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8
Mar 10

Kirill Ganin

Kirill Ganin describes his theater as the conceptual theater. To his friends and supporters, who include some prominent Russian theater directors, he is an erotic artist of some promise. The Russian government takes a dimmer view. Ganin, the federal prosecutor says, is a pornographer who belongs in prison. Sexual innuendo and even partial nudity in the Russian theater were virtually unknown until the late 1980s, when President Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms loosened the censor’s grip. Ganin was the first director, who staged a production featuring nudity, body painting and sexual acts at a popular Moscow nightclubs and theaters. The most famous scandal performance named as “Lenin in Sex” was devoted to intimate confessions of Lenin’s lovers. He is planning further productions and promises they will be as spicy as the others. “I am theatrical pervert”, Ganin told, “Even I have to stage ‘The Cherry Orchad’ by Anton Chekhov, I’d be able pervert even that.” “I do whatever I want and cannot do it any other way. After all, it may be pornography for other people, but not for me. If someone doesn’t feel comfortable during my productions, they shouldn’t come.”

Lolita from Visura Magazine Issue #8

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6
Mar 10

Last Night’s Party

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10
Dec 09

Anne Valerie Hash (Spring 2010)

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4
Nov 09

seXXy

XXThe xx

What can I say: minimalist, sexy, soulful, what more could you want?

What’s being said:  The XX
…predominantly slow, furtive pop music, mostly about sex.
Singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft in particular seems all but incapable of uttering a line that isn’t a come-on, a post-coital musing, or a longing apology.
…bashful London electro band who have made the year’s best soul record.
…elements of shoegaze, R&B and house into a quietly uplifting kind of modern soul.
Favourite duet: Cher and Tina Turner ‘Shame, Shame, Shame’
“I think a lot of it (XX style) has to do with the ’shuffle’ function of our music players, honestly,” says Sim. “On the way here we were listening to some Billie Holiday, which turned into some spoken word piece, followed up by Beyonce.”
Romy: I play lead guitar and sing, Oli plays bass and sings, Baria plays rhythm and Cassie the keyboard, and Jamie aka DJ Biffstruck does the beats.
The Fader: I’ve been trying to work out your name. Is it Roman numerals or kisses? Are you called the Ex Ex, the Twenty or the Kiss Kiss? Please elaborate.
Oliver: It’s pronounced the “ex ex,” it came from sitting on word typing out things and we really liked the way x’s looked, so we had two. It’s just an aesthetically pleasing thing.

What’s being said:

  • …predominantly slow, furtive pop music, mostly about sex.
  • Singer-guitarist Romy Madley Croft in particular seems all but incapable of uttering a line that isn’t a come-on, a post-coital musing, or a longing apology.
  • …bashful London electro band who have made the year’s best soul record.
  • …elements of shoegaze, R&B and house into a quietly uplifting kind of modern soul.

What the band said:

  • Romy: I play lead guitar and sing, Oli plays bass and sings, Baria plays rhythm and Cassie the keyboard, and Jamie aka DJ Biffstruck does the beats.
  • “I think a lot of it (XX style) has to do with the ’shuffle’ function of our music players, honestly,” says Sim. “On the way here we were listening to some Billie Holiday, which turned into some spoken word piece, followed up by Beyonce.”
  • Favourite duet: Cher and Tina Turner ‘Shame, Shame, Shame’
  • The Fader: I’ve been trying to work out your name. Is it Roman numerals or kisses? Are you called the Ex Ex, the Twenty or the Kiss Kiss? Please elaborate. Oliver: It’s pronounced the “ex ex,” it came from sitting on word typing out things and we really liked the way x’s looked, so we had two. It’s just an aesthetically pleasing thing.

How can you stay away? SOUTH WEST LONDON UK   myspace.com | Label: Young Turks | thexx.info

Video: The XX – Basic Space