All Things To All People
Reviews of albums, movies, books &c.
Cover of Best of Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight by reviewing…
Cover of Deface the Music Utopia’s Deface the Music is the best album the Rutles never recorded. It fits perfectly in that mold of knockoff Beatles tunes that are just as good (and sometimes better) than the originals. Like the Rutles, on…
Cover via Amazon This was written track-by-track as I first listened to This One’s for the Fellows: A Sonic Salute to The Young Fresh Fellows, a Young Fresh Fellows tribute album. Some of the things are kinda funny — considering that I…
Cover of I Know I Am, But What Are You? Samantha Bee’s long been one of my favorite Daily Show correspondents… which is more true than you may expect, since she’s been with the show forever. I think the only person on…
Cover of Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to…
Image via Wikipedia When I was a kid, my mom used to tell me that the reason people listened to what Siskel and Ebert had to say about movies, that the reason their opinions were relevant, was because, whatever their taste in…
The Top 10 Greatest Movies I Watched in 2010 1. Aerobicide (1986, David A. Prior) Members of a gym are being killed off by someone with a giant safety pin, and it may have something to do with a girl who was…
When one mentions “manga,” to the average passer-by, one is usually met with the question, “what is that?” Mention manga to the average American manga reader, you’ll likely hear mention of such series as Soul Eater or Negima!, or of such high-profile…
It’s been 16 years since Gang of Four released an album of new material, and a good 28 years since what is considered to be their last good album, 1983’s Hard. They did put out a couple albums in the early 90s,…
Cover of In Outer Space (Reis) Who don’t love Sparks? I suppose the folks who don’t know who Sparks are might not love Sparks, but that’s only because of plum ignorance. But REST EASY, reader — we’re here to set you straight…