Inside The Straight Edge

from The Boston Globe Exploring the two sides of the ‘straight edge’ culture By Monica Boland, Globe Correspondent  “Straight edge” teens should be a godsend for anxious parents and vigilant police officers everywhere. Young people in the...

Beautiful Losers On Screen

from Creativity-Online Beautiful Losers Hit the Big Screen A new documentary examines key figures in contemporary art and street culture. BY: JEFF BEER  In March 2004, the “Beautiful Losers” exhibition debuted at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and...

Tapes ‘n Tapes

from the NY Daily News Tapes ‘n Tapes are very cool copycats  4:00 AM Tapes ‘n Tapes TAPES ‘N TAPES. “Walk It Off” (XL Recordings) Everything sputters and whines in the music of Tapes ‘n Tapes. Jittery guitars, fidgety synths and...

Memoir From Guyville

from MediaBistro’s GalleyCatOh My God, Liz Phair Is Writing A NovelThis weekend we learned via the Times Book Review, where Liz Phair reviewed Dean Wareham’s memoir ‘Black Postcards,’ that she is working on a book of her own —...

Posted Because Naomi Watts Is Hots

from Guardian UK Funny Games  (Cert 18) Peter Bradshaw The Guardian  Double take … Naomi Watts and Michael Pitt in Funny Games, the 2008 version Michael Haneke’s new movie is an Americanised replica-remake of his 1997 cult shocker Funny Games: just as...