Pages tagged “issue 48”

I’ve Loved You So Long

By Andy Beta on 11:00 AM on October 24, 2008

After a successful literary career in his native France... read more

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Charlie Kaufman Adapts

By Steve Dollar on 7:00 AM on October 24, 2008

People like to throw around the word “surreal” when they talk about Charlie Kaufman’s movies... read more

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Sacred Harp: The Film

By Kate Kiefer on 3:15 PM on October 23, 2008

Almost 20 years ago, Matt Hinton stumbled upon a flier for a Sacred Harp singing outside of Atlanta. He followed it to a church and was immediately hooked... read more

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Brett Dennen: Hope for the Hopeless

By Justin Hopper on 8:00 AM on October 23, 2008

The temptation is to dismiss... read more

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The Strangers

By April Moore Skelton on 5:25 PM on October 22, 2008

Ever since the Coen brothers pulled one over on viewers with the blatant but joking... read more

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Copeland: You Are My Sunshine

By Henry Freedland on 2:00 PM on October 22, 2008

Partly cloudyFlorida trio Copeland continues to rise above pop-rock conventions by suffusing them with full-bodied arrangements and spiraling song structures. But You Are My Sunshine dissolves into its own cyclic consistency. As Aaron Marsh’s refined, feather-soft voice weaves through layers of multi-tracked harmonies and a thick gloss of reverbed guitars, plunked piano lines and ubiquitous string arrangements, the problem isn’t that the album is so pleasant, but that it’s almost polite. Sunshine does sparkle on occasion, like when successfully reeling in a cast hook (the “you gotta run right back to the start” refrain of “The Grey Man”) or building... read more

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Charles Barasch

By Allen Shelton on 12:00 PM on October 22, 2008

Barasch has made a frame for the November-election... read more

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Cold Lampin' with Of Montreal

By Steve LaBate on 7:00 AM on October 22, 2008

As the early-March sun sets on the Langerado Music Festival, a ninja and a half-dozen masked, body-suited drones... read more

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Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue: 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

By Martin Johnson on 8:00 AM on October 20, 2008

The jazz record everyone should own becomes the box set everyone should own Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue is an essential disc for music lovers of all genres. Yet unlike most masterpieces, it doesn’t announce its greatness loudly. Instead, the music draws you in with seductively gentle restraint. It’s a recording with a pristine elegance that has never been matched, not even by Davis himself, who made several recordings that rank among jazz’s best. One listen to the distinctive sound of opening track “So What” and it should be clear why this is the best-selling jazz disc of all time.... read more

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