FILM: Review: Whip It

Oct 03, 2009 18 Comments

Fox Searchlight just keeps hitting the mark. I’m struck, just now, by the fact that a good number of the movies I’ve loved most in the past few years have all come from the same company. It’s remarkable what a good eye these people have for quality scripts and talented filmmakers. This weekend brings us [...]

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MUSIC: Concert Review: Adding Machines

Sep 29, 2009 5 Comments

Do you remember the summer your childhood innocence wilted away like so many leaves autumning into fall? So often, it seems, such moments are difficult, if not impossible, to understand as they happen and it is only in retrospect that we can look back with pining nostalgia. Among all art forms, music is perhaps best [...]

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TECH: Review: The Beatles: Rock Band

Sep 24, 2009 5 Comments

In my opinion, the recent development of popular music-oriented games, such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, is due to the social aspects of said games. The first time I tried playing Guitar Hero was in the basement of my house by myself. I didn’t get it: a color came on the screen and I [...]

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