You can bet Jack White doesn’t like music blogs. It wouldn’t be surprising if the proudly retro guitarist-vocalist of The White Stripes doesn’t dig on YouTube either. So it would probably please him to no end that when he and partner Meg White played a series of off-the-cuff public shows in Canada (a bowling alley is Saskatoon, a YMCA in Toronto, a city bus in Winnipeg) during the band’s 2007 tour, this sort of obvious blog fodder flew under the radar of all but the most obsessive web citizens. Read Full Story

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“Anvil! The Story of Anvil”, was awarded the “Best Documentary” category at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, which was held last night (Friday, March 5) at LA Live’s panoramic event deck in downtown Los Angeles. ANVIL also performed twice during the ceremony, which aired live and uncut on IFC. Below is a review of the film by Chris Gore. It’s good to see the Canadians having such a bang on year…first the olympics and now this! Rock on dear readers……rock on!

Rush is an epic band for the ages.  Rush is also Canada’s pride and their best-known musical act.  Rush has had hit albums for decades.  Rush can fill stadiums on tour.  Rush has universal appeal having been referenced in recent films such as Adventures of Power, Fanboys and I Love You, Man.  Unfortunately, Anvil is not Rush.

Anvil is also from Canada and has been around for decades, but they are not widely known outside their small fan-base and they certainly can’t fill stadiums. Heck, they can barely fill a living room.  Despite the fact that you’ve probably never heard of the metal sensation from the Great White North, Anvil is well-respected by members of other metal bands.  In fact, when Lars Ulrich of Metallica is asked about bands that have been together the longest there are only two that come to mind, The Rolling Stones and Anvil.

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This Friday the 26th sees the release of the new Kevin Smith film, Cop Out, and yet another in a never-ending stream of zombie flicks, The Crazies. This week we’ll be squaring the two off against each other, just based solely on the trailer, stills, cast, and every other detail we cared enough to dig up on the films. Read Full Story

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Critics have called it shocking, horrific, repulsive, and pretentious; Roger Ebert claimed that Von Trier “has reached me and shaken me,”; others deemed it “the most shocking film in the history of the Cannes Film Festival.”  So is Antichrist really deserving of all the controversy heaped upon it? (Is any film, really?) While it may be a bit overhyped, the last 45 minutes or so of the film easily rival the visceral gore of most contemporary torture-porn horror films. You know how certain movies get the ‘unrated’ aka NC-17 card, and you leave shaking your head, cursing the retarded logic of the MPAA? I’m surprised this one even made it to a theater: Genital mutilation, hardcore sex shots, leg impalement, Willem Dafoe’s ass, and a rather prescient fox who screeches astutely: “CHAOS REIGNS!”

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In Rip, documentary Filmmaker Brett Gaylor breaks down the pros and cons (and aren’t we all cons) about the copyright industry. He utilizes the artistic talents of Remix DJ Girl Talk (Greg Gillis), more than aptly illustrating his point. If creativity builds from the past, the past has no business getting its panties in a bunch about it. Everything new is old again.

In watching this film, you will be committing a crime…just sayin! But it’s interesting as hell and he makes a damn fine case for the current industry to change its ways. I myself am an artist and musician, so I can understand wanting to be able to make a living off of your creative expression…but, as Rip illustrates, there is a line here that exists in the current economy that gets ridiculous.

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The Red Carpet. Ahhhhh, you cruel bane of my photographic existence. For to stand shoulder, atop sweaty shoulder, of every crazy out there with a moblog and a black box stamped “made in Japan” is an experience I can only relate to being called an asshole by one’s Grandmother. But not this time bucko, I’ve actually convinced some poor PR person into thinking my black box shoots video and that I know what the hell to do with this fake microphone. I’m at the world premiere of Mike Judge’s newest slacker-piece EXTRACT and I’ve got some questions.

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In a world where people hide in fear and drop to their knees in terror at the sight of a twister on the horizon…one team of psychotic storm chasers stands tall! Ok, they are totally crazy band-mates in a race for the perfect tornado photo but I like a bit of exaggeration. Check out the fresh new web series, Funnel of Darkness, produced by ChinaShop and IFC here. I like pie.

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