One for Friday — Will and the Bushmen, “It’s Gonna Be Alright”
I’ve alluded to the following before: Being immersed in a college radio station is a little like living in an alternative cultural dimension. This is especially true back in the pre-internet era, where there wasn’t a towering wall of external … Continue reading One for Friday — Will and the Bushmen, “It’s Gonna Be Alright”
Laughing Matters — Conan Babies
Sometimes comedy illuminates hard truths with a pointed urgency that other means can’t quite achieve. Sometimes comedy is just funny. This series of posts is mostly about the former instances, but the latter is valuable, too. When Late Night with … Continue reading Laughing Matters — Conan Babies
My Misspent Youth — Moon Knight by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz
I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. When I started collecting superhero comics, I adored first issues. There … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Moon Knight by Doug Moench and Bill Sienkiewicz
Playing Catch-Up — Beggars of Life; The Crazies; Brillo Box (3¢ Off)
Beggars of Life (William A. Wellman, 1928). Released one year after William A. Wellman directed Wings to the first ever Academy Award for Best Picture, this drama sticks close to a pair of thrown together traveling companions (Louise Brooks and … Continue reading Playing Catch-Up — Beggars of Life; The Crazies; Brillo Box (3¢ Off)
The Art of the Sell — The Flintstones and Winstons
These posts celebrate the movie trailers, movie posters, commercials, print ads, and other promotional material that stand as their own works of art. Even as I roll my eyes and grit my teeth as transparent shilling for products infiltrates ever … Continue reading The Art of the Sell — The Flintstones and Winstons
College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 16 – 13
16. The Creatures, “Standing There” Siouxsie Sioux was never one to recede from pointed commentary, particularly when it came to sexist attitudes that have long been rife in society. For the first single from the Creatures album Boomerang, she and … Continue reading College Countdown: CMJ Top 40 Cuts, March 16, 1990 — 16 – 13
From the Archive: Michael Clayton
Since I carved out a little digital space this past week to express my disappointment with one of the new movies being aggressively positioned as a Oscar contender, I’ll use this regular archival rummaging to share a review from ten … Continue reading From the Archive: Michael Clayton
One for Friday — Tommy Keene, “In Our Lives”
One of the great pleasures of working in college radio is discovering monumentally talented songwriters and artists, and then claiming some sliver of their coolness by playing their songs on the radio. This was especially true in my personal era, … Continue reading One for Friday — Tommy Keene, “In Our Lives”
Now Playing — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the new film by Martin McDonagh, begins on the outskirts of a small, Midwestern town. A woman named Mildred (France McDormand) notices a trio of dilapidated billboards lined up in a satisfying grouping. She has … Continue reading Now Playing — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The New Releases Shelf — Colors
Even as I’ll admit that I’m fairly detached from up-to-the-minute music scene scuttlebutt, it seems to me there’s a surprising lack of enthusiasm or even basic interest around the release of Colors, the new album by Beck. This is an … Continue reading The New Releases Shelf — Colors
