As 2010 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.
Even though he likes to pick and chose his projects carefully, Jason Falkner has had an amazing run of recording dates—both on solo albums and as a sideman with the likes of Beck, Air and Paul McCartney—that would turn most musicians pea green. And Falkner has also been a crucial part of critically lauded releases by ’90s indie-rock heroes Eric Matthews, the Grays and Jellyfish, as well as getting his feet wet with original Paisley Underground cult combo the Three O’Clock. Falkner has a stellar solo set due out this summer called All Quiet On The Noise Floor that threatens to pass his previous solo release, I’m OK, You’re OK (from February), like a slow runner being lapped on the bases by a real speedburner. Falkner is guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with him and our 2008 Jellyfish feature.
Falkner: Cold Souls is an extraordinary film from last year. The psychedelic story of Paul Giamatti playing himself and finding the weight of his soul to be simply too much of a burden. He comes across an article for a medical procedure that extracts your soul and stores it for you until you want it back. Chaos follows … A wonderfully preposterous story but also a cautionary tale, as no one really knows where all the body and mind manipulation we are seeing in real life will lead! Can’t be viewed with rational lenses; it’s potentially too much for your chickpea-sized brain to digest. One of my favorite films in quite some time.
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