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Monthly Archives: September 2012
The Cause and its effects: The Master
What a judicious decision of Paul Thomas Anderson’s to give the audience so many closeups of Joaquin Phoenix’s face, especially when The Master goes to pieces in the last forty-five minutes. What contrasts: the dark thick eyebrows against the drawn, … Continue reading
Singles 9/28
Missy Elliott leaks two tracks and Singlesjukeboxland shrugs. I mean, listen to the boy band track: that’s some crazy shit. Click on links for full reviews. Nicki Minaj ft. Rick Ross & Cam’ron – I Am Your Leader (7) Death … Continue reading
“Off-puttingly bitter” about elder statesmenship
The final word on the new Pet Shop Boys. Douglas Wolk: As always, the Pet Shop Boys’ latest studio LP has a resonant single-word title. “Elysium” is a reference to Elysian Park, near where they recorded the album in Los … Continue reading
Sense and sensibility: Damsels in Distress
Damsels in Distress is the sort of movie for which adverbs look silly. You know: “charmingly,” “perplexedly,” “oddly.” Since Last Days of Disco, Bill Clinton got impeached and writer-director Whit Stillman is five years shy of collecting a Social Security … Continue reading
“If you think your gun is powerful, this is mine”
South Florida politics at its finest. All it proves for the moment is that Representative David Rivera picked nice playmates. A self-described “Republican bad girl,” Alliegro doesn’t appear to be cooperating with authorities investigating Sternad’s campaign. The political newcomer and … Continue reading
Yoko’s approximately infinite world of sound
Skeptics of Yoko Ono’s power to hold musical interest — quite a few remain, alas — are directed to Approximately Infinite Universe. This 1973 album, boasting John Lennon on guitar, is the closest Ono, well, approximated studio rock verities until … Continue reading
Our men in Havana
At the height of the Depression my family lived a half mile from the Tropical beer plant. “From our yard you could see the bottles of green, cut in half, piled as high as the eye could see,” she said. … Continue reading
Sunday, etc
Instead of a song, I’ll post an excerpt from a debate between William F. Buckley, Jr. and James Baldwin in England. What a powerful camera subject Baldwin is.
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