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Concert Review: Wolf Parade
The last time I saw Wolf Parade perform live was in 2008, in a college town smack dab in the middle of central Pennsylvania. Being the second week of November, Barack Obama had just
Read More »Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Dir: Brad Peyton Rating: 2.0/5.0 Warner Brothers 82 Minutes So the talking secret agent dog and the talking secret agent cat have teamed up to save
Read More »Best Coast: Crazy For You
Best Coast Crazy For You Rating: 4.5/5.0 Label: Mexican Summer Indie rock often seems like one big clever-off as we, the discerning listeners amongst the elite group known as “people with ears,” search for
Read More »Carissa’s Wierd: They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003
Carissa’s Wierd They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996-2003 Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Hardly Art Like so many other initially overlooked Seattle bands before them, Carissa’s Wierd are a group whose future seems
Read More »The Books: The Way Out
The Books The Way Out Rating: 4.0/5.0 Label: Temporary Residence Limited The Books are back- and they know the way out. Since 2000, Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong have made music to fit
Read More »Endless Boogie: Full House Head
Endless Boogie Full House Head Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: No Quarter I can remember my Renaissance art professor in college pontificating on the works of Florentine painter Giotto; largely considered the initial harbinger of the
Read More »The Extra Man
The Extra Man Dir: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini Rating: 2.5/5.0 Magnolia Pictures 108 Minutes Paul Dano seems to be in direct competition with Michael Cera and Jesse Eisenberg for most milquetoast indie
Read More »Roasted Beet, Garlic Whistles, Caramelized Shallot and Goat Cheese Pizza
This year, I decided to shake things up a bit and subscribe to a local farm for the spring to late fall growing season. I’d never heard of CSA (or Community Supported Agriculture) until
Read More »Comic-Con 2010: A Survivor’s Diary
Every year, the masses of fans of media (washed and unwashed, but mostly the former) descend on the fair shores of San Diego for four days of entertainment overload at Comic-Con International: San Diego,
Read More »In Defense Of: Striking Distance
In Defense Of. When bad movies go good. Rotten Tomatoes: 16% Fresh First off, no, I’m not blind, a film dunce or one of those nimrods who stands up and cheers at the end
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