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Ben Felten
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Consultant, musician (amateur), (occasional) RPG author and passionate photographer (photo account on @photosynthese.bluesky.social).

Cultural reviews on : https://benfelten.blogspot.com/
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So you have all the words, you just need to put them in the right order ? ;-)
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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A decent comic book based on the Cyperpunk 2077 RPG. Some thrill, some humanity, and a lot of bleakness.

#comics #cyberpunk

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Cyberpunk 2077: The Psycho Squad by Waters and McKeown
Cyberpunk 2077: The Psycho Squad by Waters and McKeown I never even knew there was a comic adapted from the Cyberpunk RPG line (or is it fro...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Not the disco outfit I thought they were but instead a really groovy early funk album. Well worth a listen.

#funk #music #groove

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Wild and Peaceful by Kool & the Gang
Wild and Peaceful by Kool & the Gang In my mind, Kool & the Gang was a disco outfit from the late 70s, not my cup of tea. I didn't realise...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Calvino's first ever novel, about a kid coming of age during the German occupation of Northern Italy. Wonderful writing, funny and deep at the same time. #novel #ww2 #italy

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Le sentier des nids d'araignées by Italo Calvino
Le sentier des nids d'araignées by Italo Calvino In my late teens, I discovered Italo Calvino, and started buying all of his books. But the ...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Tower of Power's first album after they exploded commercially, and there's clearly a formula to their sound, but the sound itself remains irresistible... #music #funk #horns

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Back to Oakland by Tower of Power
Back to Oakland by Tower of Power I only recently discovered Tower of Power with their eponymous masterpiece and thought I'd check out anoth...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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A pretty good greek mythology meets scifi comic book series with art slightly reminiscent of Miller's Ronin and the kinds of action and treachery you'd expect from mythology. Worth checking out. #comics #mythology #scifi

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Olympos: Nullhunter by Walsh and Vargas
Olympos: Nullhunter by Walsh and Vargas Olympos is by no means the first attempt at doing epic mythology in a scifi genre (Ulysse 31, Dan ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Nero was a pleasant surprise. Admittedly, my expectations for French TV fiction, especially genre fiction, are low, but Nero holds itself up. Not incredibly good, but decent entertainment for sure. #tvseries #france #middleages #fantasy

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Nero
Nero These days it takes a lot for me to really dig into a TV series. Not really sure why, but while I was willing to give Nero a try, my ...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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A pretty cool record I discovered by accident. Playing around the brass band form with instrumental minimalism and kickass drumming.

#jazz #music #brassband #drums

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Brass Band by Benny Greb
Brass Band by Benny Greb Rarely, algorithms actually suggest something relevant. This came up on my Youtube and I had no idea who Benny Greb...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Excellent and pretty mindblowing cyberpunk novel, very different from the rest of the genre, with lots of depth and a true thriller pacing. #novel #scifi #cyberpunk #thriller

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Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Tom Sweterlitsch
Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Tom Sweterlitsch I have a confession to make: with the exception of Neal Stephenson's Snowcrash, I have always st...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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A delightful little EP that sees Sanseverino in good company going back to his swing roots and wacky lyrics. #music #gypsy #swing

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Sanseverino et Lise Cabaret
Sanseverino et Lise Cabaret This EP is a bit of a UFO, with Sanseverino revisiting his early swing years with younger Parisian singer Lise C...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I am such a fan of Borges that i could not not investigate a graphic novel about him, especially made by Argentinians. Alas, being a fan is not enough to justify this pretty but empty collection of stories about his life. #graphicnovel #argentina #borges

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Borges, Le Labyrinthe de l'Infini by Nicolás Castell & Óscar Pantoja
Borges, Le Labyrinthe de l'Infini by Nicolás Castell & Óscar Pantoja A few weeks back I was finishing my reread of Borges' masterpiece Fic...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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I continue to slowly make my way through Paolo Conte's discography (in no particular order) and this one is definitely a winner. Whimsical, musical, jazzy and just the right amount of Italian folk for me. #music #italy #jazzy #paoloconte

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Una Faccia In Prestito by Paolo Conte
Una Faccia In Prestito by Paolo Conte Not easy to define this in-between space where Paolo Conte's music sits. It's undoubtedly got jazz and...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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There are some really great graphic novels in the collaboration series by the Louvre museum, but sadly this isn't one of them. Confusing and not very convincing despite good intentions. #manga #louvre #paris #museum

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Le signe des rêves by Naoki Urasawa
Le signe des rêves by Naoki Urasawa I've been quite fond of the collaboration series between the Louvre museum and comic book artists. It ...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Serenity is the movie that concludes the Firefly main story arc. Not fantastic, but satisfying if you liked Firefly. #movie #scifi #flirefly

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Serenity
Serenity Serenity is the closing chapter of Firefly, a single movie with the arduous task of tying up maybe not all, but the main loose th...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Really good fantasy story about the blessings and burdens of beauty. If you liked the more recent Peau d'Homme you'll like this too. #graphicnovel #bandedessinée #fantasy #folktale

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Beauté de Hubert et Kerascoët
Beauté de Hubert et Kerascoët From the very start of this older 3 volume series by Hubert and Kerascoët I thought about Peau d'Homme and s...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Third time around viewing the complete Firefly (it's not that long) and it's as good as ever. #scifi #tvseries

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Firefly
Firefly I first watched Firefly a few years after it was released and thoroughly enjoyed it. I watched it a second time with my teenage so...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Akira is the masterpiece I knew it to be, even though I had never read it through all the way. #manga #scifi #tokyo #japan

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Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo Believe it or not, I had never read Akira start to finish. Plunging back into the series, I had clear memories of...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM