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The warm glow of candlelight suffuses the Wrigley Mansion's grand living room, as George Gershwin's ghost tickles the ivories of an ancient Steinway, belting out the dulcet...
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A few weeks back, I was drinking coffee, perusing the gossip pages online, and stumbled on a hilarious piece in the scandal-plagued Page Six section of the New York Post....
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On paper, the whole concept of tapas must seem a boon to money-grubbing restaurateurs everywhere, which is why nearly every upscale nightclub you waltz into these days serves...
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Our anemic movie industry recycles so relentlessly that even our complaints about such plasticized repackaging come off as recycled product of its own, offered primarily to...
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Sean O'Donnell waves at visitors from the window of his paint-peeling brick home; his fingertips splayed in greeting, his face mashed against the glass.
"The first time I...
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If you've gazed at a record player and imagined you could scratch as well as the next guy, you're not alone. Guitars, drums, bass -- all these instruments appear to require...
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From the beak of The Bird to the ear of Robrt L. Pela
Published:
May 11, 2006
It may be a practice dating back to ancient Rome, when primitive drawings announcing "Mongo was here!" decorated the walls of caves, but The Bird says "Beware!" to local...
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Sitting in a hotel bar overlooking downtown Denver, Vinnie Paul Abbott is stunned that not a single TV is tuned to the hockey game. His boys, the Dallas Stars, are taking an...
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If some religious extremists in India had gotten their way, the gorgeous fury of Deepa Mehta's Water never would have reached the screen. As it is, these self-appointed...
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Reviews by Wynter Holden
"Holy Land: Diaspora and the Desert" at the Heard Museum: Something is definitely missing here. Only one Israeli artist is represented, and the...
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By Jordan Harper and Robert Wilonsky
Published:
May 11, 2006
Fateless (THINKFilm)
I've no patience for the Holocaust docudrama -- didn't even see Schindler's List 'til years after its 1993 release, to my parents' everlasting shame....
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Paul Rubin was named Virg Hill Journalist of the Year for the third time in his 20 years as a staff writer at New Times, at the 82nd annual Arizona Press Club awards banquet,...
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Unless I happen to stumble upon a great band at a live show, my laboratory for finding new music is my car. I'll grab a random pile of CDs to play while driving back and forth...
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Art School Confidential is very much like every movie pilfered from the Saturday Night Live playbook, in which the slight giggles of a four-minute sketch are wrung into...
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The Barbie Diaries Gift Set (Family Home Entertainment)
Battle in Heaven (Tartan)
The Best of Rocky and Bullwinkle: Volume 1 (Sony Wonder)
Big Momma's House 2 (Fox)...
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Heavy Meddle
Metal is as metal does: Kudos on your column ("Heavy Issues," Stiletto, Michele Laudig, April 27). It is simple-minded people in the local scene and even the...
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T Bone Burnett is back, and in a big way.
Burnett is a songwriter, singer, righteous and religious hepcat, architect of Americana, child of rockabilly, Tex-Mex and Louisiana...
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The lovable hero of Goal! The Dream Begins is the kind of guy some Americans don't find very appealing these days -- a Mexican immigrant who's trying to make a better life in...
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In the current business climate for live music venues here in the 'Nix, a three-year anniversary is definitely something to celebrate. Last Exit, the rock and Americana club...
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This is the first release from local music maven Will "Vil Vodka" Tynor's Vodka Tonic Media, and rather than highlight the talents of one band via a studio album, Tynor's...
