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Ben-Hur
I may be slow on the uptake, but midway through the 2000 Gladiator, the blockbuster charged with reviving…
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Dawn of the Dead
Heres my time-check for Zack Snyder’s 2004 zombie flick. First pointless yet somehow obligatory shower sex scene: five…
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Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead (1968) came out of nowhere, or to be more precise, Pittsburgh, and turned…
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If there is not a tsunami of underage prostitutes in America, that is not to say that there…
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Spank Rock
DJ/promoter Franki Chan cut his teeth in Seattle, booking fun, scrappy shows at the Graceland (now El Corazon)…
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The Gnu Deal
The Gnu Deal is the breezy, steezy hip-hop of Eric Graham and Ashton Hemmons, two irrepressible White Center…
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SBTRKT
Recently, Seattle hip hop seers Shabazz Palaces appeared on a remix of rising London producer SBTRKTs platinum-gleaming Wildfire,…
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The War on Drugs
When Richard Nixon coined the phrase The War on Drugs in 1971, he could not possibly have predicted…
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Skrillex
And lo, when dubstep finally breaks the American mainstream, it will wear the cherubic face of an ex-screamo…
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Annie Hall
Thirty-four years, four Annie Hall Oscars, and a fair number of career (and personal) missteps behind him, Woody…
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Tyler Ramsey is a self-taught guitar-picker who kicked his classical training when he couldnt, or wouldnt, keep up…
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Citizen Kane
What more can you say about one of the defining masterworks of cinema? Problem is, theres been so…
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Mariachi El Bronx
While the notion of a Los Angeles punk band developing a side project steeped in the traditions of…
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Portishead
Portishead is that rare band who, throughout their well-spaced discography, successfully fuse a timeless sound with a pioneering…
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Six names guaranteed to make you laugh: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and…
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Humor Abuse
Lorenzo Pisonis one-man show relates how he was raised “in the business,” the Pickle Family Circus, where both…
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Even though Greece and the United States are in the midst of
Even though Greece and the United States are in the midst of economic woes, Costas Opa Greek Restaurant…
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Blackalicious
As his handle suggests, Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab is among the fraternal order of MCs included in most…
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The Hold Steady
The Hold Steadys most recent record, 2010s Heaven Is Whenever, was pretty much universally derided as the worst…
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Brad Mehldau
Pianist Brad Melhdaus versions of Radiohead songs are by no means his crowning achievement, but for non-jazz experts,…