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Author Archives: Alex Goodman
Soundbite: Tick Tock
Really quick, here are a few things about “Tick Tock” that might seem more important than they actually are: It’s a concept album based on French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s wanderings through the Sahara Desert after his plane crashed, the band is from Norway, and they call themselves Gazpacho.
Screen Scene: Bronson
“Bronson” aims its spotlight at the illustrious life of Charles Bronson ““ not the American actor, but the human wrecking ball who copped the moniker as his fighting name on the way to becoming the “most violent prisoner in Britain,” as the press is fond of calling him.
Bright Blue Gorilla has big laughs on small budget
If extraterrestrials have been monitoring our pop culture for insight into the human species, their interstellar airwaves would be dominated by the likes of “Hannah Montana” and the “Transformers” sequel.
Soundbite: “Music for Men” Gossip
Admittedly, I’m no expert on feminism. I’ve never taken a women’s studies class, I’ve never seen the Vagina Monologues and, perhaps most damningly, I’m actually a man ““ or a boy, depending on whether or not your definition of adulthood includes doing your own laundry.
Screen Scene: “Brief Interviews with Hideous Men”
When David Foster Wallace died by his own hand last September, he left a sad, gaping hole in the American literary community.
Bringing hair and flair to L.A.’s music scene
From the looks of Ben Esser, who hails from Essex County, a quaint part of the United Kingdom, southeast England must be another planet. It may be pretty standard for the area, but Esser is definitely not your standard pop star.