1990
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 1990.
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Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Bardock, The Father of Goku
A brief consideration of why the early Dragon Ball Z Specials tend to stand head-and-shoulders above other noncanonical material. (read more)
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Sonic Youth – “Goo”
Perhaps the apex of Sonic Youth’s output, "Goo" has the band reach equilibrium with listless noise, pop hooks, and their iconic, idiosyncratic style. (read more)
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AD Police
‘AD Police’ is a spinoff of its fellow OVA, ‘Bubblegum Crisis,’ yet it doesn’t come close to reaching its progenitor’s quality. (read more)
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Galaxie 500 – “This Is Our Music”
Well, I don’t like Galaxie 500. Still, ‘This is Our Music’ has its moments—the biggest by far being "Fourth of July," a contender for their best song. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam F90
This short manga serves as a prequel to the cursed ‘Mobile Suit Gundam F91’ movie. (read more)
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Madonna – “The Immaculate Collection” (1990)
Featured on The Immaculate Collection, “Into the Groove” is in the prestigious hall of fame of “perfect pop songs.” The qualification for entering is, when you ask someone which part of the song is the hook, everyone gives you a different answer. I refuse to believe in anything being perfect, but some things are closer… (read more)
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Miller’s Crossing
Holy smokes, a Coen bros. movie that doesn’t have anything that really irks me. Miller’s Crossing omits the majority of their blandly juvenile humor and it turns out they actually have talent for creating dignified drama. Makes you wonder what could’ve been. Well, I’m happy to have one of the tightest-written gangster movies I’ve ever… (read more)
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Wild at Heart
While this David Lynch film is a complete mess, if you’re able to embrace its blatant stupidity you’ll find Wild at Heart to be a fun, innocent, and unique comedy. Some of the absurdity and use of violence as comedy makes me think of this as some kind of proto-Tarantino. Even still, many attempts at… (read more)
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Royal Trux – “Twin Infinitives” (1990)
On Twin Infinitives, Royal Trux use their constantly mutating guitar lines and faint, twinkling, sustained keyboard notes to paint an acid-soaked vision of a nighttime cityscape’s dark underbelly. Streetlights sparkle through a veil of smoke, carrying a heavy drug-induced haze protruding from shadowy alleyways and underground clubs. Jennifer Herrema is the star vocalist on Twin… (read more)
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Sons of Kyuss – “Sons of Kyuss” (1990)
Technically the first Kyuss release—same band, different name. They’re already unquestionably stoner rock at this point, though the base in blues rock is more visible here than even on their faster and more aggressive “real” first album, Wretch. And as mediocre as the production was on Wretch, on Sons of Kyuss, even the recording itself is… (read more)