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FIELD NOTES
On May 15th Brooklyn-based lensman PETER BESTE, the documentary photographer noted for his image collections on the Houston rap scene and London's grime explosion, along with commercial works for record labels and trade magazines, will publish a series of images from his extensive portfolio of por... [more]
[04.15.2008]
GET ACTIVE: CAUSES
GIRLS ROCK PHILLY - For the second year in a row this nonprofit Philadelphia-based organization is hosting a girls-only, week-long summer day camp for "junior rockers" between the ages of 9 and 17.
The camp will be held from August 4th to the 9th on the campus of Girard College in Philadelphia, ... [more]
The camp will be held from August 4th to the 9th on the campus of Girard College in Philadelphia, ... [more]
[04.30.2008]
MP3 Downloads
| The Dismemberment Plan "Superpowers" mp3 (DeSoto) |
The Heavenly States "Lost In the Light" mp3 (Rebel Group) |
| A'tris "This Mortal Engine" mp3 (Offensive Tie) |
Tokyo Police Club "Tessellate (Los Campesinos! remix)" mp3 (Saddle Creek) |
| James Pants "I Ain't Trippin' (Too Short remix)" mp3 (Stones Throw) |
You me & Iowa "Dress the Stage" mp3 (Scrimshaw Jazz) |
| Osborne "Outta Sight" mp3 (Ghostly International) |
The Dandy Warhols "The World The People Together (Come On)" mp3 (World Beat) |
| Thomas Feiner & Anywhen "The Siren Songs" mp3 (Samadhisound) |
Alu "Martian Rendezvous" mp3 (self-released) |
| Subtle "Farewell Ride (Beck remix)" mp3 (Lex) |
The Jealous Girlfriends "Machines" mp3 (Good Fences) |
| Sunny Day Sets Fire "Brainless" mp3 (I Am Sound) |
Ecstatic Sunshine "Pocket Knife" mp3 (Carpark) |
| The CoCo B's "Modern Lover" mp3 (K Double) |
Candy Coated Killahz "Playboy" mp3 (self-released) |
| Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez "Mostly a Friend" mp3 (Carpark) |
Nemeth "Transitions" mp3 (Thrill Jockey) |
| Titus Andronicus "Titus Andronicus" mp3 (self-released) |
Black Francis "The Seus (Infadels Remix)" mp3 (Cooking Vinyl) |
| Electrocute "On the Beat" mp3 (self-released) |
Women "Black Rice" mp3 (Flemish Eye) |
| Festival "Blown Light" mp3 (self-released) |
Radars to the Sky "Long Walk Home" mp3 (self-released) |
| Little Vic "The Evil That Men Do" mp3 (Orena) |
Chin Chin "Appetite" mp3 (Definitive Jux) |
LA CINEMA FILM + REVIEW
CINEMA
» Teeth - Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, this horror-comedy film gives an ancient male fear the modern slasher treatment while arming its virginal female heroine with a power that the average male is powerless against.[05.09.2008 by Jonah Flicker]
CINEMA
» I'm Not There - Released yesterday to DVD, director Todd Haynes' Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated Bob Dylan biopic, with its ensemble cast of Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, and Cate Blanchett, was truly one of the best films of 2007.[05.07.2008 by Jonah Flicker]
CINEMA
» Baby Mama - With this Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy being universally panned in the press, don't look to LAS cinema critic Susan Howson for a contrary opinion. "We all might as well give up now, and just accept that the funniest joke in movies is going to be about a baby grunting like DMX. That's right. BABIES GRUNTING LIKE DMX."[05.06.2008 by Susan Howson]
CINEMA
» Abel Raises Cain - This new documentary, narrated and directed by his daughter, details the life of the world's greatest hoax artist, Alan Abel, who over four decades created a body of work as a deadpan prankster that eclipses anything Stephen Colbert has done to date.[05.01.2008 by Eric J Herboth]
CINEMA
» Lake of Fire - A decade and a half in the making, this must-see THINKfilm documentary, produced and directed by Tony Kaye, the creative force behind American History X, examines both sides of the seemingly endless abortion debate in the United States, and does so in Kaye's trademark graphic style.[04.30.2008 by Jon Burke]
CINEMA
» The Fall of the Roman Empire - The enormous set pieces, vast backgrounds, exotic locations, thousands of extras, and intimate dramatic moments all make director Anthony Mann's 1964 film, being released to DVD on Tuesday via The Weinstein Company's Miriam Collection, a masterpiece of its time.[04.25.2008 by Jonah Flicker]
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» Dutch multi-media artist André Thijssen has posted "four more feature films (that'll keep you off the streets)" at the Fringe Pheonomena site. SEE ALSO: There are not one but two galleries of Thijssen images in the LAS archives. [05.13.2008 02:00 pm]
» Why doubters shouldn't completely discount pint-sized point guard Jameer Nelson's guarantee that the Orlando Magic will beat the Detroit Pistons in tonight's NBA playoff match. MORE HOOPS: LeBron James hyperbole: "No regard for human life is a statistic. No regard for momma is a tragedy." AND: Why high-profile college athletes like USC standout O.J. Mayo, bound to a year in the NCAAs by the NBA's "one and done" rule, are skirting the law and playing for cash at school. [05.13.2008 01:00 pm]
» "Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a looming hunger crisis in poor countries and a looming energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis." RELATED: Is the world's population about to be "checked" by its failure to produce enough food? AND: Who is responsible for the world food shortage? Not surprisingly, some think that American and British governments have used food supplies as a weapon against the third world. PLUS: Environmental Degradation and Hunger: Global climate change leads to an increased number of weather-related disasters such as floods and droughts, which cause food shortages and famine. [05.13.2008 12:00 pm]
---» Why doubters shouldn't completely discount pint-sized point guard Jameer Nelson's guarantee that the Orlando Magic will beat the Detroit Pistons in tonight's NBA playoff match. MORE HOOPS: LeBron James hyperbole: "No regard for human life is a statistic. No regard for momma is a tragedy." AND: Why high-profile college athletes like USC standout O.J. Mayo, bound to a year in the NCAAs by the NBA's "one and done" rule, are skirting the law and playing for cash at school. [05.13.2008 01:00 pm]
» "Despite countless warnings in recent years about the need to address a looming hunger crisis in poor countries and a looming energy crisis worldwide, world leaders failed to think ahead. The result is a global food crisis." RELATED: Is the world's population about to be "checked" by its failure to produce enough food? AND: Who is responsible for the world food shortage? Not surprisingly, some think that American and British governments have used food supplies as a weapon against the third world. PLUS: Environmental Degradation and Hunger: Global climate change leads to an increased number of weather-related disasters such as floods and droughts, which cause food shortages and famine. [05.13.2008 12:00 pm]
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» LATEST FEATURES
MUSIC
» Deep Roots 1-3 - Having released the the third volume of their in-depth reggae documentary DVD series last month, Screen Edge have solidified the reputation of quality developed on the preceeding two volumes and established a triology of indispensable archival footage for aficionados of the genre.[05.13.2008 by Daniel Svanberg]
POLITICS
» Clinton Hubris Factor - Eight years on from Bill Clinton and Lewinskygate, we see that hubris runs deep in the marital family. Hillary's refusal to throw in the towel is once again energizing the opposite Party, and adding more bricks in the wall that stands between Barack Obama and the Presidency.[05.12.2008 by Ari Shapiro]
CINEMA
» Teeth - Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, this horror-comedy film gives an ancient male fear the modern slasher treatment while arming its virginal female heroine with a power that the average male is powerless against.[05.09.2008 by Jonah Flicker]
BOUND + PRINT REVIEW
Do Travel Writers Go To Hell? - In his high-flying and low-balling memoir, travel writer Thomas Kohnstamm's "swashbuckling tale of high adventures, questionable ethics, and professional hedonism" recounts his first assignment for Lonely Planet, asserting that while working on guide books for the company he cut every corner possible, from plaigarising to faking trips. [04.30.2008 by Eric J Herboth]
Heat - Subtitled "An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany," author Bill Buford's book is a tantalizing tale of kitchen ambition and the humbling experience of apprenticeship. [04.23.2008 by Cory Tendering]
Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work. - "The simple messages contained in political ads may spark an emotional response," states How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work, from University of Michigan Political Science lecturer Ted Brader, "but the ads are assumed to derive the bulk of their emotional power from something other than the words." [04.11.2008 by Brian Christopher Jones]
Black Postcards - From his days at Harvard with the indie dreamscicles Galaxie 500 to his broader success with Luna and that band's subsequent dissolution, Dean Wareham's memoir is measured in relationships. That most of them seem to have failed isn't the point, the point being equal parts "Rock & Roll" and "Romance." [03.27.2008 by Dan Weiss]
All Governments Lie - Taken on its first three words alone, the title of Myra MacPherson's book might be too inflammatory for all but the leftiest left-wingers. Rather than a conspiracy screed on modern society, MacPherson's work, its full title including "The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I.F. Stone," is a portrait of one of America's most iconoclastic journalists. [03.13.2008 by Brian Christopher Jones]
The Dark Page - Kevin Johnson's book, subtitled Books that Inspired American Film Noir [1940-1949], is a handsome 380-page volume providing a brief glimpse into the inspirations behind the shadowed, morally complex world of film noir. [03.05.2008 by Eric J. Morgan]
Heat - Subtitled "An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany," author Bill Buford's book is a tantalizing tale of kitchen ambition and the humbling experience of apprenticeship. [04.23.2008 by Cory Tendering]
Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work. - "The simple messages contained in political ads may spark an emotional response," states How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work, from University of Michigan Political Science lecturer Ted Brader, "but the ads are assumed to derive the bulk of their emotional power from something other than the words." [04.11.2008 by Brian Christopher Jones]
Black Postcards - From his days at Harvard with the indie dreamscicles Galaxie 500 to his broader success with Luna and that band's subsequent dissolution, Dean Wareham's memoir is measured in relationships. That most of them seem to have failed isn't the point, the point being equal parts "Rock & Roll" and "Romance." [03.27.2008 by Dan Weiss]
All Governments Lie - Taken on its first three words alone, the title of Myra MacPherson's book might be too inflammatory for all but the leftiest left-wingers. Rather than a conspiracy screed on modern society, MacPherson's work, its full title including "The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I.F. Stone," is a portrait of one of America's most iconoclastic journalists. [03.13.2008 by Brian Christopher Jones]
The Dark Page - Kevin Johnson's book, subtitled Books that Inspired American Film Noir [1940-1949], is a handsome 380-page volume providing a brief glimpse into the inspirations behind the shadowed, morally complex world of film noir. [03.05.2008 by Eric J. Morgan]
» SURVEY SAYS...
With the summer Olympics in Beijing fast approaching, do you think world leaders and/or athletes should boycott the event in order to draw attention to China's suspect human rights record?
Do you support "eco-terrorism" as a legitimate means of influencing environmental policy and/or commercial operations?
Voting for this poll has closed.
| No - destruction is destruction. |
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59% | |||
| Yes - so long as no humans are injured. |
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13% | |||
| Yes - but only against businesses. |
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2% | |||
| Yes - anyone/anything is fair game. |
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4% | |||
| Eco-terrorism is a fear-mongering term and I refuse to use it. |
|
20% |
How do you most often commute to work/school?
Voting for this poll has closed.
| Automobile - Car Pool |
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4% | |||
| Automobile - Single Occupant |
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28% | |||
| Bicycle |
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18% | |||
| Public Transport (Bus, Train, Subway) |
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44% | |||
| Taxi |
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0% | |||
| Other |
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4% |
Of the remaining candidates for US President, who would you - whether you are eligible to vote or not - cast your ballot for?
Voting for this poll has closed.
| I can vote, and I chose Clinton. |
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6% | |||
| I can't vote, but I'd chose Clinton. |
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4% | |||
| I can vote, and I chose McCain. |
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0% | |||
| I can't vote, but I'd chose McCain. |
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0% | |||
| I can vote, and I chose Nader. |
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4% | |||
| I can't vote, but I'd chose Nader. |
|
2% | |||
| I can vote, and I chose Obama. |
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56% | |||
| I can't vote, but I'd chose Obama. |
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22% | |||
| I can vote, and I chose a candidate not listed. |
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4% | |||
| Politicians are all crooks. I'm not voting. |
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2% |
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"Murph Derrty" video
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"Murph Derrty" video
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"Beauty Hunter" video
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