Archives for March 2006

Velvets, Beefheart DVDs... … [Read more...]

This time, DAVID HOUSEMAN plays a law-enforcement psychiatrist whose sleazier than a British MP... And if its spread-eagle teaser is anywhere near as original as its title (BASIC INSTINCT 2) then [snarky riposte]... HAD WE BUT WORLD ENOUGH I'd like to see … [Read more...]

QUOTE OF THE MONTH, BELLS ON From Frank Kogan's new collection REAL PUNKS DON'T WEAR BLACK (Georgia): "Rock criticism is built on unintelligible cross-references..." NIGHT EDITOR "No peg, no larger social issue (except random murder?), no point, really, we'll pose it as a whopping tale but it's … [Read more...]

IT'S COME TO THIS Donald Fagen's new CD is out, and it may be the only time I ever find my name alongside his on the same disc, so suffer. FREAK ON Found this on Flickr. … [Read more...]

She's everywhere, the European laptop blond whose magazine ad smirk sells zillions of language tapes. Why hasn't she turned up plugging milk? Aren't copy writers knocking down her agent's door? Who does she think she is... the ad world's Eva Cassidy? Doesn't she look like she's about to stand up … [Read more...]

Tune into WNYC.org's SOUNDCHECK today (3/13) at 2pm for a Rock Hall of Fame chat with Warren Zanes... … [Read more...]

CLICK THE FALSIE: Congress passes Patriot Act, nation yawns. Harper's: At least 65 dogs in the President's security detail were put up at a five-star hotel in New Delhi; hotel staff were told to address the dogs as "sergeant" or "major." Torture continues, nation yawns. Barron's calls for … [Read more...]

GLOBS FOR INDUSTRY! One of my favorite critics, Gerald Early, has a NYTimes blog: My daughters do respect [Ali's] stance against the draft, but only in the light that Ali was a more honest and sincere draft dodger than Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and others. He couldn’t duck into … [Read more...]

FOG: IT'S WHAT'S FOR BREAKFAST If you missed Bleak House , watch for repeats or rent, you'll believe Gillian Anderson as Lady Dedlock, but you'll get totally lost in Anna Maxwell Smith's Esther. LIKEWISE Huffman deserves a lot of raves, but the script is inconsistent. Go to see Kevin Zegers, … [Read more...]

Digg has David Thomson on this year's nominees, and the real stumper is HISTORY OF VIOLENCE... … [Read more...]