Trying to encapsulate war documentaries continues to challenge me…after all, there’s just so many ways one can write “war is hell”. What I will say is that I have to commend filmmakers who are taker audiences deeper and deeper behind the lines. They are showing us the cold hard math involved with soldiers keeping the…
Rock docs are a dime a dozen. Every week there is a new one; some getting a full-scale theatrical release, some created on the sham of what now passes for music television. They can range in scope from the creation of one particular album, to encapsulating an entire career. With all of that in mind,…
I’m beginning to believe that everybody in the world “has something”: some talent, some knowledge base, some special thing to offer the world. It might only be one small thing, and it might not be terribly useful, but dammit it’s ours…and it can give us a moment in the sun. For Mark Borebach, it’s knowledge…
I was never one for rave culture. To me the notion of spending the 1990’s listening to repetitive music, in rooms that is an abandoned warehouse by day, surrounded by drug-dropping drama queens is akin to a ten-year root canal. But after watching HIGH ON HOPE, I’m able to see where my theory is flawed.…
When we come to know something as an institution, the temptation is not to tinker with it. After all, the very nature of an institution is something that is steady…lasting…constant. The problem with that line of thinking is that those steady, constant ideas can find themselves irrelevant if they don’t adapt. Institutions can be as…
Jay Reatard is a hard person to sum up in so many words. There’s a lot about him that seems warm, forthcoming and joyful. On the other hand there are things that he’s done that make him seem maladjusted, standoffish, or an outright jerk. The truth is somewhere in between and it seems to be…
Guess who’s drunk? ‘Twas a fine night where the movie geeks gathered! One where my beloved grew ever closer with her new bestie Sasha James. One where I saw the seeds of the most unending filmlover’s argument ever. And one where I learned that a blogger I’ve long admired will be coming to town this…
