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First off, let me say there are two things wrong with the new CD from local favorites the Exhibit(s).One is the title: Avery Ellis Presents The Exhibit(s) in "Devil Took the Wheel": Music from, inspired by, and completely unrelated to the movie Hide and Creep. For brevity's sake, and my own sanity, we'll just call it ... Read More...
I've been an Al Franken fan for quite a while now, since he was doing the "Franken and Davis Show" on Saturday Night Live back in the Seventies. It always cracked me up to see this odd little man asking the audience to send donations "to me, Al Franken." And of course, there are his other books that rail against the right, such as Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.Read more...
Most of the time, when I admire an artist, I want to see said artist to achieve well-deserved commercial success. But if that had happened to World Party, I would have missed out on a terrific show last night. Starting their first U.S. tour in seven years, World Party made the most of the intimate setting of the WorkPlay Theatre and the small but enthusiastic crowd that turned out for the band's 90-minute set...Read more...
Even when I was reading comic books as a kid, there weren't many that were worth waiting for. But Joss Whedon's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) take on the X-Men franchise is definitely worth the wait...Read more...