Archive for July, 2008

The X-Files Reviews Are In…

July 25th, 2008

‘X-Files’ won’t make you believe
LA Times
‘X-Files: I Want to Believe’ is spooky good
NY Daily News
Well, which one is it? This is like The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry except, you know, for nerds.
Update: Okay. So it’s nothing like the The East Coast-West Coast rivalry.
Previously: I Want to Believe the X-Files Sequel is Going [...]

They Fibbed!

July 24th, 2008

Mr. Benepe said that was not true, and that the precise counts show that the old numbers simply were in the realm of fantasy. “The truth is that those historical crowds, you couldn’t accommodate that many people if you crammed them into every open space in Central Park — Great Lawn, North Meadow, Sheep Meadow,” [...]

*asides: indie?

July 21st, 2008

“The guitars, the production; all these bands sound like they’re made in the same studio with the same producer. It’s such a ball-less, soulless, generic whitewashed indie sound. You could probably take a member from each band and throw them together in a new group and no one would be able to tell the difference. [...]

The E Street Band…

July 15th, 2008

…rocked the whole place on Friday. No place was left unrocked.
I know, I checked.
(video after the jump)

Dr. Uwe Boll Speaks

July 8th, 2008

I’ve championed Dr. Uwe Boll’s right to keep making bad movies before so, in that sense, I’m firmly in his corner. But whatever your feelings about Uwe Boll are I suggest you give a listen to this Q & A session with him arranged by the Creative Screenwriting Magazine. In it, among other things, Boll [...]

Jay-Z in Da House! (Ding Dong Britpop is Dead)

July 7th, 2008

“I don’t know about it. But I’m not having hip hop at Glastonbury. It’s wrong.”
– Noel Gallagher
“It’s ridiculous, if we don’t embrace what is new then how do we progress? I’ve never actually experienced anything like that before. It’s 2008, what is that about?”
– Jay-Z
Indeed. What was it about Noel Gallagher and others not wanting [...]

I Met The Walrus

July 7th, 2008

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it.
Brilliant.
[via Big Contrarian]

@#%&! Smilers by Aimee Mann

July 2nd, 2008

The life of a songwriter who has technically mastered her craft can be a thankless existence. In any other line of work proficiency and consistent excellence are admired. But, ironically, if you are a creative artist those very same qualities can work against you and brand you as predictable. In pop music mere excellence without [...]