ago, and this review of the script that asserts its high quality but wonders if it wouldn’t be just a little too supernaturally based to be a sequel was written back then, but it’s just hitting the music-journalism transom now. The coverage for the script is thorough, revealing lots of Caveian details (including a closing battle in which “the grounds [of the Coliseum] are completely flooded with several ships battling hundreds of alligators with fireballs and arrows,” and the notion that Russell Crowe’s Maximus has been damned to being a warrior for eternity as a way of atoning for his past crimes. Unfortunately, the person reading the script didn’t go out of his way to transcribe too much dialogue from Cave’s script, but he did include this speech from the anti-Christian leader Lucius, which is really really hard not to read in Cave’s bellow: MORE »
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Nick Cave’s Script For “Gladiator 2″: Spears, Ghosts, And Decapitated Bishops
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Please Release Me: We Won’t Give Up On This Siobhan Donaghy Album
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: Siobhan DonaghyHometown: United KingdomAlbums: Ghosts, out June 2007What is it?: The second solo album from this… MORE »
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Please Release Me: Charlotte Hatherley Has Quite A Bit Of Fight In Her
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: Charlotte HatherleyHometown: United KingdomAlbums: Grey Will Fade, 2004; The Deep Blue, 2007What is it?: A… MORE »
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Please Release Me: The Monstrous Appeal Of Isolée
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: IsoléeHometown: Frankfurt, GermanyAlbum: We Are Monster, 2005What is it?: Isolée is actually Rajko Müller, a German… MORE »
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Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: SeaweedHometown: Tacoma, Wash.Album: Weak (1992)What is it?: After signing to Sub Pop, the… MORE »
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Please (Re-)Release Me: Roy Orbison’s Zombie Will Rise Up And Walk The Earth Long Before These Traveling Wilburys Albums Get Reissued
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: The Traveling WilburysHometown: Everywhere. They traveled!Albums: Traveling Wilburys Vol. MORE »
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Please (Re-)Release Me: BMX Bandits Also Stole Our Hearts
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: BMX BanditsHometown: Bellshill, Lanarkshire, ScotlandAlbum: C86 Plus, 1992What is it?: The Bandits, formed by Duglas… MORE »
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Please Release Me: Christian Rock Edition
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: The 77sHometown: Sacramento, Calif.Album: The 77s, 1987What is it?: The 77s are one of the… MORE »
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Please Release Me: The Pointer Sisters Step Up
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: The Pointer SistersHometown: Oakland, Ca.Album: Steppin’, 1975What is it?: Released when the group was still a… MORE »
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Please Release Me: Still No Justice For Sugababes
Welcome to another edition of “Please Release Me,” in which your Idolators request–nay beg–that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued Stateside: Artist: SugababesHometown: U.K.Album: Overloaded: The Singles Collection, 2006What is it?: We’ve babbled about the ‘Babes… MORE »
