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Music[Fri, 20.Nov.09]AC/DC: BacktracksThis AC/DC grab bag is expensive, but you know you want it. Sufjan Stevens: Run Rabbit Run + The BQE (CD/DVD)Two wonderfully orchestral, conceptual albums: Osso re-arranging Sufjan, the other Sufjan re-arranging the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Caution: May require ritlin. Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains in New York [DVD]Good performances of great songs, but there's nothing to see here, people. Lowlights: Further/FreeLowlights may operate on a well-worn country road, but they cut their own route there. Jupiter One: SunshowerJupiter One's second album has some great songs, but it also gets mired in mediocre '70s-style pop here and there. Short Takes
[Fri, 20.Nov.09] :. Skeletonwitch: Breathing the Fire :. Various Artists: Footsteps in Africa; A Nomadic Journey :. Camouflage: Spice Crackers :. Various Artists: Mind Expanders Volume 2 Events![]() [Fri, 20.Nov.09]
Bob Dylan: 31 October 2009 - Chicago On Halloween night when Bob Dylan and his band took the stage at the Aragon in Chicago, the audience members, some of whom were clad in costume, erupted in wild applause. [Thu, 19.Nov.09] Mixed Media
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Director Spotlight: Pedro Almodóvar
By PopMatters Staff [20.Nov.09] :. Today: Viva Pedro: The Almodovar Interview -- What could possibly be better than getting face time with one of the most legendary filmmakers of all-time? Almodóvar talks to PopMatters about his new film, Broken Embraces and much more.
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The Rockist: We All Know the Way to Sesame Street
By Michael Brett [20.Nov.09] :. In the 2008 presidential election, America crossed the Henson Point -- the point where we are a post-Baby Boomer society. The Rockist calls for a champagne toast.
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Books[Fri, 20.Nov.09]:. The Original of Laura by Vladimir NabokovAs a reminder of a great writer's genius and obsessions, for its historical value, for its fragments of beautiful prose, and as a objet d'art, this book is a ten. As an actual work of literature, it's no more than a four. :.
The City Out My Window: 63 Views on New York by Matteo PericoliPericoli's sketchbook captures the pictures, moments, methodologies, and musings that occur at every second in every spot of the city every single day. It is a macro microcosm. |
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DVDS[Fri, 20.Nov.09]:. ZNow is the right time to revisit Costa-Gavras' response to the defeats of 1968, all shot through with allusions to a burgeoning transnational revolutionary solidarity. :. Death in the GardenBuñuel made so many masterpieces in his near 50-year career that those films of his that are merely very good tend to be overlooked. Death in the Garden is just such a film. :.
People Like UsThis series acted as a springboard for an astonishing plethora of British talent such as Julia Davis, Tamsin Greig, Robert Webb, David Tennant and Bill Nighy. |
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