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The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector
The Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector Dir: Vikram Jayanti Rating: 4.0/5.0 BBC Arena/VIXPIX Films 102 Minutes What a mass of contradictions is Harvey Philip Spector: iconoclastic musical genius. Insecure little-boy loner. Sensitive sociopath.
Read More »Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here?
Emeralds Does It Look Like I’m Here? Rating: 3.0/5.0 Label: Editions Mego Does It Look Like I’m Here?, only one of a handful of what could be considered traditional, full-length releases by Cleveland sound-scientists
Read More »Katzenjammer: Le Pop
Katzenjammer Le Pop Rating: 2.5/5.0 Label: Propeller Recordings The Nordic states are giving us a lot to be grateful for these days. Importing pop from the land of ice and snow seems to be
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
Read More »Oeuvre: Almodóvar: High Heels
Oeuvre is an in-depth examination of the entire body of work of an important director. Pedro Almodóvar’s career followed a relatively traditional arc in the ’80s: a few crude, explicit, low-budget movies, some more
Read More »The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender Dir: M. Night Shyamalan Rating: 1.0/5.0 Paramount Pictures 103 Minutes Hey, M. Night: you’re done. When The Happening came out and proved a hilarious car crash between “this really sucks” and
Read More »Scissor Sisters: Night Work
Scissor Sisters Night Work Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Downtown Records For New York’s Scissor Sisters- even more so than the various glam and rock acts that came before them – love is a visceral, physical
Read More »Hamper McBee: The Good Old-Fashioned Way
Hamper McBee The Good Old-Fashioned Way Rating: 3.5/5.0 Label: Drag City According to Tennessee legend and his own self-mythologizing, at various points in life, Hamper McBee was a moonshiner, army man and carnival barker.
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