BOTTOM LINE: You never know who you can trust in this character-driven tale of love, deceit, and getting what you want in life. There isn’t a ton of action, though…
I first saw Parker Posey on As the World Turns somewhere around 1991. I remember that her character, Tess Shelby, was annoying as hell, and at the time I also…
Adam Rifkin is one of the more unusual directors working in movies today. If you havenÁ¢€â„¢t heard of him itÁ¢€â„¢s probably because his films are mostly low budget features that…
The Wall Street Journal names the best reissues from the revitalized Stax; Something Else! looks back at XTC’s “Playground”; Ickmusic whips up a bitchin’ old school mix; The Lefsetz Letter…
As I mentioned last week, an anonymous donor sent me disc two of Patty Griffin’s “Love From My Lips” bootleg after I whined on January 16 about not having a…
A song isn’t necessarily “finished” just because it’s been recorded; any producer will tell you that the mixing is what really makes a record. Subtle tweaks and shifts in emphasis…
Spiritual Mansions – The Sweeter Side from Touched (2009) Story of the Sea – Own Devices from Lunar Co. (2008) Dan Auerbach – I Want Some More from Keep It…
Welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK!, everybody!Á‚ We’re going back a full 32 years this week, and it’s an interesting chart: if you like your rock or your…
Clint Eastwood is having the last sneer on the Oscars. As three of the five best picture nominees struggle for a box office bounce (and one, The Reader, has become…
The camera lies to you.Á‚ Sure, that idea goes against everything you were raised to believe.Á‚ Court cases often rely on photographic or videotaped evidence to prove guilt or innocence.Á‚ …
I posted an unsympathetic, knee-jerk response to a review on an indie-rock site, not to the review but to the band and the name of their album. The band is…
As of last night, absolutely nothinÁ¢€â„¢. (Legislatively speaking, at least.) But you gotta give Barack Obama points for trying. Presidents donÁ¢€â„¢t often do what Obama did on Tuesday. A week…
Though history has been kind to Marc Bolan and T. Rex, during their early-Á¢€â„¢70s heyday American radio most definitely was not. Limited to just one solitary Top 40 single in…
I first heard about Black Pearl from Lester Bangs. Not first-hand, of course. But from his 1971 Creem magazine essay Á¢€Å“Of Pop and Pies and Fun,Á¢€ reprinted in the essential…
The phone rang while a few of us were hanging out. I donÁ¢€â„¢t recall who specifically was present; it wasnÁ¢€â„¢t an organized gathering, just one of those times in college…
Over the next year Terje Fjelde has agreed to listen to nothing but David Foster on his iPod. HeÁ¢€â„¢s loaded the thing with over 1,200 songs produced, arranged, composed, and/or…
When I was younger, one of my favorite television shows was The Electric Company, a childrenÁ¢€â„¢s series on PBS that helped teach kids how to read. Now, I was 10…
[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/zol2MJf6XNE” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Named after the outdoor summer shed in Columbia, Maryland, Merriweather Post Pavilion is the latest disc from Baltimore’s Animal Collective. The band named their…
Asa – Asa (2009, Mercer Street) purchase this CD (Amazon) Folks in my line of work have been predicting a great pan-cultural pop culture shakeup for years now; it seems…
I’ve always had good insight into other people’s relationships. I could figure out their friction points in seconds. I knew the friction points in my own relationships too, but acting…
This week we have a ginormous, gigantic, gargantuan post, as we finish up with the letter G on our trek through the bottom of Billboard‘s Hot 100 charts during the…
Paramount Pictures has begun re-releasing many of their classic films as two-disc Centennial editions featuring remastered pictures enhanced for 16.9 TVs and Dolby digital sound. Two of the latest releases…
Every great football game, at its heart, is like an action movie. Once you cut out the commercials and halftime, they’re both about the same length. They both build along…
Bands like Rush and AC/DC wear as a badge of honor the fact that they’ve never written or performed a power ballad. I love them both, but they’re pussies. The…
As the news about the global economic downturn goes from bad to worse, we’re at a point where government inaction is not a palatable option. Something needs to be done,…
Lest you think Paris Hilton or any of the various Kardashians invented “Famous for Being Famous,” let me point you to Peter Robinson, better known to UK tabloid readers as…
DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE I was getting wistful for 45s the other day and went hunting through my old Grundorf cases that I used to lug from DJ gig…
Bona fides: I’m a Jersey boy, and a fan. I’ve got more than 50 Springsteen concerts under my belt. I’ve even met him once or twice, and no, I never…
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008, The Weinstein Company) purchase this DVD (Amazon) Whatever your feelings about Woody Allen — and Lord knows I’ve had my ups and downs with his movies…
Animation fans rejoice, for Duckman, the irreverent animated show that aired on USA in the ’90s has finally arrived on DVD. CBS/Paramount has released all four seasons of the groundbreaking…