BOTTOM LINE: Bitingly funny and self-aware. Perfect entertainment, especially for members of Generations X and Y. Thomas Sadoski and Marin Ireland in Reasons to Be Pretty Neil LaBute is one…
Robert Cass
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The first six months after 9/11 were a confusing time, and America wasn’t sure when it would be okay to laugh again. Then on March 5, 2002, some well-funded foreigners…
Bob Cashill
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Spinning Into Butter has taken a few twists and turns on the road to today’s release. Shooting began in October 2005, back when Catherine Crier still had her live show…
Jack Feerick
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Thank God for Ted Nugent. Seriously. The guy is a true patriot, and he has strong notions about America and what makes her great, which he lays out in his…
Jason Hare
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Happy Friday, everybody, and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week’s Top 10 is relatively diverse, with a bunch of artists who stand absolutely no chance of…
Jeff Giles
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I try to do right, I try to do right, because I only got, only got, only got, only got…all that I have is one life to live. These are…
Arend Anton
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If you read this column last week, you might think from reading the headline that I’ve decided to only discuss the economic situation. In truth, I’m not referencing the “big…
Jon Cummings
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The original, furiously populist theme of this column, as I envisioned it last weekend, was “Nationalize the Banks, Now!” Well, as of Monday that was taken care of, so, moving…
Dw. Dunphy
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I may have to change my radio habits. As a general habit, my car is tuned to the local public radio station out of New York. I like it, it…
Robert Cass
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Actor Bruce Willis turned 54 on March 19, the same day famous friend David Letterman married Regina Lasko, his girlfriend of 23 years. Two days later Willis married Emma Heming,…
Ed Murray
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The original Lowell George-led Little Feat had a string of classic albums in the 1970s, from their self-titled debut on through 1978’s live Waiting For Columbus, their best seller. After…
Scott Malchus
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A winter chill crept into our sunny spring Sunday and we all donned heavy coats to go to a baseball game. Tickets to the World Baseball Classic between the United…
Bob Cashill
1 Min Read
Last week, Lance Berry brought word of a death in the DVD rental market. Today, I write of a renaissance in the sales market, at least for “catalog” buyers like…
Rich DeWester
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Suikoden Tierkreis (Nintendo DS, Konami, 2009) purchase this game (Amazon) I’ve been playing the Suikoden series since it first came stateside in 1996. Each story typically would touch on a…
Tony Redman
1 Min Read
I’ve always been a fan of the Monkees. I watched the show when it came on the first time, and later when it was in reruns. I got most of…
Ben Wiser
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Welcome back to Test of the Boomerang. Happy Spring Equinox! The folks over at Lostpedia offered up an interesting tidbit about the recent Lost episode “La Fleur.” Could the names…
Ken Shane
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The Hazards of Love (Capitol Records), the fifth Decemberists album, is a romantic fairy tale, albeit one with some extremely dark passages, and a very sad ending. Musically, Colin Meloy…
Taylor Long
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On her latest release, fiery-haired singer-songwriter Neko Case lightens the tone, musically, while trekking into deeper territory, emotionally. With Middle Cyclone, Case, who’s developed something of a reputation for avoiding…
Rob Smith
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Indigo Girls – Poseidon and the Bitter Bug (2009, Vanguard) Purchase this album (Amazon) To a 19-year-old roiling with existential crises, the Indigo Girls’ major label debut was the perfect…
Dw. Dunphy
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Some things just don’t go quite the way they’re planned. For instance, I was supposed to be over the moon and in love with U2’s latest album, No Line on…
David Medsker
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The fantasy of owning a time machine is a fun one, isn’t it? Most people would go back and stop Hitler. Patton Oswalt would go to 1983 and kill George…
Dave Steed
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Unfortunately, time has caught up with the Bottom Feeders camp, so there will be a one-week delay for the 45th installment. (Dave just wants everyone to read the 44th installment…
Scott Malchus
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As the film adaptation of the seminal graphic novel Watchmen hangs on at movie theaters — it hasn’t exactly lived up to box-office expectations — a lot of questions have…
Ann Logue
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One of my friends had a complaint about the personal financial press: why is it, she wondered, that they are telling people now about raising emergency funds and living below…
John C. Hughes
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French duo Fred Chichin and Catherine Ringer met at a theater production in the late ’70s and an instant musical bond was formed, one that took them from rock to…
Ted Asregadoo
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DOWNLOAD THE FULL MIX HERE You know that sinking feeling you get when you hear your boss say: “Hey, can I see you in my office?” Yeah, you know what…