The first time I read Why Did Pete Duel Kill Himself?, I didn't know Duel was a real person until the book's end. I can't fully explain why that elevated a great comic to one I end up reading every time I'm
I'm thinking, today, about BARR. Has anybody been able to discover BARR in the past decade-and-a-half? Beatrix Fowler's website is down, her record label, the great 5 Rue Christine, hasn't been active since 2007, around when she released her incredible album Summary. That record
Last week, I saw Godspeed You! Black Emperor live on Tuesday, for what was the sixth or seventh time, watched the new movie 28 Years Later on Thursday, for what was the first of what will probably be many times and watched 85% of Grizzly Man on Saturday, for the
content warning: there's going to be talk of murder, assault and dismemberment, unfortunately I'm going to touch on a case I've thought about for a decade but haven't written about in a substantial way because the research is pretty hard to come
5. "This Dust Makes That Mud" by Liars, which closes their album They Threw Us All In A Trench And Put A Monument On Top This is a weird one with a few asterisks. "This Dust Makes That Mud," the last track on Liars' debut
"It sorta starts off real slow and then fizzles out altogether." Neil Young said that on the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album 4 Way Street, introducing the song “Don’t Let It Bring You Down.” The version of that song on that record is three minutes
In 2005, for reasons that justify my use of the passive voice here, I found myself in Arlington National Cemetery, watching the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, surrounded by 40-50 other high school kids. We stood in long, tight lines, watching a soldier march
For the past few years, I've "worked with" (read: "sat back and watched") two of my favorite directors, Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason, as they made a documentary. In the planning stages, it was one thing and then it was another thing and then
The list of new movies I wanted to see in 2024 is, as usual, three or four times as long as the list of new movies I actually watched last year. If you've already seen every movie you've ever wanted to, you probably don't
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You Won't Make SNL Funny, Jason!
"Jesus, Tom." A dozen characters in the Coen brothers' Miller's Crossing are pissed at Tom Reagan, and half of them sigh or mutter or yell "Jesus, Tom" as the character, played by Gabriel Byrne, crosses them. Like many noir protagonists, Tom's
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This May Be The Last Time. The Iron Claw and Doubling Down I heard people whisper "Jesus" at different points, from different places in the theater, as I watched The Iron Claw two or three weeks ago. If you've taken in much about wrestling history, this