A review of Mother Feather at the Bowery Electric on 4/1/16
With Matt Basile, Chris Foley, and Gunnar Olsen as the oxygen, Ann Courtney as the flame, and Lizzie Carena as her smoke, Mother Feather engineered a conflagration in which one would be ecstatic to...
View ArticleA review of Har Mar Superstar's "Best Summer Ever"
My first exposure to Har Mar Superstar (AKA Sean Tillmann) was a song called “Sextape” which combined my favorite elements of Beck and Prince into one filthy little ditty. Ever since then, I've been...
View Article"SPECTRE" PROBLEMS
When I walked out of the theater that night, I was apoplectic. Not only had it been a bad Bond film, something I thought we'd seen the last of in 2002 when whatever devils shat out Die Another Day*,...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - April 2016
Well, my ass just got morcellated by the government, but it's all worth it when you look at the plethora of new ah shit there's nothing.Nine Inch NailsOR IS THERE?! It looks like Reznor, Mrs. Reznor,...
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A review of Peter Christopherson's "Time Machines II"
I know that the man used electronic instruments. I know that I might even own one or two of the exact type he utilized to create the follow up to Coil's Time Machines, but, in my mind's eye, I've never...
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A review of Mother Feather's self titled debut LP
I used to force music on people. My thinking was: I like it and I’m the smartest person in the world with the best taste in music, so you should like it…here’s a mix CD…what did you think of the mix CD...
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A review of Radiohead's "A Moon Shaped Pool"
There's a line in Marcel Proust's Within A Budding Grove that refers to a small village seen just at sunrise but before the sunlight has actual hit it: "its pond encrusted with the opalescent nacre of...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - May 2016
Nine Inch NailsWell, it's fucking June and, aside from his name (and that of his wife and long-time guitar player) popping up on a list of folks involved with the new Twin Peaks, we've heard jack shit...
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A review of Garbage's "Strange Little Birds"
On every Garbage album since their self-titled debut back in 1995, there's a song or two that doesn't really fit. It's maybe a bit darker or slower or more electronic or intense than the rest of the...
View ArticleEnd of the Month Music Bitchfest - June 2016
Nine Inch NailsWe're about to get a lot more information about Jupiter and, with it, how our planet and our universe were formed. NASA and Apple Music* teamed up and released a short film connecting...
View ArticleA note about Phil Tucker's new epic fantasy series, "Chronicles of the Black...
Facebook posts and Twitter blurbs weren't doing it for me, and, not that anyone will read this or do more than scan the title and click "Like"*, I felt as if I must expound on my thoughts and feelings...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: Entering Los Angeles
So. Yes. I am in Los Angeles (or El La, as people here seem to call it). I am here for a month (7/18 to 8/15) specifically to shoot a feature-length romantic drama called You & Me. As a primarily...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: Waiting to Wait
I understand, yes, I really really do. I understand that, when it comes down to it, the actor is a teensy tinsey part of a film, really just an object at which the camera is pointed, and, also, that...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: The Girl With Several Tattoos,...
Yesterday, I met and was instantly enthralled by one of our wardrobe people: Jillian. She resembles an elegant, unbroken Lisbeth Salander (the Mara iteration, not the Rapace). She designs her own...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: End Times
Everything. Is on fire. Thousands of acres just twenty or so miles from my temporary place of residence are blazing. Ash is falling from the sky and we are looking at another 100 degree day.This place...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: 68,400 Seconds To Go (Give or Take)
As of right now, I'm 19 hours out from my first day of shooting. Today there is nothing on the docket; everything for the first week has been throughly rehearsed and I've got nothing planned for today...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: Day One
8:06 amSitting on some off-to-the-side stairs at a place called "Vanity House" at the moment*. I am going to try and make it my job to stay the fuck out of everyone's way as much as I can. These poor...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: Why Are There No Clouds?
Seriously though, why the fuck are there no clouds out here? What's wrong?Also, a quick note, for the next three weeks, any time you see me type the word "MOTHAFUKAH" or its plural form "MOTHAFUKAHS",...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: hot
Have you ever had intercourse with a taciturn seagull? If so, then you really know what it is to be...an Actor.Fuck Christ's eyes it is awful out here today. Mid-90's is hell, but, mid-90's while...
View ArticleEast Coast, West Coast, Everyone's A Killer: Terrifying Babies
Have you ever tricked a snake into smiling, and whispering its name? Ah, only then can you truly know...........whatitistobeanActor.Another full day, including crying, kissing, the baby, driving in...
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