First single, “Excuses,” uses a 60’s a.m. “Wall of Sound” recording technique (see Phil Spector) to arouse a swooningly theatrical and climatic…
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Rob Bell’s newest book, “Drops Like Stars,” is a coffee-table-book-sized illustrative collection of “thoughts on the suffering and creativity.” It is a…
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I don’t know much about Hip Hop, but I hear about how it’s dead or dying. “Turn on the radio,” you say.…
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The OC Arts Council is hosting a Poetry Slam at De Koffee Boon March 20 at 8 p.m. Aggressive, impassioned tear-jerking, heart-wrenching,…
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Renee Ausborn and Karen Barker, Rapunzel and the Witch, act immaculately. “Once upon a time!” begins Into the Woods, the theatre department’s…
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Yeasayer’s Odd Blood has an astonishingly disturbingly visceral cover. First, let’s look at the album’s cover art. Yes, you’ll have to rectify…
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Simon’s witty, revealing tale of how Starbucks sells us an image: the liberal minded-yuppie. “We buy things to say something about ourselves,”…
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Surfer Blood’s new album Astro Coast, a brilliant rehash of ‘90s prog-rock. In the last decade, alternative music has gained complexity. It’s…
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The Wolfman, a bloodbath, is at the Holland Plaza. As the full moon rises over a Gothic mansion set in 1892 Blackmoor,…
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Mel Gibson, main character of the new thriller, Edge of Darkness. Mel Gibson is once again starring in a movie, something that…