Sept. 29 Retribution Gospel Choir Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m., $10, myspace.com/retributiongospelchoir With an upbeat, yet melodic and psychedelic medley, Retribution Gospel Choir adds to the ingenious consistency of great bands released by Sub Pop Records over the last three decades. With songs like “Hide It Away” and “Working Hard,” the three-piece outfit […]
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Things You Should Buy Me (Volume 51)
Welcome one and all to the weekly extravaganza you anticipate for 6 days in a row! Yes, it’s once more the time for me to show you the coolest products out there that I want to own without paying to own them. I have managed yet another week without anyone sending me the free swag […]
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George Lucas gets further in our faces
They’re coming. Again. It was announced that starting in 2012, George Lucas is re-releasing a Star Wars movie into theaters one at a time (once a year)…and they’re going to be in 3D. Oh, and they’re starting with The Phantom Menace . So, starting in 2015, they’re re-releasing Star Wars . Look, it is what […]
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If you buy an Aronofsky, they throw in a Portman?
The buzz about Aronofsky taking over Superman has escalated from threat level mauve to threat level auburn. I’m not sure if that tells the full story, so let me explain. Apparently, the studio or Chris Nolan had also been discussing the possibility of directing with Ben Affleck, a choice I would have loved, and then […]
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Those Darlins w/ Turbo Fruits and Dim Light
Sept. 28 Those Darlins w/ Turbo Fruits and Dim Light Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. 9 p.m., $8, theslowdown.com It can’t be easy being a garage rock group from the hills of Tennessee. Strum a power chord while wearing cowboy boots and the “bourbon-soaked” and “country-fried” descriptions pile up like cigarette butts in an empty […]
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Oh DC, I thought we talked about this
Today we had a battle of opposing comments from creative contributors of comic cinema. Joss Whedon, while considering how to direct (and write) The Avengers , noted that with his talented cast and character-based style, he wanted to “put them all in a room and have them do Glengarry Glen Ross.” Ha! How clever! That […]
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Twilight films to finally have Grace
It was nice to see Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) so quickly and eloquently describe the point of Twilight last week on “Community.” He explained that the message is “men are monsters who crave young flesh.” Yes that seems to be the point. Now, if he’d have thrown in a few notes about how stalking is […]
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Requiem for a Superman?
First off, sorry about the lack of chatter regarding “The Event” today. As far as I can tell, “The Event” is that the Bears are 3-0. So my theories are still aliens or time travel, as there is no natural way that should have happened. So, if you’re blinded by some kind of light today […]
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Emmitt-Nershi Band w/ The Weeping Figs
Sept. 27 Emmitt-Nershi Band w/ The Weeping Figs Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., 9 p.m., $12 ADV/$14 DOS, onepercentproductions.com What is it with jam bands being named after food? Phish, Leftover Salmon and the String Cheese Incident either had a bad case of the munchies or all listened to the 1970s acoustic blues-rock outfit, Hot Tuna. Whatever […]
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Weekend Box Office Results: Greed is mediocre
Well, you can’t call a first-place finish for a sequel that’s more than 13 years in the making a disappointment, even if it was a tiny win. I mean, the success isn’t exactly Affleckian (see how I do for you, Ben, I’m trying to make your name into an adjective for awesome), but it was […]