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Saturday, March 30, 2013

movie review: 'spring breakers'

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Last summer in about June, I wrote 'Last Call', a short story that was published in this anthology.  I wrote that story when I ...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

album review: 'delta machine' by depeche mode

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Normally, the best part of writing my reviews is listening to the pile of previous material that the artist produced before their newest o...
Monday, March 25, 2013

album review: 'comedown machine' by the strokes

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It's the dream of every artist to make it big, for their work to be widely experienced and acclaimed by the masses, to be recognized f...
Sunday, March 17, 2013

album review: 'the 20/20 experience' by justin timberlake

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I think that Justin Timberlake and I got off on the wrong foot. And really, it's not entirely his fault either. Like nearly every ot...
Friday, March 15, 2013

album review: 'heaven in this hell' by orianthi

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Hey guys, how many of you remember the music of 2010? Well, if you're having a bit of trouble remembering the hits from this year, I...
Monday, March 11, 2013

album review: 'the raven that refused to sing (and other stories)' by steven wilson

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I wish hipsters were more sincere. Now, in a previous review I wrote about hipster music and culture, how most of it is rife with con...
Saturday, March 9, 2013

album review: 'push the sky away' by nick cave & the bad seeds

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Let's talk about barriers of entry in music. Because believe me, they exist. For those of you who only listen to mainstream music, t...
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Sunday, March 3, 2013

album review: 'all that echoes' by josh groban

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In my list of the Top 10 Best Songs of 2012 , I made the comment that there are certain acts called 'silent majority', which are a...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

movie review: 'les miserables'

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No, I haven't seen The Hobbit yet. Or Skyfall . Or Argo . Or Lincoln . Or Django Unchained . Yeah, I went to see the big 'epic...
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

the top ten best hit songs of 2012

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I've got to be honest here - when I wrote about the worst songs of 2012, I couldn't write about them all in one sitting. And it wasn...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

the top ten worst hit songs of 2012

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About a year ago, I wrote my list of the Top 10 Worst Singles of 2011. My criteria was simple: the songs had to debut on Billboard's Yea...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

album review: 'tre!' by green day

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I almost didn’t even have the heart to start the album. Those of you who have read my previous reviews (here and here) can understan...
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Sunday, December 2, 2012

album review: 'unapologetic' by rihanna

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Let me take you back to 1999. Man, the pop landscape was different then! Bubblegum pop and boy bands ruled. The first sparks of the pos...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

album review: 'warrior' by ke$ha

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I remember hearing 'Tik Tok' in late 2009 and hating it. I'm not joking here. Throughout 2010, I distinctly remember despisi...
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transgression, sensitivity, and art: a discussion

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So the Grey Cup, the final game of the Canadian Football League, is wrapping up as I write this. I honestly don't give a damn about who ...
Sunday, November 18, 2012

album review: 'dos!' by green day

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You know, sometimes it really sucks to know a lot of music. I understand that's probably one of the whitest, most hipster-esque th...
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Friday, November 16, 2012

movie review: 'breaking dawn, part ii'

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You know, I've talked before about art that one could call 'So Bad It's Good'. You know, when something is so appalling aw...
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