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Review: Dead Man’s Bones
Posted by: josh on: September 28, 2009
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A children’s choir stands on a stage. They are dressed as all manner of zombies, witches, devils and goblins. They sing what seems like a showtune upon first listen, but no, that can’t be right – the words are rife with macabre imagery to bones and graves and, well, zombies. There’s a man standing next [...]
Review: The Brothers Bloom
Posted by: josh on: August 21, 2009
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Tonight, I saw The Brothers Bloom. It centers on two brothers, Stephen and Bloom, who have become renowned con men. Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) is the older of the two. He hatches their plans and writes out all of their cons like an intricate story – complete with symbolism and references and allusions to his favorite [...]
Review: Rx Bandits – Mandala
Posted by: josh on: July 17, 2009
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I’ll make this brief. One of my favorite bands ever is Rx Bandits. What started as a Ska/Punk blend has become one of the most criminally unknown and underrated bands in the world. They have brilliant lyrics, and their music is organic and chaotic rock with a reggae style floating somewhere in the background of [...]
Where Do the Ducks Go In the Wintertime?
Posted by: josh on: November 7, 2008
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I’ve been listening to punk rock all of my life. When I was young, twelve, thirteen, I heard a song from an old Green Day album called “Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?” My sister had just recently read the book for school, and said I might like it. I was young and impatient and didn’t very [...]
WALL-E
Posted by: josh on: August 22, 2008
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So I just saw Wall-E last night for the first time. It was pretty fucking amazing. I think it’s my favorite Pixar film. I mean, I think I love it even more than The Incredibles. It might be one of my favorite animated films ever. It’s a really simple, but incredibly human story told using [...]
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