A Tree IN The House

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra - Ricky Ian Gordon: The House Without a Christmas Tree (2018)

Houston Grand Opera Orchestra - Ricky Ian Gordon: The House Without a Christmas Tree (2018)
FLAC (tracks) | 01:13:29 | 354 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: PentaTone

Precocious Addie Mills is smart and energetic, just like the mother she never knew. Addie has no idea why her father resents the holidays so intensely, refusing even to allow a Christmas tree in the house. But when she brings home a tree she won in a school contest, it paves the way for a miracle of sorts – her father’s broken soul is transformed. The House without a Christmas Tree, a new opera by composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Royce Vavrek that premiered at Houston Grand Opera in 2017, is based on the book by Gail Rock and the beloved 1972 television movie of the same name.

Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection Vol.1 - Vol.13 (2022)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at April 3, 2025

Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection Vol.1 - Vol.13 (2022)

Happy Days - The Oldies Gold Collection Vol.1 - Vol.13 (2022)
MP3 320 Kbps | Run Time: 02:15:22:40 | 8.50 GB
Genre: Pop/Rock/R&B/Soul/Jazz | Label: In Vinyl We Trust

Gold sets from the Oldies collection.
The greatest hits of the 50's, 60's and 70's!
Jason Crest - A Place In The Sun - The Complete Jason Crest (2020)

Jason Crest - A Place In The Sun - The Complete Jason Crest (2020)
CD Rip | FLAC (tracks, no cue, no log, full scans) - 555 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 407 MB
1:35:08 | Psychedelic Rock, Prog Rock, Pop Rock | Label: Grapefruit

Two CDs. In the late Sixties, the major UK labels - keen to stay abreast of the times without quite understanding what was going on - signed a number of bands that combined the adventurism and surrealism of psychedelia with a concise, radio-friendly pop sensibility. One or two went on to fame and fortune, but the majority failed to find the hit single that would have given them the chance to build and sustain a career. Kent outfit Jason Crest are one of the most admired of those bands, issuing a handful of singles while also recording a batch of tracks - 'King Of The Castle', 'Charge Of The Light Brigade', 'My House Is Burning' and others - that were arguably even more commercial and accomplished but which, for some unfathomable reason, were rejected by the men in suits.

A Sunday in the Country (1984)  Movies

Posted by Efgrapha at Aug. 13, 2014
A Sunday in the Country (1984)

Un dimanche a la campagne (1984)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | PAL, 16:9 (720x576) VBR | 01:30:35 | 7.1 Gb
Audio: AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each): French, Italian, Deutsch | Subs: English, Spanish
Genre: Drama

French stage actor Louis Ducreux makes his film debut as a 76-year-old traditionalist painter, Monsieur Ladmiral, in this bittersweet portrait of a brooding artist. A widower, Ladmiral lives on an estate in the countryside near Paris with only his housekeeper, Mercedes (Monique Chaumette), and his paintings to keep him company. The action of the film takes place on a bright autumn Sunday in the early 1900s when Ladmiral's son, Gonzague (Michel Aumont), and Gonzague's wife, Marie-Therese (Genevieve Mnich), come out from Paris with their three children to visit the old man. While making small talk with Gonzague, Ladmiral hints ever so subtly that his son has become too bourgeois, too conformist, too accepting of the status quo. Apparently, Ladmiral doesn't want his son to face what he is facing: self-recrimination for failing to take risks, failing to go beyond the bounds of tradition.

Nick Cave - God Is In The House (2003) [Re-Up]  Music

Posted by uff at Sept. 5, 2016
Nick Cave - God Is In The House (2003) [Re-Up]

Nick Cave - God Is In The House (2003)
DVD9 | ISO | MPEG-2 Video, PAL 4:3 (720:576), 25fps, 5730kbps | DD 5.1, 448kbps; LPCM 2.0 | 140min | 8200Mb
Rock | Mute, DVDSEEDS1 | rec: 2001 | covers

The centerpiece of this DVD is a 90-minute concert by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, performing live in Lyon, France, in the summer of 2001 during a European tour in support of the album No More Shall We Part.

The Burmese Harp (1956) [The Criterion Collection #379] [Re-UP]  Movies

Posted by Someonelse at March 24, 2015
The Burmese Harp (1956) [The Criterion Collection #379] [Re-UP]

The Burmese Harp (1956)
A Film by Kon Ichikawa
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | Cover+Booklet | 01:56:24 | 7,25 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, War | The Criterion Collection #379

An Imperial Japanese Army regiment surrenders to British forces in Burma at the close of World War II and finds harmony through song. A private, thought to be dead, disguises himself as a Buddhist monk and stumbles upon spiritual enlightenment. Magnificently shot in hushed black and white, Kon Ichikawa’s The Burmese Harp is an eloquent meditation on beauty coexisting with death and remains one of Japanese cinema’s most overwhelming antiwar statements, both tender and brutal in its grappling with Japan’s wartime legacy.

The Sacrifice / Offret (1986) [Remastered Edition]  Movies

Posted by Someonelse at April 2, 2016
The Sacrifice / Offret (1986) [Remastered Edition]

The Sacrifice (1986) [Remastered Edition]
A Film by Andrei Tarkovsky
DVD9 + DVD5 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC 16:9 VBR | 02:28:45 | 7,49 Gb + 4,21 Gb
Audio: Swedish AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Art-house

Famed Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky's final masterpiece, The Sacrifice is a haunting vision of a world threatened with nuclear annihilation that inspired Andrew Sarris (The Village Voice) to proclaim, "You may find yourself moved as you have never been moved before". As a wealthy Swedish family celebrates the birthday of their patriarch Alexander (Erland Josephson, Cries and Whispers), news of the outbreak of World War III reaches their remote Baltic island - and the happy mood turns to horror. The family descends into a state of psychological devastation, brilliantly evoked by Tarkovsky's arresting palette of luminous greys washing over the bleak landscape around their home.

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East [Audiobook]  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at July 21, 2016
The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East [Audiobook]

The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East [Audiobook] by Sandy Tolan
English | May 2, 2006 | ASIN: B000FIHM1C, ISBN: 1565119886 | MP3@260 (VBR) kbps | 11 hrs 39 mins | 979 MB
Narrator: Sandy Tolan | Genre: Nonfiction/Journalism

Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993) [Reissue 2018]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 17, 2020
Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993) [Reissue 2018]

Porcupine Tree - Up the Downstair (1993) [Reissue 2018]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 303 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 118 MB | Covers (3 MB) included
Genre: Progressive/Psychedelic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Kscope (KSCOPE381)

Remastered in 2016 by Steven Wilson. Up the Downstair feels noticeably different in tone from On the Sunday of Life - the humor is nearly invisible, if present at all, and the focus is more explicitly up to date in keeping with Steven Wilson's long-stated belief that progressive music means incorporating the now instead of rehashing what progressive was. His singing is now more accomplished in turn - it sounds like he might have been taking a lesson or two from his No-Man partner Tim Bowness, but he has his own dreamy approach. His already accomplished studio work seems to have turned even more so with time, and the end result is a delicate, complex, and remarkable effort…
VA - The House Of Hits - The History Of House Music [11CD Box Set] (1989)

VA - The House Of Hits - The History Of House Music [11CD Box Set] (1989)
MP3 CBR 320 kbps | Run Time: 12:21:28 | 1,77 Gb
Genre: Acid House, Techno, House | Label: Westside Records

House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four on the floor beat and a tempo of 120 to 130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the 1980s, as DJs from the subculture began altering disco dance tracks to give them a more mechanical beat and deeper basslines.