Review: Twigger’s Holiday

Review: Twigger’s Holiday
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Twigger’s Holiday Slow January Records Street: 08.07   I picked up this gem of a DVD just because the dude who made it had some sort of affiliation with Sarah Silverman (he did something with her show). I knew to expect something hilariously bizarre but not what I actually received from this DVD. The DVD

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Review: The Jesus Lizard

Review: The Jesus Lizard
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Live The Jesus Lizard MVD Visual Street: 06.05 There are shows that from start to finish are so incredible, they renew your jaded little heart about the impact and importance of live music. This live set feels like one of those moments. From the moment David Yow gets up on stage to the raw, cantankerous,

Review: The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the Hall

Review: The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the...
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The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the Hall A&E TV Street: 07.31 Kids in the Hall was a popular comedy troupe in the mid-90s that brought Canadian humor to the states, relying heavily on satire, monologues and a liberal dosing of absurd situations. Like Vol. 1, Vol. 2 showcases the best of the

When You Wish Upon A Star: An Interview with Ethan Miller of Comets on Fire

When You Wish Upon A Star: An Interview with Ethan...
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While researching previous Comets on Fire interviews in preparation for my own, I came across a word several times that I think adequately describes the direction or aesthetic of this band: organic. When I first read that word, and several times thereafter, I was curious how, or why, organic. Was it provincial? Was their sound

Dreamin’ the Blues: Bad Brad Wheeler and his Harmonica Army

Dreamin’ the Blues: Bad Brad Wheeler and his Harmonica Army
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“Everyone has a story about the harmonica,” says Bad Brad Wheeler of the Legendary Porch Pounders. Bad Brad’s story about his harmonica started when he was 18 years of age on a dare. He was at a keg party in Ogden, where he currently lives, when someone dared him to play the harmonica. Seventeen years

Review: La Dolce Vita

Review: La Dolce Vita
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La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini Koch Lorber, Deluxe Collector’s Edition Street: 11.08 If you don’t know La Dolce Vita already, you are in for a treat; La Dolce Vita roughly translated means “the Sweet Life.” In it, a young reporter goes through life with conflicting emotions, trying to reconcile his tabloid-reporter lifestyle with his enduring

Review: Heart of Darkness: the Vietnam War Chronicles 1945-1975

Review: Heart of Darkness: the Vietnam War Chronicles 1945-1975
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Heart of Darkness: the Vietnam War Chronicles 1945-1975 Aaron Ulrich Koch Vision Street: 09.05 The Vietnam War was the longest US military conflict in history. As such, Koch Vision has done a great job of painstakingly chronicling the conflict from its aggressive beginnings to its ambiguous long haul. Over five hours of main documentary footage

Review: Terrorstorm: A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism

Review: Terrorstorm: A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism
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Terrorstorm: A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism Alex Jones Disinformation Street: 10.31 Terrorstorm has been hailed as the “Matrix of Truth” and other such drivel from like-minded liberal reviewers. While Terrorstorm does a great job of chronicling, logically, the apprehensions of the left, it fails at making a balanced view of terror; like its counterpoint,