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CINEMA

 » Blood into Wine - Any big fan of Maynard James Keenan knows that the Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer frontman has been living a double life for the past several years as a winemaker/entrepreneur. But seeing as the charismatic Keenan is not the most media-friendly of musicians, it's a rare feat to get an in-depth glimpse into what the man's other passion project entails.
[08.26.2010 by Kiran Aditham]

LITERATURE

 » The Red Queen - Phillipa Gregory revisits England during the War of the Roses.
[08.23.2010 by Bridget Doyle]

COLUMN

 » Missed the Boat #6: Supergroups and Solo Surprises - In a time when more albums than ever are being made and fewer publications can afford to exist, more gatekeepers than ever are needed to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's this month's batch of unreviewed but worth your time records that may have been overlooked.
[08.16.2010 by Dan Weiss]

Music Reviews

Secret Cities - Pink Graffiti
»Secret Cities
Pink Graffiti
Western Vinyl
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
»Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
Merge
Best Coast - Crazy for You
»Best Coast
Crazy for You
Mexican Summer
The Roots - How I Got Over
»The Roots
How I Got Over
Def Jam
M.I.A. - /\\/\\/\\Y/\\
»M.I.A.
///Y/
N.E.E.T.
The New Pornographers - Together
»The New Pornographers
Together
Matador


Name: Andy Brown

Position: LAS Contributor

Location: St. Peter, MN

Biography: HOBBIES/INTERESTS/FREETIME ACTIVITIES: reading, thrifting, Aqua Teen Hunger Force-ing

TEN DESERT ISLAND DISCS:
Slanted and Enchanted
Velvet Underground & Nico
Hatful of Hollow
We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Sketches of Spain
If You're Feeling Sinister
OK Computer
Marquee Moon
Pink Moon
Loveless

CURRENT INFATUATION / HEAVY ROTATION:
I've been getting into the 33 1/3 book series and the new Pavement biography.

FIVE FAVORITE BANDS:
Pavement
Velvet Underground
The Smiths
Belle & Sebastian
Death Cab for Cutie

FIVE FAVORITE FILMS
Apocalypse Now
The Big Lebowski
Rushmore
The Seven Samurai
2001: A Space Oddessey

FIVE FAVORITE AUTHORS:
William Faulkner
Dylan Thomas
James Joyce
Wallace Stevens
Dave Eggers

FIVE FAVORITE ARTISTS:
Picasso
Van Gogh
Rodin
William Blake
Velazquez

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE LAS/WHERE DO YOU WANT LAS TO TAKE YOU:
I want LAS to take me out somewhere nice for a change, maybe a restaurant with cloth napkins-is that too much to ask?!

MOST MEMORABLE LIFE EXPERIENCE: Getting caught faking a British accent in London.

SUM YOURSELF UP IN ONE SENTECE:For philisophical moments like these, I turn to googlism.com: "Andy Brown is delighted to have Higgins as team leader."

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