If you didn’t sprout boobs or grow body hair in the 1980s the death of John Hughes likely leans little to you. Let’s be blunt, he was neither a great director or writer and to my critical faculties won’t allow me to rate any of his films at the top of the 80s teen flick [...]
Today a worldwide icon, an American sex symbol, and a music pioneer all died – any one of whom would have garnered a post. However the least noticed – Sky Saxon – is the one who probably had the most effect on my life. Here’s my take on today’s news in order of the decade [...]
Marvel Comics has a habit of adding nifty adjectives to it’s characters names – The Amazing Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, the…uh, Fantastic Four. So it should be noted that the movie The Incredible Hulk isn’t necessarily bragging about it’s own quality relative to Ang Lee’s still warm Hulk. It is the better film though, despite [...]
25.Black Francis – Bluefinger Reviving the Pixies seemed to re-spark a hunger for Black Francis (aka Frank Black) so much so that he reverted to his previous moniker and dropped a blazing solo record that was the equal of his best work solo or otherwise. This is no Pixies self-imitation though – Black uses all [...]
100. Regina Spektor – Begin To Hope Regina Spektor continues to stride the fine line of what radio programmers call AAA (alternative for old folks) and quirky indie – ans she never did it finer than on this record which coupled poppy keyboard driven tunes with weird New York boho lifestyle observations. 99. Deerhunter – [...]
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