Review: Caetano Veloso and David Byrne – Live at Carnegie Hall
OnAny long term relationship requires some common interest. The one thing my girlfriend and I really differ on is music. I like almost everything she’s subjected me to, but I can’t say the reverse is true. This is why the announcement of…
Review: POLYSICS – 15th P
OnThe first, and most important thing you need to know about POLYSICS new album, 15th P, is that it features a cover of the classic DEVO B-side, “Mecha-Mania Boy” with vocals by DEVO’s own Mark Mothersbaugh. Based on this alone, it is…
Review: Smile
OnThere’s a quote I particularly like from Neil Gaiman about writing children’s literature: “Making fiction for children, making books for children, isn’t something you do for money. It’s something you do because what children read and learn and see and take in…
Ambien Review #11: Lost Season 4/Any Which Way You Can
OnLost Season 4 Jeffrey Lieber, Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams Any Which Way You Can (1980) Buddy Van Horn There A re a few things happening on the island, and just as crazy things happening off the island with the Oceanic 6 in…
50 Outstanding Movies, Vol. 2011
OnThere are the 50 Best Movies I saw for the first time, or practically the first time, in 2011. There are a few I had technically seen before, but either couldn’t remember them at all, or felt that I experienced them in…
My Little Pony: Over A Barrel
OnI’m a brony. And I don’t care who knows it. But there are a lot of bronies around, and here three of ‘em help you through all the episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Not that you should need any…
Janet’s 25 Favorite LP Albums released in 2011
OnCover of Ladytron In very rough increasing favoriteness With self-defeatingly defensive commentary 25. David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time I don’t care to defend myself. best tracks: Pinky’s Dream, Strange and Unproductive Thinking, Stone’s Gone Up, Crazy Clown Time
My Little Pony: Green Isn’t Your Color
OnI’m a brony. And I don’t care who knows it. But there are a lot of bronies around, and here three of ‘em help you through all the episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Not that you should need any…
Paul Verhoeven: Complete Filmography
OnLast month, I celebrated one of my favorite directors by declaring November Paul Verhovember. During Verhovember, I watched the only feature film of his I hadn’t seen (Business Is Business), rewatched some I hadn’t seen in awhile (Turkish Delight, Flesh+Blood, and Total…