Earlier this week I heard the beginning of Kerri Miller’s interview with Kenneth Turan, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, on MPR’s Midmorning. Bemoaning the influx of cheesy, “frothy” movies released each summertime, Miller & Turan discussed the fact that so many summer movies are geared toward “13-year-old boys.” Miller expressed particular frustration [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Why I Love Iron Man
Posted in comics, film, midmorning, reviews on June 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
10 Top 10
Posted in film on June 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The American Film Institute released 10 new Top Ten lists: The best 10 movies in 10 classic genres.
Check them out!
Do you agree?
Any glaring omissions on the lists?
Prepare to increase your Netflix queue after reading.
http://www.afi.com/10top10/
Icelandic Pop!
Posted in listen online, music on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Have a hankering for ethereal orchestral rock music from Iceland?
Well look no further than the new album by Sigur Ros. Who cares if you can’t pronounce either their album or song titles, music is universal right?
Their new album is streaming for ONE WEEK ONLY (before its big release). Enjoy, or let us know why [...]
Try not to smile.
Posted in for fun, music, watch online on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Found this. Simply Brilliant. Made my day.
His name is David Ford and he is a British folk-indie-pop guy. He is wrapping up a tour with Aimee Mann and as you can see, is very talented.
New Music
Posted in listen online, music on June 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am often asked where I hear about new music and my answer is usually pretty vague. Mostly because I hear about new music from so many different places; friends, family, radio, magazines, podcasts, etc. But I thought I would throw out some of my sources that keep me privy to both new music by [...]