Archive for February, 2009
Fired Up!
Extract the lovable nutty nerds from Superbad—however dirty minded they might be—and substitute the reigning moronic matriculated jock jerks on campus instead, and what you’ve got is the decidedly less endearing Fired Up!
Two Lovers
Not to be confused with star Joaquin Phoenix’s current headline-grabbing split between his passion for acting and music, Two Lovers delves into the quirky life of a mentally unstable Brooklyn man who never got around to leaving home, and his dysfunctional relationships with both females and family.
Nothing But Net: For the Week of Feb. 19 – Feb. 25
Quick—what’s the most fattening food you can think of? Fettuccini Alfredo? Meat Lover’s pizza? How about a Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt, made with two beef patties, cheese, bacon and three grilled cheese sandwiches (stuffed with bacon, naturally) as buns?
Game On
So here we are.
After weeks of auditions and empty promises and false starts, after all the insults and ugliness and melodrama, our long national nightmare has officially begun.
Dan Auerbach: Keep It Hid
As one half of The Black Keys, Dan Auerbach plays the vocal/guitar-playing yin to Pat Carney’s skin-bashing yang. Along the way, they’ve formed a self-described “two-man stomp” that’s gone from the lo-fi, post-blues rawness of the duo’s 2002 debut The Big Come Up to last year’s more sonically esoteric, Danger Mouse-produced Attack & Release.
Beastie Boys: Paul’s Boutique-20th Anniversary Edition
A masterpiece spawned from chaos, Paul’s Boutique came into being after the Beastie Boys decamped to the Left Coast after an acrimonious split with Rick Rubin and Def Jam Records following the multi-platinum success of the trio’s 1986 debut, Licensed to Ill.
