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The Great Summer Movies: You Have My Sympathies

Matt Springer May 16, 2013 0

In space, no one can hear you scream. On the Nostromo, you can hear almost everything. Alien is a masterpiece of sound design. Every second is dominated by a dense, carefully constructed soundscape, where

The Great Summer Movies: Keep Believing, Keep Pretending

Matt Springer May 13, 2013 2

Summer movies usually demand a great suspension of disbelief. They’re heavy on special effects and deal with outlandish situations, whether superheroes and sci-fi or wacky gross-out extreme comedy. There is, perhaps, no greater suspension

The Great Summer Movies: A Perfect Engine

Matt Springer May 6, 2013 0

Drunk naked lady ventures into water after dark. Shark eats drunk naked lady. Resort town goes nuts. Police chief, oceanographer, and batshit crazy fisherman go after shark. They’re gonna need a bigger boat. Batshit

On Ebert

Matt Springer April 5, 2013 2

Growing up in the south suburbs of Chicago, there were two kinds of houses: Tribune houses, and Sun-Times houses. The Tribune families tended to be

On Ben Folds Five, Nostalgia, And The Lies I Ought To Tell

Matt Springer October 2, 2012 1

I am an objective reviewer. I have listened to a record. This record is by Ben Folds Five. It is called The Sound of the Life of the Mind. I recommend this record objectively.

On Bruce Springsteen and Silver-Plated Assholes

Matt Springer August 9, 2012 15

Lashing out against the latest Springsteen backlash

Album Review: Rufus Wainwright, ‘Out Of The Game’

Matt Springer June 18, 2012 0

What’s most surprising about Out of the Game is that in spite of the presence of auteur producer Mark Ronson, it’s still a Rufus Wainwright record. And that’s a good thing. Wainwright has had