Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Skillful scaling.
Some fun injury news. Last Friday, the drummer from Pretty Girls Make Graves jabbed his eye with a drumstick. He's continuing on with an eyepatch. Not exactly Rick Allen, but still admirable.
And now the bassist from British Sea Power fell out of a tree.
Have a happy and safe Thanskgiving, kids.
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7:44 AM
Telly Alert. #011:
Project Greenlight moving to Bravo.
QV advice: Don't pick directors who are jerky and like broad comedy and sappy drama. Choose a script that features a lead character older than, say, 18. Thanks.
Backgrounders: #002 and tragic heroes.
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7:30 AM
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
BEATLESMOTOWNDYLANSTONESSPECTOR.
Lionel Essrog investigates the RS 500.
posted by QV |
3:29 PM
Christgau leaves the party.
ANDREW W.K.
I Get Wet [Island, 2002]
It's simple enough once you accept it for what it is, which is as hard as the music is simple (and hard). It's a Ramones album for an era when "Blitzkrieg Bop" is on the Shea p.a. and professional wrestling is on drugs. It's a Gary Glitter/Kiss/Quiet Riot album with no lyrical lapses, tempo shifts, self-expression, or other concessions to human fallibility. The songs don't all sound the same because if they did the thing would be perfect. And it isn't. A-
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ANDREW W.K.
The Wolf [Island, 2003]
Median track length, I Get Wet: 3:07. Median track length, The Wolf: 3:59. The steroids or the frat boys have gone to his head.
C PLUS
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1:53 PM
Monday, November 24, 2003
Monty Python and things like that.
The next David Brent?
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2:59 PM
The Brown Bunny. #022:
The trailer.
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2:38 PM
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