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 » The National: LIVE - Standing on a mat which displayed the words "total cock," (exactly as such) Matt Berninger welcomed fans at Dublin's Olympia Theatre to the second night of his band's three-night stint in the Irish capital. The calm composure of the band's other members was obvious from the beginning, and complimented Berninger's disoriented and sometimes raucous nature on stage.
[05.16.2008 by Brian Christopher Jones]

MUSIC

 » A Light Sleeper - "Despite the fact that it definitely does take a certain amount of mathematical thought to get multiple loops to sync up with each other, a lot of it is surprisingly instinctual." LAS senior staff writer Josh Zanger talks with Dheeru Pennepalli about effects, influences, and hand-made packaging.
[05.15.2008 by Josh Zanger]

LITERATURE

 » The American Plague - Molly Cardwell Crosby's book examines the outbreak of yellow fever in Memphis, Tennessee during the summer of 1878, and the medical community's often roundabout way of decoding the mysterious disease. Crosby's detailing of the deadly outbreak is remarkable, and the story is eerily echoed by the slow reaction of governments to similar events in our modern world.
[05.14.2008 by Jason Middlekauff]

Music Reviews

Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
»Scarlett Johansson
Anywhere I Lay My Head
Atco
No Age - Nouns
»No Age
Nouns
Sub Pop
Subtle - ExitingARM
»Subtle
ExitingARM
Lex
The Roots - Rising Down
»The Roots
Rising Down
Def Jam
Local H - Twelve Angry Months
»Local H
Twelve Angry Months
Shout! Factory
Carl Creighton - Minnesota
»Carl Creighton
Minnesota
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CINEMA

 » Teeth - Directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, this horror-comedy film gives an ancient male fear the modern slasher treatment while arming its virginal female heroine with a power that the average male is powerless against.
[05.09.2008 by Jonah Flicker]

CINEMA

 » I'm Not There - Released yesterday to DVD, director Todd Haynes' Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated Bob Dylan biopic, with its ensemble cast of Marcus Carl Franklin, Ben Whishaw, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, and Cate Blanchett, was truly one of the best films of 2007.
[05.07.2008 by Jonah Flicker]

CINEMA

 » Baby Mama - With this Tina Fey/Amy Poehler comedy being universally panned in the press, don't look to LAS cinema critic Susan Howson for a contrary opinion. "We all might as well give up now, and just accept that the funniest joke in movies is going to be about a baby grunting like DMX. That's right. BABIES GRUNTING LIKE DMX."
[05.06.2008 by Susan Howson]

CINEMA

 » Abel Raises Cain - This new documentary, narrated and directed by his daughter, details the life of the world's greatest hoax artist, Alan Abel, who over four decades created a body of work as a deadpan prankster that eclipses anything Stephen Colbert has done to date.
[05.01.2008 by Eric J Herboth]

CINEMA

 » Lake of Fire - A decade and a half in the making, this must-see THINKfilm documentary, produced and directed by Tony Kaye, the creative force behind American History X, examines both sides of the seemingly endless abortion debate in the United States, and does so in Kaye's trademark graphic style.
[04.30.2008 by Jon Burke]

CINEMA

 » The Fall of the Roman Empire - The enormous set pieces, vast backgrounds, exotic locations, thousands of extras, and intimate dramatic moments all make director Anthony Mann's 1964 film, being released to DVD on Tuesday via The Weinstein Company's Miriam Collection, a masterpiece of its time.
[04.25.2008 by Jonah Flicker]

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