 One of the best parts of a Gov't Mule show is hearing what covers they
play, as their interpretation of other band's songs can be just as
incredible as their own.
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 A bunny and an elephant team up against every conceivable manner of beastie in this pleasant surprise of a graphic novel.
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 A pragmatic American and an optimistic Turkmen become fast friends in this travelogue based on writer/artist Jesse Lonergan's own time as a member of the Peace Corps in Turkmenistan.
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 Travolta is
fantastic as the fast-talking, fast-acting special agent who is always happy to
bend the rules whenever necessary. Why Travolta feels the need to degrade
himself in movies like Old Dogs and Wild Hogs is perplexing, as he is
clearly more successful being a badass than anything else.
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 It’s somewhat fitting that the first song on OK Go’s new album is
entitled “WTF?” because that’s what diehard fans will be saying after
listening to the band’s new offering.
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 Volume IV of the collected writers' interviews offers something for everyone and contains a wealth of information about how the writers work.
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 In Police,
Adjective, it’s an obsession with the meanings of words which culminates in
a now-famous 20-minute scene near the end of the film in which the captain has
Cristi read aloud dictionary definitions for terms such as “conscience,” “law”
and “moral.”
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 Herzog’s trademarks are
unmistakably clear in the film; the big one is Cage’s broad performance; pretty
much any other director would have reeled him in. Good thing Herzog didn’t,
because Cage carries the film; he hasn’t been this good since Adaptation.
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 In a film based around a breakup
signifying an end, more meaningful threads emerge and steal the show.
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 As the subtitle implies, this is a collection of scraps Durham had just
laying around…kind of like the flirty housewife who coos, “Oh, this old
thing?” I’ll take Durham’s outtakes over nearly anyone else’s A game any day.
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 The good news is that if you dig moody garage rock bursting with jangly
guitar riffs and rudimentary drumming, you’ll be in hog heaven.
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 Spanning across the four discs are 100 digitally restored masters ranging from his 1953 debut My Happiness up to his last release, 1977’s Moody Blue. No, that’s not all you get.
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 Seeing Williams live, it's amazing how big a sound just one man can produce. |
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 You could
fill a hall of fame with the blues musicians who lived in the Maxwell
Street area, including Bo Diddley, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and
Little Walter to name just a few. Cheat You Fair is narrated by former Chicagoan Joe Mantegna and
features interviews with a wide cast of citizens from Studs Terkel to
Buddy Guy to Dan Ackroyd.
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 A recent discussion was sparked by an article advocating modernizing Shakespeare's language because we are no longer capable of comprehending it.
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 Playwright John Kolvenbach never loses the tone of comic optimism he has assumed for this eccentric trifle.
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 It's unlike any of McCall Smith's previous books and yet is perfect in its own way.
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 "Our music is basically either an outdated vision of the future or a slightly off futuristic vision of the past."
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 "Most all of my decisions in life have been made on the experience I had in the band."
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 Eddie Argos' brain has finally recovered from the latest Art Brut tour, so he's back and ready to start digging through his stack of comics. Up first, a look at Under Pressure, the first collection of the nerd humor/superhero parody webcomic Let's Be Friends Again.
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 "By the time we played, the place was packed, and everyone was into it and moving around. "
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 Don't miss the Tony-Award winning sensation in its five-performance limited engagement this weekend.
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 He was funny, and spoke with a lot of candor; you never got the politician vibe that he was lying to you for the sake of good PR.
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