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The Books
Though this years The Way Out is The Books fourth studio album, its still easy to feel bewildered…
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Les Savy Fav
Longtime fans of Brooklyns Les Savy Fav have been making a fuss about the quintets latest LP, Root…
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Footlaos Benefit
Footloose was a movie about a powerful, profound cause–the freedom to dance. But dancing is kind of hard…
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The Dandy Warhols
Surprise to you folks who knew them in the nineties: The Dandy Warhols are all grown up. Courtney…
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Titus
From 1999, Julie Taymor delivers a remarkably imaginative adaptation of Shakespeares crude early revenge drama Titus Andronicus. Titus…
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Die Hard
As author Alonso Duralde reminds us in his new Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, this 1988 action…
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The Wizard of Oz
Family flick, gay cult movie, midnight stoner jamboreeit doesnt really matter how you categorize this 1939 classic from…
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Wang Huaiqing
Theres one small poster of Chairman Mao in Wang Huaiqing: A Painters Painter in Contemporary China, since the…
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Cirque de la Symphonie
Thanks to Ed Sullivan and the legion of jugglers (and worse) he showcased on his variety show for…
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Clutch It! The Purse and the Person
Ladies, whats in your purse? (This reporters stash includes cell phone, makeup, and dog biscuits.) Clutch It! The…
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Memory Upgrade
Theres something sad about the empty old space once occupied by Elliott Bay Book Co., its shelves ripped…
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Seattle Vintage Fashion Show
Silk teagowns and perky cloches, saddle shoes and fringed flapper dressesthe Jazz Age was a time when fashion…
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Alonso Duralde
There is a real absence of good gay Christmas movies, says Los Angeles author/film scholar Alonso Duralde. The…
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The Rules of the Game
A flop when first released in 1939, The Rules of the Game presented pre-World War II France in…
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Christian Lander
Yes! After being ignored in favor of Portland and Vancouver, BC in his first book, Christian Lander has…
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Passion Pit
Sensitive male hipsters love Michael Angelakos electro-pop band for the following reasons: the ladies dig anything resembling The…
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David Bazan + Band
For a while, it was impossible to talk about David Bazan without addressing his well-publicized wrestling with what…
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The Physics
Seattles skies may have turned awfully gray, but if anyone can revive a feeling of good times and…
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Knut Bell & The Blue Collars
Seasoned country musician Knut Bell has plenty to be thankful for, and hes the first to admit it.…
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Grinderman
Lets face it, at this point the cult of near-mystical devotion that surrounds Nick Cave could allow for…