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Sac Attack: The Story of Animal Collective's Mindbending Filmnew
The movie Oddsac is an aptly-titled grab bag of headfucking psychedelia directed by Danny Perez and starring, scored by- and jointly conceptualized with the indie rock band Animal Collective.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
04-19-2010 |
Movies
The Birther Theory: Welcome to the Bizarro Nationnew

A recent survey indicates that nearly 60 percent of registered Republicans openly question whether or not the President of the United States is a natural born citizen. Pennsylvania attorney Phil Berg, a lifelong Democrat, joins them.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
08-24-2009 |
Politics
Dead Flowersnew
Chalk it up to karmic coincidence that the deaths of Syd Barrett and Arthur Lee -- two of 60s psychedelia's most beloved and drug-damaged souls -- should bookend the recent publication of Robert Greenfield's Timothy Leary: A Biography.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
08-21-2006 |
Music
iPods Kill!new

The brick-and-mortar blockbuster suffers a slow-leak death.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
08-07-2006 |
Music
Amazing Gracenew
The Boss' Seeger Sessions was made for you and me.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
05-01-2006 |
Reviews
Come On Feel the Ragenew
We could use a band like Rage Against the Machine again -- one that scares the shit out of the powers that be.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
04-03-2006 |
Music
Patsy Inclinednew
Neko Case and Jenny Lewis got nothing on Patsy Montana.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
03-20-2006 |
Music
Twee Outlasts Ladnew
If rock 'n' roll really is just high school with money, longevity is the revenge of the nerds -- that's why Belle and Sebastian is making great pop records while Fred Durst is making porn tapes.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Jonathan Valania |
02-15-2006 |
Music