2007 Archive

  • A sampler that goes for bombast, forgoing the deep cuts. Zep was AOR. Until 1990, they shied away from releasing compilations. Funny how time slips away – and the greed […]

    Led Zeppelin – Mothership

    A sampler that goes for bombast, forgoing the deep cuts. Zep was AOR. Until 1990, they shied away from releasing compilations. Funny how time slips away – and the greed […]

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  • At times Arcade Fire are a bit too cute for me. They are consciously big and bleak, with exotic touches and the spirit of a pep rally — a marching […]

    Arcade Fire – Neon Bible

    At times Arcade Fire are a bit too cute for me. They are consciously big and bleak, with exotic touches and the spirit of a pep rally — a marching […]

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  • The premise: Stunt babes versus Stuntman Mike (as played by Kurt Russell, icy hot and deliciously duck-tailed). The movie elevates the exploitation-device-as-feminist-tract. It’s a guy flick for chicks, a valentine […]

    Death Proof

    The premise: Stunt babes versus Stuntman Mike (as played by Kurt Russell, icy hot and deliciously duck-tailed). The movie elevates the exploitation-device-as-feminist-tract. It’s a guy flick for chicks, a valentine […]

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  • An effigy of greed. As a “deep,” long-faced epic, it’s grim in a facile way. Content denudes form: Loveless and vile, Daniel Plainview (the hero) is mad from the word […]

    There Will Be Blood

    An effigy of greed. As a “deep,” long-faced epic, it’s grim in a facile way. Content denudes form: Loveless and vile, Daniel Plainview (the hero) is mad from the word […]

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