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Shellac of Faith
Between 1956 and 1970, Joe Bussard made hundreds of handcrafted 78s in his basement -- that neither his parents nor the music-buying public cared proved he was doing the right thing.
Washington City Paper |
Andrew Beaujon |
02-24-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Not Made By Great Men
Delta 5 manage to leave a distinctive mark.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Kanin |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
In the Moods
This is the most consistent album the singer has released.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Beth Orton, Comfort of Strangers
All Economics Is Local
Harford's pop-ec book is the latest sign that we're living in the decade of economics.
Washington City Paper |
Jandos Rothstein |
02-17-2006 |
Nonfiction
Le Musee des Faux-Arts
A. Clarke Bedford presents a totally contrived collection of paintings, sculpture and argyle socks.
Washington City Paper |
Adam Mazmanian |
02-17-2006 |
Art
Tags: art, collecting
2 Slow 2 Unfurious
When writing the story of a dumb but sort of sweet boy who has a thing for anonymous sex, it's probably a bad idea to give the boy a job in a chocolate factory.
Washington City Paper |
Trey Graham |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Death Cab for Cuties
Credit director James Wong for knowing what his audience has come to see -- unfortunately, that's all you can give him credit for.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Final Destination 3, James Wong
The Young and the Restful
Demme does as well by Young as he did by Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense) and Robyn Hitchcock (Storefront Hitchcock), rendering the performances with elegance, intimacy, and a splendid lack of gimmickry.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
The Moore Things Stay the Same
Freedomland is a most amazing story of sorts, but in the end, its much and often absurd ado goes nowhere and amounts to nothing.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Man's Best Co-Star
This film is quick-moving and riveting, but you may as well tune out when the movie starts cutting back and forth between the humans, safely back in America, and the dogs, left to fend for themselves in increasingly perilous conditions.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall
What In Carnation?
By shaking the hornet's nest of American race relations, von Trier has guaranteed that at least some viewers will find Manderlay injurious.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Fables of the Deconstruction
The point of the original novel is never to get to the point, which this movie respects as best it can.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
Reviews
Workin' for The Man
Dan Kieren maps out the tragic specifics of exactly how much jobs suck.
Washington City Paper |
Dave Nuttycombe |
02-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Women: 'Food and Turf'
This book is suitable bathroom reading for the single woman, but woe is the self-help seeker who finds gospel within.
Washington City Paper |
Mike Keefe-Feldman |
02-10-2006 |
Nonfiction
Banana Fritter
Despite a couple of good jokes, George's plot line is too blah for bigger kids and too complicated for the pre-K acolytes.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-10-2006 |
Reviews
