Pages tagged “issue 46”

Chuck Klosterman

By Austin L. Ray on 8:00 AM on September 16, 2008

Pop-culture addict Chuck Klosterman has polarized readers... read more

Found in: Books, Reviews

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy

By Gus Mastrapa on 3:02 PM on September 9, 2008

Platform: PS3, Xbox 360Finally, a movie-inspired game that puts up a fightCall me the imperfect weapon. Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy transforms players into a bulletproof Hollywood assassin. Taking cues from the Bourne films’ breathless editing, the game propels you through frantic gunfights, car chases and melees. But somehow I’m not up to the task. As Jason Bourne, I regularly find myself catching one hunk of lead too many, sprawling bloodied across the marble floor of the Zurich International Airport. I find myself mired in epic fistfights. Falling over and over to aggressive enemies I retreat into a safe but... read more

Found in: Games, Reviews

Calexico: Carried to Dust

By Shane Harrison on 8:00 AM on September 9, 2008

Drummer John Convertino inspires a bit of... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Young and Restless

By Jaan Uhelszki on 11:00 AM on September 8, 2008

For the past 30 years, Neil Young has been a patron of the Mountain House, a logger’s roadhouse hidden away in a redwood grove at the pinnacle of Kings Mountain, 40 minutes south of San Francisco. He immortalized the place in his Greendale DVD and... read more

Found in: Movies, Features

Dar Williams: Promised Land

By Kristina Feliciano on 9:00 AM on September 8, 2008

When people describe an artist as underappreciated... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Wake of the Flood

By Steve LaBate on 8:00 AM on September 8, 2008

I hunched sniffling and red-eyed over the sea of copied cassettes scattered across the peeling grey hardwood floor of my Athens, Ga., living room. Sick-to-my-stomach heartbroken, solid food was out of the question: A liquid breakfast would have to suffice... read more

Found in: Music, Features