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Hadouken! - Music for an Accelerated Culture — music review
If you love slick speak, thick layered sounds, quick synthesizer bender-ing (think electronic slide whistle), look no further than Leeds’ Hadouken!’s debut, Music for an Accelerated Culture.
L’Osteria del Forno — restaurant review — California
I have to preface this review by stating that the food at L’Osteria del Forno is incredible; the authenticity (as far as I know, I mean I’m no expert on Italy, but I know this ain’t Ragu), the fresher than fresh ingredients, the overall pristine presentation — basically what you look for in a restaurant [...]
Vegetarian Oktoberfest — homecooking
Thought Oktoberfest was only for omnivores? Turtle Island Foods, the wonderful people who brought us modern-day marvels (vegan fare that doesn’t taste and look like cardboard), have quite a delicious selection of tasty pseudo sausages. Brown up sliced Tofurky Italian Sausage and Beer Brats (the first veggie sausages that were made for the [...]
Sunshine — he said, she said — movie review
HE SAID
There haven’t been too many science fiction films focusing on the death of the sun. It’s a bit odd, given the sun is directly responsible for the abundance of life we enjoy on this planet. Really, the only film I am aware of to even remotely tackle this subject is Japan’s Sayonara Jupiter, though [...]
Kantoku - Banzai! — The Brave One — Rise: The Blood Hunter — trailer park
Yep. It’s that time again. A nice selection of trailers for you to peruse. Check-check em out.
Kantoku - Banzai! . New Takeshi Kitano! Need I say more? Trailer.
The Brave One. New Jodie Foster film. I can’t get this one to play at the moment, but you can try, here.
Gegege no Kitarou. Kids film featuring Yokai and a main [...]
Severance — movie review
It’s no secret. The American horror scene is all but dead. The ultra corporatization of the horror film has stuffed our cineplexes with remakes, sequels, and tired “re-imaginings” on a near weekly basis. Take The Hills Have Eyes 2, Black-Christmas, Hostel, and Rob Zombie’s upcoming empty-headed Halloween remake for instance. The British horror [...]
Bye Bye Blair
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that he will resign on June 27th. He is the only one in UK history besides Margaret Thatcher to last a full 10 years in office. Even though most of the country distrusts him (similar to our country’s leader’s falling popularity rating) he holds steadfast to [...]
British al Qaeda inspired bomb team sentenced to life
Five members of an al Qaeda inspired team were sentenced to life today in Britain. It was one of the lengthiest jury deliberations in British history and with good cause. In addition to planning new attacks targeting nightclubs, trains and shopping malls, the team (Omar Khyam, Anthony Garcia, Jawad Akbar, Waheed Mahmood, Salahuddin [...]
Knut is dead! Thursday midday.
“Knut is dead! Thursday midday.” That’s what an anonymous handwritten fax threatened today at the Berlin Zoo. What made it even worse is that the target is completely oblivious to any danger; he just kept rolling around in the dirt in his cage and chewed on his friend’s fingers. Knut is a [...]
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black — music review
In Britain, there’s no escaping Amy Winehouse, the saucy crooner with the nouveau-retro backdrop. She’s finally being welcomed to the States with open arms with her album Back to Black debuting at #7.
Raised by jazz musicians and inspired by Salt -n- Pepa, Winehouse is sultry oldschool kitch with a hardened criminal-esque edge. To [...]
Love conquers all except cigarettes
Not a day goes by that I don’t count my lucky stars that I’m married to my forever love and that I’m so glad I found him. So of course, I’ll continue to post articles about ill-fated marriages so you can all laugh and point at them. Just kidding, it’s horrible news when [...]
La Mer at the Halekulani — restaurant review — Hawai’i
La Mer is one of the most elegant restaurants I’ve been to, and I think that’s actually the best part about it. Don’t get me wrong, the food is nice and the waiters hover attentively to make sure they brush every single crumb before it even flitters to the 800-count tablecloth, but you’ll certainly [...]
Would you steal a public urinal?
A man walks into a bar.. and steals a public urinal. No joke. He went right up, ordered a half pint of brew in a UK Southampton pub, and began his privy privation. The thief made frequent trips to the little boy’s room and upon successful removal of the unit, stuffed it [...]
BMW goes green
Bimmers bug me, mostly due to the fact that the 3-series are gamut with the “new rich” who apparently don’t know how to use their turn signals and are prone to cut you off like a Subaru, but if I were given a free one, I would probably choose a 7-series (I admit to coveting [...]
Shaun of the Dead — guest movie review
Shawn of the Dead is likely to be the zombie cult film of our age. While it falls under the category of horror-comedy, the film is fairly witty and pushes the main character through many emotions throughout the course of the story.
The approach toward zombies is quite realistic, as Shawn passes off the first [...]
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan — movie review — screener!
Chris and I love gore gore horrorfests, but no scene ever made me want to shield my eyes and turn away as did a certain clip in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. It started out as a fair fight between Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) and Kazakh [...]
Belgian Bahlsen Hit Biscuits — munchies review
I’m sure everyone’s seen these bright packages before. The cylindrical tubes stacked with ganache-filled biscuits that make you beg for milk. It’s strange because the cookie part is dry and flaky like a cracker and doesn’t seem like the proper pairing for the rich luscious choco spread, but Bahlsen won’t change the mix [...]
The Wolfgang Press - Everything is Beautiful — music review
“Right place right time, from Soul Boy to Punk in one seamless movement… The arrogance of youth is a wonderful thing and belief is everything. To say the answer to all of my inner turmoil and sense of isolation was found down a dingy cellar on Oxford Street in the form of one group who [...]
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