Oct 21, 2002 Music The Skin of Whippets by Charity Empressa (Review) Some drone artists may encourage you to tune out and fade away but Charity Empressa’s music engages the listener.
Oct 19, 2002 Music The Scissors & Blue Series: 4 of 6 by Canary, Under The Red (Review) This split EP is a tremendous change for Canary.
Oct 19, 2002 Music This Mortal Lust by Melinda Gidaly (Review) Gidaly’s not really like anyone else, but here she echoes Liz Phair.
Oct 19, 2002 Music Plug Me In by Ladybug (Review) The women who calls herself LadyBug plays a feisty, funky style of folk music.
Oct 19, 2002 Movies Lost in La Mancha by Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe (Review) An incredibly intimate look into a failed production.
Oct 19, 2002 Movies Punch-Drunk Love by Paul Thomas Anderson (Review) I went into this with high expectations and more than a little fear that Sandler would be a trainwreck.
Oct 19, 2002 Music Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore (Review) Moore is far too intelligent a filmmaker to boil down such a complex issue to such a simple solution.
Oct 19, 2002 Music A Rush of Blood to the Head by Coldplay (Review) It is apparent that Coldplay have bravely invested some intelligence and effort into writing songs that grow with use.
Oct 19, 2002 Music Alive by Ryûhei Kitamura (Review) A hugely disappointing as a follow up to Versus.
Oct 19, 2002 Music The River Made No Sound by Pan•American (Review) Mark Nelson is determined to minimize his albums’ accessibility as deliberately as he minimizes his sound.
Oct 19, 2002 Movies Bubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli (Review) This is a far, far better film than any avowed “B” flick has the right to be.
Oct 8, 2002 Movies Ninja: The Final Duel by Robert Tai (Review) This is one of those “Dude, you won’t believe what I just saw” sort of movies.
Oct 6, 2002 Music The Ghost, The Elf, The Cat and The Angel by The Iditarod (Review) These songs resemble a musical patchwork cloak, with influences stitched together from various sources.
Oct 6, 2002 Music 1957 by Soul-Junk (Review) Taking in “1957” is like listening to all of the schizophrenia of “1956” condensed into only half the time.
Oct 5, 2002 Music A Story To Cling To by Set On Edge (Review) With obvious nods to groups like Vigilantes of Love, Over the Rhine, and Counting Crows, Set On Edge’s music has its base in rock n’ roll.
Oct 5, 2002 Movies Tampopo by Jûzô Itami (Review) It looks at all of the ways that something as necessary as food can hold such importance in people’s lives and culture.
Oct 5, 2002 Music 5 Popes by My Education (Review) My Education’s greatest asset is their ability to balance their quiet and loud sides, pouring equal time and detail into both.
Oct 5, 2002 Music Lost in Space by Aimee Mann (Review) Mann has a definite gift in being able to capture a complex event in a couple of well-placed phrases.