AltWeeklies Wire
A Few Singles, Not Two Discs' Worthnew
The archivists at Hip-O Select have released the first in a series of limited edition double-disc sets collecting all of James Brown's singles. Knowing the goodness that lies in store when they get to the voluminous non-LP singles of the late '60s and early '70s, it’s easy to forgive the contents of this set.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
Reviews
Music for Creepy Goth Kidsnew
A boxed set as expansive as these three CDs and one DVD should answer the $666 question: Do today's kids really get off on listening to music that's at least two decades old?
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
Reviews
British Mockumentary Relentless in Sarcasmnew
More beholden to The Office than Spinal Tap, Confetti puts three couples in the middle of a magazine's contest for "Most Unique Wedding."
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Confetti, Debbie Isitt
Jet Li Bows Outnew
Touted as his last foray into martial-arts movies, Fearless is a Jet Li stunner.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Ronny Yu, Jet Li's Fearless
Gifted-Class Malaisenew
This film's thoroughly bland characters are living thoroughly empty lives in thoroughly generic environs (the set decoration -- Naguib Mahfouz book here, Apple laptop there -- is subtly sinister in its glib "hipness").
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
Hiroshima, Through Survivors' Eyesnew
This harrowing documentary about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tells its story through the eyes a few of the remaining survivors.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Dizzingly Didacticnew
This film is from Tollywood, and therefore is capable of that peculiar feat of weaving a couple of choreographed numbers into a tale about Sri Lankan terrorism, guerrilla warfare, refugees' identity crises, adoption and heart-wrenching separations.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: A Peck on the Cheek, Mani Ratnam
Romeo and Juliet in a Kitchennew
If Romeo and Juliet were set in the gross, dysfunctional kitchen of a drab Dutch hotel, it would resemble Schnitzel Paradise, albeit with considerably less humor.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
Reviews
Brief but Beautifulnew
The Band of the Name close out their "career" with this posthumous three-song EP.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-10-2006 |
Reviews
Reissue, Repackagenew
Ease into a bath of pleasantly lukewarm AOR water and revel in all that was so horribly right about mainstream rock in the late 70s and early 80s.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
08-03-2006 |
Reviews
East Meets Westnew
Ali dovetails her expressive, if ethnically vague, voice into gorgeously arranged, future-ready soundscapes that are as much Dead Can Dance as they are Enya.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Azam Ali, Elysium for the Brave
Yet Another Lost Funk Treasurenew
I honestly have no idea if KSB was a for-real group, but listen to the music and you'll know that it doesn’t really matter if they were.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
All Eyes on Brazilnew
This two-disc compilation from DJ Gilles Peterson highlights gems from the past and present.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Back in Brazil, Gilles Peterson
Reluctant Rocker v. the Machinenew
A finally content Travis Adams speaks about newly formed band, Inkwell, the bad feelings surrounding flameout of My Hotel Year, and the many ways he got lost with music.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-20-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Inkwell
Cruel Words For The Honest Earsnew
The cracked and emotionally fragile music made by Johnny Dowd has made him a favorite among those who like their music raw and slightly unhinged.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
07-06-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Cruel Words, Johnny Dowd
