Pages tagged “issue 47”

Gary Louris and Mark Olson: Ready for the Flood

By  Shane Harrison on 10:01 AM on January 27, 2009

These new memories—thank the Americana gods—are riddled with Louris and Olson’s past... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Slavery Doc Takes Musical Approach

By Christine Van Dusen on 3:00 PM on November 20, 2008

The voice on the other end of the line was timid... read more

Found in: Culture, Features

Phish: Walnut Creek

By Jesse Jarnow on 2:00 PM on November 13, 2008

Take it or leave it, Phish at a peakTotal jammin' brodown or no, Phish's two-DVD Walnut Creek, recorded in July 1997, stays focused on the music. Five cameras, almost exclusively trained on the earnestly pretentious Vermont foursome, plus a poppingly mixed soundtrack make for (mostly) caveat-free hippie goodness. Even in digital fidelity, Phish is—by its standards—flawless. ... read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Cool Hand Luke (Deluxe Edition)

By Jonah Flicker on 4:00 PM on November 12, 2008

Stuart Rosenberg's 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke has left a heavy footprint in our pop-culture conscience... read more

Found in: Movies, Reviews

Dead Celebrity Author of the Month: Roberto Bolaño

By Travis Nichols   on 3:00 PM on November 4, 2008

Poet and novelist Roberto Bolaño wrote about strangulations, stabbings, rapes, drug deals, pistol-whippings and love gone wrong... read more

Found in: Books, Features

Graeme Thomson

By Reid Davis on 10:00 AM on November 3, 2008

It's evident from I Shot A Man in Reno that author Graeme Thomson... read more

Found in: Books, Reviews

Peter Straub (Editor)

By William Gay on 3:00 PM on October 29, 2008

It’s human nature to love a mystery... read more

Found in: Books, Reviews

Paul G. Maziar & Maust

By Charles McNair on 3:00 PM on October 23, 2008

In this experimental collaboration between writer Maziar and designer (and Cold War Kids bassist) Maust... read more

Found in: Books, Reviews

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Shocking Similarities Between Gospel Music and Death Metal

By Bart Blasengame on 10:00 AM on October 21, 2008

A few hundred near-maniacal fans stand wide-eyed in rural Arkansas, amped by the prospects of an afternoon spent rocking out. When the opening act takes the stage... read more

Found in: Music, Features