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Where is your evidence?

by MisterE on 4/8/2008 10:28:06 AM

Dick Brooks wrote a delightful post where he shows us how easily people can be swayed by big business and deceit into thinking global warming is not a human problem. I feel sorry for individuals who can't think critically, but I am annoyed by individuals who put arguments forth with no evidence. I a... Continue »

Do films have the power to effect social change?

by Dick Brooks on 10/15/2007 8:13:06 PM

First, films, more than any other medium, whether written, oral, or visual, can have great impact on people. The reason is that it appears to be a live portayal of life. We are inclined to identify with the protagonists. If films have that power, can they exert it for social change? Let's examine a... Continue »

Children of bad movies

by esperanto on 1/15/2007 3:38:05 PM

Fair warning: don't read this if you haven't seen the movie (and maybe if you haven't seen "Y Tu Mama Tambien" either). Alfonso Cuarón, director of "Children of Men," is fast creating a niche for himself as a not-quite-mainstream genre subverter. He takes a movie genre that on its surface lo... Continue »

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New Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

When we gave you a live-in-France video clip of "Brother Sport" back in April we called the song "full-on springtime tropicalia," though it'd been recorded in October. The fact of the matter: The Merriweather Post Pavilion closer's full-on early winter tropicalia, too. (We know the title's a Baltimo... Continue »

New Fight Bite Video - "Swissex Lover"

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

It's getting to be that time when people start asking you to make lists and rank the year in music. Fun! Texan outfit and BTW Fight Bite are on my shortlist for the year's finest debuts, and "Swissex Lover" is its signature track. The duo of Leanne Macomber and Jeff Louis crafted their swirling, cin... Continue »

A.C. Newman Covers The Go-Betweens

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

New Pornographer A.C. (Carl) Newman's pop-drenched Get Guilty, the followup to 2004's Slow Wonder, is out at the beginning of '09. You've already heard the opener "There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" and now there's maybe one or one Go-Betweens covers to add to the Newman canon. It's a non-album track. H... Continue »

Stream Scott Weiland's Happy In Galoshes

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

You've heard Scott "Paddington Bear" Weiland's second solo album in bits and plenty of pieces, but now a week before its release (11/25), you can listen to all of Galoshes in one fell swoop. Continue »

Ryan Adams Disses R.E.M., The Killers, Not Oasis

by Stereogum on 11/20/2008 10:16:30 AM

Ryan's unadulterated idolization of the Gallaghers is rubbing off on him in all the wrong ways. Unless you're a hot beef-craving blogger (nullus?) who scours the web for this sort of stuff, in which case nevermind, Ryan you're doing great. Actually reader Danielle did the scouring for us this time, ... Continue »