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» Michael Jackson, 1958-2009 - My first musical memory was the "Black or White" video. I asked my dad, "Why is that woman named Michael?" Now that The King of Pop is gone, taking a look back at whatever Monster or Magic he was, it is more clear than ever that everything about him was always misunderstood.[07.03.2009 by Dan Weiss]
MUSIC
» A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost are testament to the fact that, for all of our world's shrinking and flattening in the digital age, place still matters. Originating in Jeremy Barnes' native Albuquerque, the group is the antithesis of today's shifting cultural and musical realities, having relocated to Budapest for the recording of their new album, Délivrance.[07.01.2009 by Eric J Herboth]
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» Missed the Boat #1 - In a time when more albums than ever are being made and fewer publications can afford to exist, more gatekeepers than ever are needed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's this month's batch of unreviewed but worth your time records that may have been overlooked.[06.29.2009 by Dan Weiss]
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» Michael Jackson, 1958-2009 - My first musical memory was the "Black or White" video. I asked my dad, "Why is that woman named Michael?" Now that The King of Pop is gone, taking a look back at whatever Monster or Magic he was, it is more clear than ever that everything about him was always misunderstood.[07.03.2009 by Dan Weiss]
MUSIC
» A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Jeremy Barnes and Heather Trost are testament to the fact that, for all of our world's shrinking and flattening in the digital age, place still matters. Originating in Jeremy Barnes' native Albuquerque, the group is the antithesis of today's shifting cultural and musical realities, having relocated to Budapest for the recording of their new album, Délivrance.[07.01.2009 by Eric J Herboth]
COLUMN
» Missed the Boat #1 - In a time when more albums than ever are being made and fewer publications can afford to exist, more gatekeepers than ever are needed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's this month's batch of unreviewed but worth your time records that may have been overlooked.[06.29.2009 by Dan Weiss]
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» Glaciers of Ice: Volume 40 - Having taken a month off for May, the regular LAS hip-hop roundup returns for June with the scoop on a host of new jams, from Georgia Anne Muldrow's post-Stones Throw forray to the hottest new MC out of London. Thrown in for fun are references to David Hasselhof, Hall and Oates, Billy Idol, and Shia LeBeouf.[06.05.2009 by Jonah Flicker]
FESTIVALS
» Festival dei Popoli 2009 (recap) - For a cozy and subdued five night run last week, Florence's Festival Dei Popoli brought a program of eighteen films, all positively teeming with emotional breadth and visual wonder, to the Second Annual New York Documentary Film Festival.[06.04.2009 by Mike Shea]
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» Gay Rights in America - When it comes to same-sex marriage, Dick Cheney is for it and California is against it. Go figure. When push comes to shove at the ballot box, the blatant estrangement of both major political parties to the issue of gay rights, and specifically same-sex marriage, has been appalling.[06.03.2009 by Brian Christopher Jones]
FESTIVALS
» Festival dei Popoli 2009 (preview) - This week the Florentine institution of Festival dei Popoli will team up with the New York Documentary Film Festival for a five day event at Anthology Film Archives. Along with celebrating 50 years of Festival dei Popoli, the 2009 program also honors filmmaker Albert Maysles.[05.25.2009 by Eric J Herboth]
MUSIC
» Dan Deacon: LIVE - As the sun was arcing toward the horizon, up to this "club" pulls Dan Deacon's touring bus, which is actually an old school bus running on bio-fuel. To this hardened ex-Haight Streeter, it was smack out of every Dead show I've witnessed, right down to the ratty drapes lining the windows.[04.28.2009 by Ari Shapiro]
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» Glaciers of Ice: Volume 39 - The skies are clearing, the temperature is warming, the birds are chirping, and the beats are flowing. This month we've got references to everyone from Neptunes and Timbaland to Unwritten Law and Sugar Ray. Yeah, really, Sugar Ray.[04.10.2009 by Jonah Flicker]
MUSIC
» Drunken Barn Dance - To be sure, Drunken Barn Dance walks a fairly worn path through the forest of singer-songwriter fare. Thankfully, however, though there's no real wilderness encountered, there are enough day hikes into the trees on either side to keep Scott Sellwood's songs from being relegated to strictly coffee-shop fare.[04.07.2009 by Kevin Alfoldy]
COLUMN
» Glaciers of Ice: Volume 38 - Winter is pretty much over, so its time to run through some of the best, worst, and most Ninja Tune-y cuts of the pre-spring season. We've got checks on Raekwon, Lil' Wayne, Q-Tip, and the artist formerly known as MF Doom.[03.10.2009 by Jonah Flicker]
MUSIC
» From Monument To Masses - On their third proper album, On Little Known Frequencies, this politically active Bay Area trio continue to deliver a brand of militant-math-rock that is both touching and thought provoking, but their penchant for instrumental euphonics is where any association with post-rock genre cliché ends.[02.27.2009 by Dave Toropov]
PERFORMANCE ART
» Nachos and Twat Mist - An evening with Patton Oswalt who, now that George Bush's verbal incoherencies and glassy-eyed faux cowboy smirk are gone from the media limelight, is undisputedly the funniest, most entertaining person in America.[02.25.2009 by Kevin Alfoldy]
MUSIC
» Neko Case - Listening to the Canadian chanteuse's latest album, Middle Cyclone, it's hard to say just how the recording will be received when all is said and done. The album is solid, but not necessarily strong, and it hints as much at the absence of Carl Newman as it does the presence of Neko Case.[02.24.2009 by Cory Tendering]
CINEMA
» Gran Torino - Conspicuously absent from the list of nominees for the 81st installment of the Academy Awards, airing this weekend, is this against the grain tragedy that evokes all the conflicted feelings of America and sadly might be director and star Clint Eastwood's last role as a leading man.[02.20.2009 by Hugh Slesinger]
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Regina Spektor
"Laughing With" video
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Bloc Party
"One More Chance" video
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Death Cab for Cutie
"Little Bribes" video
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"Laughing With" video
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"One More Chance" video
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"Little Bribes" video
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