By Alexander Burns Motion pictures entertainment at home is becoming easier and easier. For now you can download, first-rate motion pictures straight to your own computer and right in the luxury of your own home. It is the easiest and most economical way until now to obtain films and it also presents the advantage of every time being able to get the exact motion picture that you are looking for. Trading...
In 1977, American new wave rock band Devo released their cover of the Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (right). The single was incorrectly title (I Can’t Get Me No) Satisfaction. The single led to a recording contract with Warner Bros....
Just one month after the release of this year’s In and Out of Control , the Danish duo The Raveonettes have finally decided to officially release the non-album track "The Chosen One" to the public.
After kicking things off with the "Secret Agent Man" video, the men of DEVO launched into their debut LP Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! , 3-D glasses in place. They didn't stop until the album was done -- tonight it's Freedom Of Choice , as both LPs are getting a re-release -- over a short but incredibly energetic set that drew the likes of Zack De La Rocha and Tony Kanal, cited by photographer...
Mia Doi Todd will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by B+ via Mia Doi Todd's Myspace Our Pick: Mia Doi Todd, Bone Gunn, The Good Listeners, Paul Livingston @ Bootleg Theater Tonight legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with local noise-infused rockers No Age (LAist Review , #2 ) in tow. Equally...
Yes, this is a rip-off of Jaws , with a giant octopus in place of a great white. But isn't Jaws itself a rip-off of Moby Dick, with the shark being less a natural creature than a supernatural one embodying our collective fears about nature, the return of the repressed and all that? Wasn't making rip-offs what the filone cinema was all about anyway? Now you see him... Now you don't Another early victim...
Port O'Brien will be performing tonight at the Echo | Photo by Lindsey Byrnes via Port O'Brien's Myspace Our Pick: Port O'Brien, The Parson Red Heads, Evangelicals @ The Echo Tonight legendary Akron-based new wave act Devo ( LAist Interview ) will be taking on a two-night stint at the Henry Fonda Music Box . Local indie rockers Silversun Pickups (LAist Review , #2 , #3 ) are poised to headline LA...
PICK OF THE WEEK Pixies Doolittle Tour Wed 11/4 w/ No Age Thurs 11/5 w/ Black Gold Fri 11/6 w/ Rain Machine Hollywood Palladium THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS Bostich + Fussible Nortec Collective Presents Thurs 11/5 Echoplex Info [ENTER TO WIN] Múm w/ Sin Fang Bous & Hildur Gudnadottir Fri 11/6 El Rey Theater Info [ENTER TO WIN] HEADS UP The Books @ Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge Mon...
By Edward Copeland I sure hope the estate of Reginald Rose or whomever owns the rights to 12 Angry Men got some sort of payment from the makers of the Russian film 12, because there is no question that the film is an unequivocal remake. Sure, there are some changes, but most of the story has merely been transplanted to Moscow, even the easy availability of supposedly unique knives. Director Nikita...
Múm will be performing Friday at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via Múm's Myspace This week legendary Boston-bred alternative rock outfit the Pixies will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Palladium with local noise-infused rockers No Age (LAist Review , #2 ) and Brooklyn-bred TV on the Radio 's Kyp Malone, who will be performing material from his solo endeavor Rain Machine...
The world is crumbling around us, ladies and gentlemen. Our existence could be on the verge of a cataclysmic ending. Need proof of how bad things have gotten? Anti-Flag, those punk crusaders, have given up on all that is right and are ready to put on a gold old fashioned punk party tour [...]
Among the slew of new DVDs released this week is the 50th anniversary edition of "12 Angry Men," one of the greatest trial movies ever made. It's the only movie...
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