Film For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
by Chris Gore
“…as a critic I’d give myself three out of five stars.”
Along with tax auditors, parking meter attendants and totalitarian dictators, film critics rank among the world’s most hated types of persons. I should know since I’ve dabbled in this profession on occasion. Honestly, it’s how I began my career more than a decade ago, though I’ve never considered myself a decent critic. In fact, as a critic I’d give myself three out of five stars. Seriously, I’m more of a fan who enjoys championing the movies I love and bashing mundane crap when it’s deserved. However, having worked on both sides as a critic and a filmmaker, this also makes me perhaps one of the most qualified human beings on the planet earth to review a movie about film critics.
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“…as a critic I’d give myself three out of five stars.”
Along with tax auditors, parking meter attendants and totalitarian dictators, film critics rank among the world’s most hated types of persons. I should know since I’ve dabbled in this profession on occasion. Honestly, it’s how I began my career more than a decade ago, though I’ve never considered myself a decent critic. In fact, as a critic I’d give myself three out of five stars. Seriously, I’m more of a fan who enjoys championing the movies I love and bashing mundane crap when it’s deserved. However, having worked on both sides as a critic and a filmmaker, this also makes me perhaps one of the most qualified human beings on the planet earth to review a movie about film critics.
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Loading ...Music What the Puck? The Soulful Sounds of Hockey
by jamienewman
As Hockey’s “Song Away” would tell you, they make truthful songs over eighties grooves, but their music goes further than that – more diverse, but a good start in trying to describe their unique sound.
Hockey started their musical adventure as a two-piece. Jerm Reynolds (Jeremy, but nobody calls him that) and Ben Grubin got together when the two attended college together in Redlands, California. After moving to Spokane, Washington (on a whim) in hope of finding new band mates, they soon re-located to Portland (adding drummer Anthony, and later Brian on bass). Although Hockey calls Portland home when they aren’t spreading the gospel from the west coast to the UK, the band members hail from every corner of the United States and their musical style is the sum of their disparate parts.
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4.50 (4 votes)
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As Hockey’s “Song Away” would tell you, they make truthful songs over eighties grooves, but their music goes further than that – more diverse, but a good start in trying to describe their unique sound.
Hockey started their musical adventure as a two-piece. Jerm Reynolds (Jeremy, but nobody calls him that) and Ben Grubin got together when the two attended college together in Redlands, California. After moving to Spokane, Washington (on a whim) in hope of finding new band mates, they soon re-located to Portland (adding drummer Anthony, and later Brian on bass). Although Hockey calls Portland home when they aren’t spreading the gospel from the west coast to the UK, the band members hail from every corner of the United States and their musical style is the sum of their disparate parts.
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4.50 (4 votes)
Loading ...Contributors Music I Want My $2…ChinaShop Catches Up With Paper Route
by Jacob Cottingham
Gavin, drums (on left)
Chad, bass and keyboards
JT sings and samples
Andy sings and plays guitar
The Paper Route play their second SXSW, and this year have taken a slightly less intense schedule, playing two shows instead of four. Big fans of the music festival/conference/freebie schmoozefest, the Nashville quartet is enjoying their time in Austin. Even when I told them that Allen’s boot shop sold hats that said “Nashville Sucks,” they had nothing bad to say about the city. Ascribing the hats to a long-running country music rivalry of which the Paper Route wants no part, they proclaimed to be “hurt” and “disappointed” over their city’s treatment. “You can be there and not really know that country exists,” Chad says.
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4.33 (3 votes)
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Gavin, drums (on left)
Chad, bass and keyboards
JT sings and samples
Andy sings and plays guitar
The Paper Route play their second SXSW, and this year have taken a slightly less intense schedule, playing two shows instead of four. Big fans of the music festival/conference/freebie schmoozefest, the Nashville quartet is enjoying their time in Austin. Even when I told them that Allen’s boot shop sold hats that said “Nashville Sucks,” they had nothing bad to say about the city. Ascribing the hats to a long-running country music rivalry of which the Paper Route wants no part, they proclaimed to be “hurt” and “disappointed” over their city’s treatment. “You can be there and not really know that country exists,” Chad says.
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4.33 (3 votes)
Loading ...Music Other Lives
by Roemer and Zoetica Ebb
I first heard of Other Lives when a friend who, when he found out I was going to SXSW mentioned them first in his list of must see acts at the festival. I take these types of recommendations seriously especially coming from musically well-versed and knowledgeable heads. I dug in to find out more about this Stillwater Oklahoma band about a week before I left for Austin and what I found only added fuel to my growing interest.
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I first heard of Other Lives when a friend who, when he found out I was going to SXSW mentioned them first in his list of must see acts at the festival. I take these types of recommendations seriously especially coming from musically well-versed and knowledgeable heads. I dug in to find out more about this Stillwater Oklahoma band about a week before I left for Austin and what I found only added fuel to my growing interest.
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Loading ...Event Off into the Sunrise, with the Red Riders
by jamienewman
Straight outta’ Sydney, ‘stralia, Red Riders mounted-up rock out the final night of this year’s Red Bull Moontower in Austin – setting-off Saturday night with a bang. Entertaining the crowd with their musical rockibility and witty reparté, Red Riders made for a great kick off to the final wild night in the desert.
4.00 (1 votes)
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Straight outta’ Sydney, ‘stralia, Red Riders mounted-up rock out the final night of this year’s Red Bull Moontower in Austin – setting-off Saturday night with a bang. Entertaining the crowd with their musical rockibility and witty reparté, Red Riders made for a great kick off to the final wild night in the desert.
4.00 (1 votes)
Loading ...Music N.A.S.A blasts off in NYC
by jamienewman
If North America South America’s (N.A.S.A.) music were a type of food, it would be Gumbo or Paella (not a stew because stew aint cool), mixing disparate flavors of different nations into a delicacy worth devouring en masse. N.A.S.A. is a musical duo of DJs Squeak E Clean and Ze Gonzalez (Zegon) and about FORTY other collaborators from nearly every corner of music. More a traveling musical circus than simply an “act” N.A.S.A., brings the brash and bizarre influences of Brazilian Baile Funk to life with a North American thump – a serious sensory overload; a spiced mélange of all musical flavors.
4.80 (5 votes)
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If North America South America’s (N.A.S.A.) music were a type of food, it would be Gumbo or Paella (not a stew because stew aint cool), mixing disparate flavors of different nations into a delicacy worth devouring en masse. N.A.S.A. is a musical duo of DJs Squeak E Clean and Ze Gonzalez (Zegon) and about FORTY other collaborators from nearly every corner of music. More a traveling musical circus than simply an “act” N.A.S.A., brings the brash and bizarre influences of Brazilian Baile Funk to life with a North American thump – a serious sensory overload; a spiced mélange of all musical flavors.
4.80 (5 votes)
Loading ...Music Shout OUT OUT OUT
by jamienewman
Electronica has really come to a head of recent in the U.S., opening doors (and windows) for all sorts of new artists (and genres), and Shout Out Out Out from Alberta, Canada are no exception.
As they professed at the Red Bull Moon Tower, “knowing you’re making terrible decisions and knowing that you’re doing it. It’s a song specifically about Austin”. As with this statement, the Shout Out Out Out’s proved to be a good end note to more than a week of music, schmoozing and debauchery in Austin, Texas. The group barraged their listeners with heavy electro big-beat bass; making the crowd sway, shake and gyrate with all the last bits of energy they could muster (at least those who were not flying high on the free Red Bull’s). Shout Out Out Out had the amped-up capacity crowd shaking their moneymaker’s under the moonlight in no time, and offered some solace in their humorous hooks and quirky anecdotes.
4.67 (3 votes)
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Electronica has really come to a head of recent in the U.S., opening doors (and windows) for all sorts of new artists (and genres), and Shout Out Out Out from Alberta, Canada are no exception.
As they professed at the Red Bull Moon Tower, “knowing you’re making terrible decisions and knowing that you’re doing it. It’s a song specifically about Austin”. As with this statement, the Shout Out Out Out’s proved to be a good end note to more than a week of music, schmoozing and debauchery in Austin, Texas. The group barraged their listeners with heavy electro big-beat bass; making the crowd sway, shake and gyrate with all the last bits of energy they could muster (at least those who were not flying high on the free Red Bull’s). Shout Out Out Out had the amped-up capacity crowd shaking their moneymaker’s under the moonlight in no time, and offered some solace in their humorous hooks and quirky anecdotes.
4.67 (3 votes)
Loading ...Music Late of the Pier
by Dustin Downing
Jack Paradise would like you to know that 2009 will birth the third coming of the “Summer of Love” and he personally would like to wish you “Happy Hunting”.
I can’t tell you with any certainty just what in the hell he his talking about at this moment, as I’m a tad busy getting my ass kicked at Connect-Four by Red Dog Consuela. Not to mention that it is bat shit loud in here and he could’ve said something else. You see, I happen to be at a press junket with three quarters of Late of the Pier.
Late of the Pier – Space and the Woods
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4.75 (4 votes)
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Jack Paradise would like you to know that 2009 will birth the third coming of the “Summer of Love” and he personally would like to wish you “Happy Hunting”.
I can’t tell you with any certainty just what in the hell he his talking about at this moment, as I’m a tad busy getting my ass kicked at Connect-Four by Red Dog Consuela. Not to mention that it is bat shit loud in here and he could’ve said something else. You see, I happen to be at a press junket with three quarters of Late of the Pier.
Late of the Pier – Space and the Woods
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4.75 (4 votes)
Loading ...Music Lady Soverign
by Cory Ryan
Photos by Cory Ryan
Lady Sovereign is small but mighty. If you don’t know, you better ask somebody!
4.00 (3 votes)
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Photos by Cory Ryan
Lady Sovereign is small but mighty. If you don’t know, you better ask somebody!
4.00 (3 votes)
Loading ...Fashion Gallery Fashion Extravaganza
by Zoetica Ebb
If you are going out and you want to step it up a notch, check out these galleries for some Fashion Fabulousity.
4.50 (4 votes)
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If you are going out and you want to step it up a notch, check out these galleries for some Fashion Fabulousity.
4.50 (4 votes)
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