Carnavas
Sometimes familiarity is a good thing. It can make you feel more comfortable when presented with a new and exotic situation, allowing you to be…
Disciples of California
In this postmodern world we live in, the constructs of artistic critique can be complicated by the personal filters with which we interpret the works.…
Henry Darger "In the Realms of the Unreal"
The biography of a reclusive and undiscovered artist by the name of Henry Darger who lived from 1892-1972 and died a hermit in a small…
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Architecture in Helsinki, and Takka Takka
I used to consider The Showbox a rather sizable venue. In its day, this venue has showcased greats ranging over the eras from Frank Sinatra…
Major label debuts
TV on the Radio — "Return to Cookie Mountain" {8.6} Buy it! {Interscope} DJ Shadow — "The Outsider" {6.3} Buy it! {Universal} The Rapture —…
The Body, The Blood, The Machine
It has been about two months since I originally plunked the new Thermals album The Body, The Blood, The Machine into my CD player and…
Dig!
"Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin became addicts AFTER they were famous." Dig!, a documentary film by Ondi Timoner, won the Grand Jury Prize at last…
Happy Hollow
For those of you have lost track of the score at this point: Bush administration — several trillion, indie rock — two. In the span…
Good Night, and Good Luck.
"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty." The year is 1953, and the Columbia Broadcasting System is just beginning to realize the full potential of…
Infamous
"I don't know if I can autograph it, but perhaps I can initial it." Douglas McGrath's new flick Infamous finds itself in an unusual situation:…