Checking in with Sarah White
When I’m writing I usually pull lyrics from proverbs. I also scribble a lot in notebooks and journals. I might show the recording to the guys in the band and we’ll rock on it for a while.
The art of the campaign
As we approach the August 20 Democratic firehouse primary for City Council, a question that’s been asked on the state and federal levels is worth asking here. What should be […]
Hyperactive on the floodplain
For more than a decade, guitarist and songwriter Ben Chasny has held the unofficial title of Busiest Guy in Indie Rock. In addition to playing with the MC5-inspired psychedelic act […]
Make it your own
“Karaoke Battle USA” Friday 9pm, ABC Karaoke is undeniably big business. Practically any decent bar has a karaoke night, and the good ones not only get packed, they get competitive. […]
Checking in with Thomas Dean
What were you doing when we called? I was with a friend at this thrift store over in Waynesboro. A pretty decent thrift store, with a lot of old keyboards […]
Out to pasture
Once in a while, even the most tried and true narrative formula needs to be repackaged. Or so it seemed to the people at DreamWorks, who must’ve said while brainstorming Cowboys & Aliens, “So how about this: a thing meets another thing, but not the other thing you might expect! It’s so crazy, it might work!”
The Tree of Life; PG-13, 136 minutes; Vinegar Hill Theatre
Terrence Malick, the Rhodes scholar-turned-reclusive-director and extreme partisan of The Big Picture, returns this summer with only his fifth film in 38 years.
Mobsters and Moustaches
It’s summer, so the airwaves are flooded with cheap, easily digestible reality series.
Captain America: The First Avenger; PG-13, 124 minutes; Carmike Cinema 6
Actually, yes, the United States did flirt with eugenics for a while, and Nazi Germany did try to vaporize whole populations. But the end results of those experiments were a […]
Inhuman nature
“Man vs. Food Nation” Wednesday 9pm, Travel Channel My niece and nephew are wild about this show, which features “food enthusiast” Adam Richman as he crosses the country stuffing his […]