Monthly Archives: June 2006
Fun with the 1991 Edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide
by Greg Call
Fifteen years ago. Before Nevermind. NWA is still together. A band called Mookie Blaylock has just recruited a new lead singer named Ed. Underground rock and hip-hop are bubbling over, but the charts are dominated by Color Me Badd, Extreme, BoyzIIMen. What were the cool kids saying, and were they right?
Poll: Space Opera Cinemasochist
POLL RESULT: Battlefield Earth wins and will be watched this week (shudder).
Playlist Thunderdome and The Cinemasochist
It’s all over, folks. But something new is coming. Read the rest of this entry
Want a big head like Ken Jennings?
How about a big Ken Jennings head? It’s yours for the right price. Insert your own joke here.
He’s got a new book, a new blog, and a new message board too. The folks at M* were underwhelmed, but I know there are at least two Jeopardy! geeks here besides myself.
Review: Superman Returns
My first Halloween costume that I remember was a Superman costume. Red cape, mostly, flying behind me as I raced from house to house. I was six years old, and Richard Donner’s Superman was my new favorite, temporarily edging out Star Wars from the year before. I believed a man could fly.
And *sniff* now I can believe again. Read the rest of this entry
Repeated Viewings
Slate has put together a list of movies that a few selected directors, writers and critics name as being the movies they’ve rewatched the most. (†Ann Althouse) It’s an interesting list, though I can’t exactly say why. I suppose it’s really just an outlet for creative types to weigh in on their favorite movies. Read the rest of this entry
Band Spotlight: The Brought Low
I’m starting a new feature on Kulturblog to spotlight indie bands that deserve more attention than they’re currently getting. I’m asking bands to describe themselves for us in their own words, hoping to have their personality shine through their description a little. The first band I’m spotlighting, the Brought Low, has personality in spades.
Benjamin Howard Smith, singer and guitarist, filled out the bio/questionaire for us.
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Review: The Devil Wears Prada
Just a brief review, because there isn’t much I can say about the movie that either you haven’t heard or that wouldn’t spoil it.
It’s a very good movie, for what it is: a girl’s bildungsroman (based on the bestseller by Lauren Weisberger), a coming-of-age in the fashion industry, a boss-from-hell story told with flash. It won’t hold a lot of surprises for you, but it will entertain and divert you, which is all that can be asked of such a film. Read the rest of this entry
Sleater-Kinney Breaks Up!
Fresh off the newswire: one of the greatest girl bands in history is on indefinite hiatus. Read the rest of this entry
Foreign Coke vs. Domestic Coke
Ever since I posted my updated Diet Coke rankings, I’ve been wondering about the differences between foreign and domestic Coca-Cola. On my most recent vacation, I made a point of bringing home a bottle of Coke Light for comparison purposes. (My Coke Light happened to come from Belize, though I doubt that there’s any difference between Mexican Coke Light and Belizean Coke Light.) Read the rest of this entry
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