Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Marco Bellocchio's Vincere is grandly ambitious and often stunningly beautiful: a lushly visualized and brilliantly stylish operatic bio-drama about an edgy, difficult subject: the unlikely tragedy of Benito Mussoliniâs spurned lover/maybe wife Ida Dalzer, his neglected, rejected son, Benito Albino Mussolini, and the brutal Il Duceâs barbarous neglect and mistreatment of them both.
Continue here: Wilmington on DVD: Vincere, The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, Ride with the Devil, Elvis, Cop Out, The Losers, The ...
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Friday, July 16th, 2010
Is the controversial singer "real" or not? Who caresher latest album, released this week, is terrific M.I.A - Kala - Slumdog Millionaire - Paper Planes - New York Times
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M.I.A.: Straight to Hell and Back
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
-- Filter-house titans of the world unite! Today, July 12, Ed Banger will release Rubber , a new EP from Mr. Oizo and Justice 's Gaspard Augé . It's the soundtrack to the film Rubber , directed by Mr. Oizo (real name: Quentin Dupieux) and featuring Aug é . -- Medical Records is a new Seattle-based record label that specializes in reissues of rare new wave and synth music. Their releases come on ...
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News in Brief: Mr. Oizo/Justice, Medical Records, Endless Boogie, MAHA Fest
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Sunday, July 4th, 2010
This week features an exciting mix of events, from a stellar performance by the Australian Boys Choir to the Pink Martinee Crazee Hat Themed Party! It's June -- and you know what that means, don't you?
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Around Town
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Thursday, July 1st, 2010
The Angel's Share by Skylar Browning The first time I heard Bill Mize play acoustic guitar it was over tinny computer speakersand it was breathtaking. The part-time Missoula resident (he spends half the year in Tennessee) regularly records sound clips for Greg Boyd's House of Fine Instruments, a gold mine for rare and exquisitely made guitars. According to employees at the local shop, Mize will ...
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Bill Mize
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Photo by Kyle Gustafson Welcome to 5-10-15-20 , where we talk to artists about the music they loved at five-year interval points in their lives. Maybe we'll get a detailed roadmap of how their tastes and passions helped make them who they are. Maybe we'll just learn that they really liked hearing the "CHiPs" theme song over and over when they were kids. Either way, it'll be fun. This time, we ...
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5-10-15-20: ?uestlove
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
The most momentous comeback Friday at The Summit was by Jenny Mae, the barfly singer-songwriter whose life spun out of control after her critically acclaimed 1990s heyday. Close friend Bela Koe-Krompecher has assembled a powerful memoir of her rise, demise and recovery at his blog, belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com.
Continue here: Sensory Overload: Terribly Empty Pockets
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
A new documentary about Canadian prog-rock band Rush examines the group's music, influence, complex personal dynamics -- and the rabid dedication of its fans.
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Rush Doc Charts the Journey of Rock's Most Unlikely Heroes
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Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
The 17th edition of the International Trickfilm Festival of Animated Film, May 4 through 9 in Stuttgart, Germany was definitely bigger and better than ever. The only problem I had was that there was so much to see and do that I had to make some difficult choices.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2010
Henry Padovani was almost a member of The Police as it became one of the world's most successful bands. His near miss is celebrated in a movie screened at Cannes.
Continue here: Cannes Film Festival 2010: meet Henry Padovani, the man sacked from The Police
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