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Bumps Gives a 23-track Seminar on the Manifold Pleasures of Rhythmnew
Besides being a musical feast in its own right, Bumps also serves as a beggar's banquet for sample hounds looking to bolster their rhymes with killer blaps.
Tags: Bumps
'1408': Return of the Kingnew
Big Steve's back on the big screen in fine form.
Tags: 1408, Mikael Hafstrom
Tom Tancredo: On the Borderlinenew
It's all anti-illegal talk at the Tancredo rally at the Nixon library.
White Power with a Lispnew
Killer Billy Joe Johnson talks about sex, drugs, guns, dirty cops and Jews -- but not his homeboys.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
06-18-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Are Your Ears Burning Yet?new
Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer.
Think Summer Movies Are Just Toy Commercials?new
We check out the products they're pimping.
Summer Cinema: A Vaguely Helpful Guidenew
Ten films to see, five worth a look, and five more to shield your eyes from.
'Pierrepoint': Spall, Bearernew
Death becomes Timothy in The Last Hangman.
Sheer Konnew
Paprika's director is hard to pin down, but he wants you to try.
OC Weekly |
Luke Y. Thompson |
06-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Paprika, Satoshi Kon
Ask a Mexican!new
"Please fully explain your answer and include economical, cultural and quality-of-life issues in 25 words or less."
OC Weekly |
Gustavo Arellano |
06-05-2007 |
Commentary
How Not to Commit Suicidenew
This unlucky man wanted to die quietly but landed in prison after an explosion.
OC Weekly |
R. Scott Moxley |
06-05-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Battles Drops a Pivotal Expermental Rock Opusnew
If the band parlays its critical-darling status into Conan/Letterman show-playing notoriety, we could be witnessing the (re)opening of the American music-fan mind to the degree of which we haven't seen since the Ford administration.
Spare the Childnew
Amy Bril wants to make sure her kids don't grow up like she did -- inside the notorious cult known as the Family.
Matthew Dear: Poised to Break Out of the Techno Ghetto?new
The transition from techno producer to singing/lyric-writing techno producer is rarely attempted, never mind executed with competence -- but Asa Breed finds Dear furthering his songcraft within the genre, his flat, sometimes stilted voice complementing his low-slung, artfully spare techno.
Tags: Asa Breed, Matthew Dear
