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If only life could be like a Wes Anderson film. A world where feckless, often aristocratic, souls lead lives of whimsy, accompanied by the latest in obscure mid-century French or Spanish guitar soundtracks. Don’t get us wrong, we’re actually, ok marginally, sincere here. The Life Aquatic aside, we find Anderson’s fantastical immersion into the near-surreal … Continue reading
Here’s a short film that every American needs to watch. “Skwerl” aims to portray a couple’s interaction through the emotional content of their words, only the words are nonsense gibberish mixed with out-of-place English words. It strikes us as what English must sound like to a foreigner. In fact, it really conjures up memories of … Continue reading
If the world were to end tomorrow, this is the song I’d want to represent my last day. Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’ is about hope, love and the promise of better things to come. If you’re lucky, you’ve had one or two epic days in your life. A day full of love, maybe even … Continue reading
The golden kids of the Bay Area art-rock scene are on tour, and they’ve released some live tracks to prove it. Deerhoof has been confusing your eardrums since 1994, with something like 10 studio albums, most released on Kill Rock Stars (Olympia, Wa), and arguably they’re the biggest “art-rock” band to come out of the … Continue reading
Since the invention of the digital camera, photographers – professionals and novices alike – have struggled with ways to imitate that nostalgic old-timey Polaroid film appearance, first with software like Photoshop and more recently with smart phone apps such as Hipstamatic and the like. The Impossible Project, a small company devoted to the field of … Continue reading
With the fall TV season upon us, everyone (and their 100 monkeys) is writing up fall preview reviews. And it doesn’t look good. So we thought it’s high time network executives take a page from the movie studio handbook: reboots! Movie studios have uncovered a genius solution to the problem of perpetually uninspired movie ideas: … Continue reading
Here are 51 reasons why California is America’s Best State.
Somewhere in the heart of the Western Addition… Lies a city within a city… Where young swashbucklers proudly display their acid-wash and red trainers… And exotic, colorful edibles temp your senses. A place boasting golden gates of a decidedly different variety… And where reverence for tradition reigns supreme.
