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HOAX OR NOT A HOAX? >>> I should start by talking about what people have been saying about Joaquin Phoenix ever since he grew that terrible beard and vowed to quit the acting game. People smelled a hoax - a giant put-on, all for the sake of a "documentary" that Phoenix's
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WE WENT TO THE 25 NEW FACES IN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL >>> Films: Solitary/Release Rating: Three out of four stars Director: Holden Abigail Osborne Starring: Zachary Osborne, James Franco, Holmes Osborne Where We Saw It: Duh ... The Grand Cinema Does It Screen Again?: Hell yes - Thursday, Aug. 26, 2 p.m., at The Grand At the
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WE WENT TO THE 25 NEW FACES IN INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL >>> Film: Putty Hill Rating: Three and a half out of four stars Director: Matthew Porterfield Starring: James Siebor Jr., Dustin Ray, Charles Sauer Where We Saw It: The Grand Cinema Does It Screen Again?: Hell yes - Thursday, Aug. 26, 7:30 p.m. at
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FUTURE THINGS ARE COMING >>> Some performers, like Jarvis Cocker or Prince, are able to make their music purely, simply, uncomfortably about sex without it being embarrassing or seeming insincere. Their songs are chicken fights, bold stare-downs, at the end of which we always blink. There's always going to be something
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> METAL: I have a big ol' soft spot for hilarious band names. For my money, Death Valley Murder Squad is just about the funniest name possible for a heavy metal band. And I'm willing to bet that DVMS knows it, too. Check out
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TACOMA REPRESENT >>> Even from all the way across the country, it's easy to see Brad Oberhofer's star continue to rise in Brooklyn. I received an email today informing me Oberhofer will soon be releasing his debut 7", featuring the songs "o0O0o0O0o" and " Don'tneedya." The effort will be self-released, which is
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TW BEGINS SHOOTING THIS WEEKEND AT THE CANNON BALL TRICYCLE DOWNHILL >>> What you first must understand about TW, AKA Thomas William Smith, owner and proprietor of Renegade Muscle, is that he's the true embodiment of a character. The man talks a mile a minute, has devoted his
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LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT IN THE SOUTH SOUND >>> Rock: Correct me if I'm wrong: Valis is a band made up of leather-clad, rock ‘n' roll Satan worshippers who live together in a giant interstellar vessel powered only by pure, gutturally wailing psychedelic metal and capable of leaping across time and
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MUSIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND TONIGHT >>> Rap, Garage Rock: What we have here is a 65-year-old rapping super villain who sings songs such as "Should I ‘F' This Big Fat Ho" - a parody of you know what - and whose live shows are fairly infamous. Reason enough to
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REV. ADAM MCKINNEY: ROMAN HOLIDAY AT THE HUB TONIGHT >>> While searching MySpace for local music, as I do from time to time, I stumbled across Roman Holiday and was promptly knocked for a loop. Theirs is a slick indie rock sound so pristine, so flawless, that it quite frankly made
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REV. ADAM MCKINNEY: INSIDE EMPEROR MOTH >>> Jasper Spicero's songs feature mostly keyboard, but they're not light affairs. It's exciting to listen to layers of beats and sounds get folded into the mix, creating as close to a cacophony as the hissy trappings can manage. Spicero, aka Emperor Moth, is
