Happy Metal Fun Time (Chuck)
I just returned from an extensive trip to the most magical place on earth, Walt Disney World. It might seem strange for a brutal metal man to subject himself to the onslaught of saccharine happiness...
Monthly Archive: August 2015
Majical Cloudz
Today I have a rather beautiful new song from Majical Cloudz. They’ve always had the kind of sound that pulls you in, but I’m not sure I’ve ever heard them be as entrancing as they...
Movie Breakdown: Straight Outta Compton (Noah)
The Impression: I’m horribly opposed to “entire career/life” biographical films, but, I love rap music. Thus, a film following the entire career of a rap band is a bit of moral quandary for me. The...
Movie Breakdown: The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (Noah)
The Impression: Guy Ritchie, post-crime-flicks and post-Swept-Away has actually developed into a consistently entertaining, stylish director. I look forward to his films. And with this one starring Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina) and two slabs of...
Movie Breakdown: Straight Outta Compton
The Impression: The story behind the beloved/infamous hip hop group NWA is now a film directed by F. Gary Gray (his last quality effort was 2003’s Italian Job). If anything, the music will be good....
Movie Breakdown: The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
The Impression: Guy Ritchie’s first non-Sherlock Holmes film in six years is a big screen version of a 60s TV show. I guess I’m excited? The trailers have mostly just shown off the movie’s roster...
Show Of The Week
Technically I’m super highlighting two shows in this week’s column, but they’re both on the same night and they’re both FREE, which means I can consider them to be one rad experience. So, tomorrow evening,...
Movie Breakdown: The End Of The Tour (Noah)
The Impression: I have to say that a film about a 6-day interview between David Foster Wallace and David Lipsky does peak my interest. But I also spent four months reading Infinite Jest. So, my...
Movie Breakdown: The Look Of Silence (Noah)
The Impression: I didn’t see Joshua Oppenheimer’s original documentary, The Act of Killing, about the mass killings in Indonesia in the 1960s, but from everything I’ve heard it was fantastic. Brutal, but fantastic. I’m imagining...
Joanna Newsom
There’s a new Joanna Newsom album on the way! I know she’s not for everyone (that voice! that harp!), but I love her and will always have her firmly planted on my shortlist of artists...
