Confessions Of Doctor Dream And Other Stories, The - Kevin Ayers

Dream Story - Arthur Schnitzler

Advantages: Interesting and very readable
Disadvantages: See review

-1931) was a bold pioneer in exploring the dark tangled roots of human sexuality.? And for the book itself it read thus: ?Schnitzler is probably most famous for la Ronde, a play whose daisy chain of couplings was too scandalous to be published or performed in his lifetime. Dream Story is an equally erotic work, in which a married couple are first traumatised and then achieve a new depth of understanding by confessing to each other their sexual fantasies, dream-like adventures and might-have-beens?? Time to pull on the clever trousers and read on, I thought. The book starts with a comprehensive introduction by Frederic Raphael. I often find these very useful, particularly with a writer I?m unfamiliar with as they can provide masses of background detail and contextual information. Sometimes they lean towards overly academic discussion and can ...

brereton66 17.06.2009 · Read full review
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DOCTOR WHO - THE STEALERS OF DREAMS

Advantages: good read
Disadvantages: nothing new

Doctor Who: The Stealers of Dreams. The travelling trio arrive in the not so far future and find that Fiction has been outlawed. In fact anything that makes the mind think too much or adds to mans desires and fantasies is against the law, the penalty being death. Who can be controlling society with such an iron grip and more importantly why? The Doctor, Rose and Jack arrive and soon are in touch with the resistance but are the resistance right to challenge this oppressive regime or should things be left alone, things it seems are not as straight forward as you may think. Here and now in this time, Dreams really can kill you! Thinking too much can be detrimental to your health. A problem if you're the Doctor! The good guys soon become he bad guys and the bad guys soon become extinct. And in ...

MaldivesHoliday 10.02.2009 · Read full review
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Ayers, Wino and Lunatic

Advantages: Great songs, great playing
Disadvantages: vocals an acquired taste

Kevin Ayers has always had a reputation as being one of the great under-achievers of British Rock music. In many ways this is true because although Ayers had the looks, the talent, the rich baritone voice, the laconic charm and the charisma to be a star (Bryan Ferry would have given his right arm to be as naturally stylish as Kev), he never could quite get himself together enough to make the step up from cult figure status. Thing is, Kev didn't seem to care too much anyway. As long as he could afford to indulge his passion for fine wines and soak up the sun in the Med then he was perfectly content. All of this made for a body of work that varies wildly in style and consistency, but when he was on form Ayers could seduce your ears like few other singer-songwriters. "Whatevershebringswesing" was his third album since departing ...

treemusicuk 19.07.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Whatevershebringswesing [Remastered] - Kevin Ayers