The Dandy Warhols bring a sound and style derived from a wide array of music’s past – the junk-culture references of Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, the glamour/flamboyance of Duran Duran, and the seductive swagger of the Rolling Stones.
The recent surge in singer-songwriters has given pop music a certain level of respect it once had, before losing it to over-sensationalized choreography and flashy outfits for teens. The acoustic rhythms and lyrical sincerity of the genre are free from the over-produced work more elaborate pop-rock stars inevitably succumb to. While still simple in structure, this reflection back to the roots of songwriting has resurrected an industry plagued with turmoil and profit-loss with it’s little touch of integrity. And now, as The Incredible Moses Leroy is beginning to prove, the category no longer must be synonymous with a solo mic and acoustic guitar, but free to embrace all of our creative contemporary outlets.
The trouble with being a screenwriter is the irony that you are invisible to those who see your work. On the other hand, maybe that
Just as the lines of diverse music genres have continued to outgrow preconceived labeling, the world of “extreme games” is experiencing it
Since Allan Woody
Since 1976, Harvey Pekar’s intimate worldview has been captured and published in his own comic book American Splendor. The first comic book of its kind, it truly is nothing more, and nothing less, than the everyday that is Harvey Pekar. And now that unique, and at the same time universal perspective of the 9-5 working man negotiating his way through the ordinary and absurdity of life is on silver screens across the country.
If you love the game of pool, this film provides some great table footage and dialogue. Poolhall Junkies is full of action, on the table and in the streets.
Now that fall has officially arrived and chilly nights aren
Already establishing a storied career in front of the camera, now Nicholas Cage has decided to step behind the scenes, making his directorial debut with Sonny.
Bob Dylan – leading man. Sounds quite natural at the Newport Folk Festival
or Madison Square Garden, but on the silver screen? Well, Dylan comes
forth with his recent troubadour/mustachioed look, as Jack Fate, a jailed rock star turned folk legend, who returns to the stage for an ambitious benefit concert in Masked and Anonymous.
