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HOPE AND ADAMS, Wheat (Sugarfree) SKINDIVING, Submarine (Kinetic/Reprise) TEDDY THOMPSON, (Virgin) The voice, if not the songwriting chops SKINDIVING, Submarine (Kinetic/Reprise) SET, Alex Chilton(Bar/None)--especially "Oogum Boogum" |
A PORTRAIT OF THELONIOUS, Bud Powell (Sony Legacy) SPACE ISLAND, Rob Wasserman (Atlantic) |
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ALMOST FAMOUS (DreamWorks) Widely misreviewed, this sweet-natured rock film has the insider hubris to use the tightly controlled Led Zeppelin (acoustic) tracks Crowe got Page/Plant permission for as . . . background mood music. The larger irony, of course, is that Crowe turns out to be a far better movie-maker than he ever was a rock writer. |
September 24, 2000: THE MATRIX, Universal City. Blows up nicely. |
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CHERRY, by Mary Karr (Viking) Sequel to LIAR'S CLUB. BLACK MASS, by Dick Lehr, Gerard O'Neill (Public Affairs) Spent the month trying to cast this movie, and while Billy Bulger is a no-brainer (Zbigniew Brzezinski, Carter's National Security Advisor), Whitey Bulger is larger, more menacing than any mafioso I've ever seen on the screen. |
Marshall Sella's NEW YORK TIMES magazine cover piece was a great read that skidded around its unstated thesis: how DARE comedians express their political opinions. CHOICE BIT: A recent "Late Show" segment called Campaign Souvenirs featured a toy electric chair (incredibly, with an orange-clad male doll strapped in) that lighted up to read vote bush. But the real punch line -- the big laugh, prepped for and received -- was a jump cut to a stagehand named Tom, whose job it was to actually run the switch for the toy. |
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Paul Giamatti in DUETS (And that's Gwyneth holding her own with Babyface.) |
September 2000 | Summer 2000 | April-May 2000 | March 2000 | February 2000 | January 2000 | December 1999 | November 1999 | October 1999 | September 1999 | August 1999 |
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Consumer Guide by Robert Christgau, VOICE Real Life Top Ten by Greil Marcus, Salon (see also 1999) KATHA POLLITT, THE NATION HARRY SHEARER'S LE SHOW GARY TRUDEAU (syndicated) GARY WILLS (syndicated) |
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EDGE | FEED | FRESH MEAT | INSIDE | LETTERMAN | LEMON YELLOW | MCSWEENEY'S | NEW YORK OBSERVER | THE ONION |