Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Let’s Get Greedy!I want a new White Stripes album.I want a new Fiery Furnaces album.I want a Toboggan Monster LP.I want a new Wes Anderson film.I want a new P.T Anderson film.I want to make out and write sonnets with Joanna Newsom.I want to reclaim our title on Monday night trivia.I want a finished copy of Love is a Bad Poem.I want to hear that new Michael Jackson album.I want all the screenplays...

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A Great Moment in FilmA clip from True Romance...oh, the glory days of Andrew Pierce quoting this scene line by line, impression by impression...impressi...

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

HALL OF FAME ALBUM The Fiery Furnaces - Rehearsing My Choir I find this album simply beautiful and very complex. The critics pan most concept albums and they were pretty rough on this one. The album needs to be heard from start to finish like a film,...

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Come on America...Epic Movie?....Really? If you haven't heard the blistering news yet, let me bring you up to speed: The lowbrow (now that's an understatement) spoof Epic Movie opened this weekends box office at number one with 19.2 million dollars!...

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Sorry MTV, you hear it HERE firstTHE ARCADE FIRE - NEON BIBLE - 9.2If heaven is anything like this album then I'll wait in line. The much anticipated sophomore album is a great departure from Funeral and serves as a reasonable response to why beer...

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Let's Take a Look at Mr. Oscar(Why wait until Feb 25th when you can see the winners here?)Best PictureBABELTHE DEPARTEDLETTERS FROM IWO JIMALITTLE MISS SUNSHINETHE QUEENPrediction: The front-runner unfortunately is The Departed. A star studded cast that...

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Friday, January 19, 2007

The Best Trailer to a Film I Don't Plan on Attending:THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2It's one amazing shot with Devandra Banhart's providing the soundtrack. Yes, that's right Banhart's classic "Insect Eyes" will forever be attached to The Hills Have Eyes...

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Some Loud Thunder - 6.7Nobody would be guiltier of over-hyping the sophomore album from CYHSY then me (hell, Hank and I wrote a movie around their first album). Sadly, I cannot say too many good things about this great bands...

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El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)-8.9A wonderful movie that is much more about the hardships of life during war then the fairy tale world that it is advertised as. It's the mixture of the two worlds that makes this film come to life and investigates...

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Saturday, January 13, 2007

TOP 39 SONGS OF 2006(Why 39? Why Not.)39.) Sparklehorse – Dreamt for Light Years… -- SOME SWEET DAYSole owner of the greatest opening to any song in 2006. A strumming beauty of a song that holds throughout.38.) Matthew Friedberger – Holy Ghost – SEVENTH LOOP HIGHWAYOn an album that is almost unbearable, this track creeps its way into the subconscious and makes you come back for more.37.) Josh Ritter...

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

THE LITTLE ONESGreat band with a big sound that calls for everyone to gather around the dinner table for large bowls of hot coco and smiles. They have an EP out called Sing Song and you should check it out.http://wearethelittleones.c...

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Monday, January 01, 2007

TOP 5 FILMS of 2006Another just terrible year for film. People freaked out over The Departed which is Scorsese Lite packed to the brim with convoluted story lines, unbelievable accents, and a third act that felt rushed. 2006 brought us the fan favorite Casino Royale, a film that excites its viewers but is packed with some of the worse plot logic/continuity I've ever seen. The punch up scenes written...

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