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THE Art is in RESIDENTS – Nobody Knows How or Why

by April 5th, 2011 Culture » Arts » Culture » Film and TV » Culture » Sounds »

The Residents 13th Anniversary Show – copyright The Residents and The Cryptic Corporation SurREAL PARTICULAR The best opening to a Residents show would be for a roadie to come on stage and check various pieces of equipment before standing center stage vibrating and then exploding into red mist through which The Residents emerge and immediately […]

Lame Done Well – Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch

by March 28th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV »

I don’t go to see every movie that comes out, but based on its dazzling trailers and the director’s previous films (300, Watchmen) I had positioned Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch as a tentpole movie that wouldn’t fail to explode with all the right blockbuster stimulation on the big screen. Following the expert flow and framing […]

Jesus Christ Salad Bar

by March 20th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV »

I am a big fan of actor Max Von Sydow. He’s probably best known for playing Jesus in one of those Jesus movies. I think it was Jesus IV. He totally saved the franchise with that one. It was really on the brink after Jesus III when they tried a comedic turn and cast Yakov […]

Matthew Lesko: Withdrawal and Withdraws

by March 19th, 2011 Culture » Film and TV »

I received an email the other day, a marketing pitch well above the depths of most spam, reaching out to websites to help promote a “The Gospel According to Mathew Lesko” an 18-minute documentary about Matthew Lesko, the question-mark-clad huckster who’s been selling you the secrets of government get-rich-quick grants for years and years. I’m […]

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