Among the great contemporary music scene, there is Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside: a group of Portlandites who lend credence to the belief that there’s something in the water over there. On the heels of their great debut (oh, and what a great music video they produced, that I so fell in love with!) comes […]
Vinyl is back, no longer isolated to nostalgists, purists, or the hipster indie crowd. Hell, Best Buy is selling it! Vinyl is becoming a way to buy music again. With another year of higher sales in 2012, the physical conversation pieces are offering connections for those dismayed by the loss they cannot quite identify. Made […]
The Oscars are on Sunday. If you still need to be swayed that Amour should win every last prize, this editor urges you to invest comprehensively in the filmography of Michael Haneke. Once that is done, recover with a Little Book of Sloths (a portion of the proceeds go towards sloth conservation). If all of this […]
Last month, I had the opportunity to talk with Kyle Kallgren of “Brows Held High,” an online show where Kallgren reviews films. Kallgren’s show is one of many critical and comedic review series on blip.tv and exhibited through sites like That Guy With The Glasses and Chez Apocalypse. Kallgren, a skilled performer, reviews art house […]
Cycle 4 is coming soon: will you rock enroll with Underacademy College? Joshua Covell has the right idea: edit your resume with this vulgarest of typefaces. Zosia Mamet in Really Really is “keeper of the rape jokes.” To wit: the AV Club reports, “Promotion for Nymphomaniac begins with this photo taken of the inside of […]
