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Twilight New Moon soundtrack: sell outs or players?
By Brandon Kim on 10/19/2009
Filed under: Reel to Reel
I thought I'd rather drink turpentine and piss on a brush fire than watch the original "Twilight." Not only did it appear to be a vapid teenage girl fantasy, but one that carelessly rewrote long cherished rules of Vampirism. Then I saw "Adventureland," and supposed I could give it a chance after seeing how mind blowing Kristen Stewart has become since the floor plan thriller, "Panic Room." Perhaps I suffer from some form of vapid teenage boy fantasy syndrome, so be it. I had little choice, just about every female I know aged six to sixty is fired up over... MORE »
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More Radiohead "Collectors Edition" releases
By Brandon Kim on 08/24/2009
Filed under: Revolutions Per Minute
Capitol/EMI is releasing double disc expanded reissues of "Kid A," "Amnesiac," and "Hail To The Thief'" tomorrow in a follow up to the reissues of the first three albums in March. Let's be frank, it's a cash-in on the catalog by the huge band's former label. Hardcore Radiohead fans are as likely to boycott the release as they are to pirate it later off the series of tubes. ("Thom and Jonny and Drew in Ondes." From Radiohead.) But it ain't all bad is it? Whatever you think about record labels and this one in particular, the idea that people may... MORE »
MUSIC FLICKS: Meeting People Is Easy.
By Jim Shearer on 03/02/2009
Filed under: Music Flicks
This weekend I decided to revisit Radiohead's stylized 1997-98 tour documentary, Meeting People Is Easy--or as the DVD's packaging reads: A film by grant gee about radiohead. MORE »
SUPER TUESDAY: New Album Releases (Jan. 13)
By Jim Shearer on 01/13/2009
Filed under: SUPER TUESDAYThom Yorke, Eraser: The Remixes (left) Even though I haven't listened to the entire album yet, I can bet you any money you won't hear a producer shout out, "REMIX!!" on any of the tracks. Antony and The Johnsons, Crying Light Some of you may have been introduced to Antony via Bjork's Volta album. Bon Iver, Blood Bank EP Coldplay for indie enthusiasts (that's meant to be taken as a compliment). Bang Camaro, Bang Camaro II A band that surprisingly sounds just like their band name (fast, American rock-n-roll). Saosin, The Grey EP Close your eyes. Okay, guess the... MORE »
LUNCHBOX: Jim Shearer Vs. Todd Moakes
By Jim Shearer on 12/02/2008
Filed under: VIDEO BLOGThere's no better way to settle a heated rivalry between two music bloggers than to sit down face-to-face and battle each other in a game of Guess Who?. The flash 8 plugin was not detected. var so = new SWFObject("/static/bc/ifc_generic_blog.swf", "guesswho", "380", "295", "8", "#ffffff"); so.addParam("wmode", "transparent"); //change player width so.addVariable("pwidth", 380); //change player height so.addVariable("pheight", 285); //distinguish between different videos so.addVariable("s_movieID", "guesswho"); //insert brightcove title id here so.addVariable("bctid", 3655696001); so.write("guesswho"); MORE »
I Like To Make Drawings
By Jim Shearer on 11/19/2008
Filed under: HODGEPODGEOn Wednesdays I volunteer at a nearby elementary school and attempt to teach kids how to draw. Today, I dropped some Radiohead knowledge and had them sketch Thom Yorke. Are the sketches great? No. But, take a look at them, they're not too far off from the stick drawings Radiohead use in their album artwork and promotional materials. (below: Grade school drawings of Thom Yorke.) MORE »
Anyone Good With Interpreting Dreams?
By Jim Shearer on 10/15/2008
Filed under: HODGEPODGETwo nights ago I had a--I wouldn't call it a bizarre, but maybe more of a random--dream. This doesn't come close to some of the doozies I've had in the past. My friend Bob (a frequent commenter on this very blog) has been immortalized in couple of my weirdest dreams ever--one involving a grandma in a muumuu and another starring James Earl Jones in an airport bathroom (let's save those for another day though). (left: Why were Matt Bellamy, Thom Yorke, and Chris Martin sitting together at a hockey game?) So a couple nights ago while I was sleeping--from... MORE »
IT'S LIKE THAT: My Own Best of Radiohead
By Jim Shearer on 06/04/2008
Filed under: IT'S LIKE THATYesterday, Radiohead, or I should say Radiohead's former record label, EMI, released a double-disc greatest hits collection simply titled, The Best of Radiohead (Special Edition). Since I'm pretty sure Radiohead had no say in the matter, the label decided to cram a bunch of the group's hits on two discs, which seems like an easy way out. Here's what I decided to do today--piece together a greatest hits compilation like they used to do back in the day, taking only 10 of a group's best songs and putting them all on one disc. In the last few years, it... MORE »
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