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After watching Sofia Coppola’s movie Marie Antoinette a few times now, and not just because Gang of Four’s ‘Natural’s Not In It’ is the title track, I’ve come to the conclusion that this movie was badly overlooked by the critics and the public alike. The New York Times movie critic [...]
The Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir assists Reverend Billy as he performs an exorcism on Wal Mart (from the NYT)
‘For some of the parents interviewed in Rob VanAlkemade’s fast and funny documentary “What Would Jesus Buy?” the answer to the question posed by the title is simple: whatever gadget of the moment their spoiled-rotten [...]
Julien Temple’s documentary about the life of Joe Strummer, The Future Is Unwritten, is out or will be very soon.
Pete Doherty - Janie Jones (Clash cover) [MP3]
For you Portland, OR folks the subject line says it all.
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Featuring songs from and inspired by Todd Haynes’ Dylan biopic, the double-CD I’m Not There collection premieres new interpretations of Bob Dylan songs performed by an eclectic cavalcade of acclaimed and celebrated contemporary musicians including Eddie Vedder, Sonic Youth, Jim James, Stephen Malkmus, Cat Power, Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens, John Doe, Karen O, Iron & [...]
I love it when worlds collide. I always believed that Cormac McCarthy’s novel ‘No Country For Old Men’ would one day hit the silver screen. In 2005 I read the book cover to cover in a day and a half on a Gang of Four tour; set in our own time along the bloody frontier [...]
Guy Maddin + Orchestra + Stephen Malkmus + Foley Artists + Karen Black + Castrato
Brand Upon The Brain! Live Cinema Spectacular Comes To Portland 10/12 - 10/13
After sold-out performances in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the film event of the year is coming to Portland! Brand Upon The Brain! will be performed with a [...]
Portland-based film maker, Todd Haynes, is seemingly confusing the film world with his new movie. As this review says “Todd Haynes’s Dylan project is a biopic starring six people as Bob Dylan, or different incarnations of Bob Dylan, including a 13-year-old African-American boy, Marcus Carl Franklin, and an Australian woman, Cate Blanchett.” We’ll just have [...]