Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
Rolling Stone Issue No. 144. Hunter S. Thompson writes about Richard Nixon, cover illustration of one ugly Dick.
Rolling Stone Issue No. 214. HST makes a leap of faith for Jimmy Carter, cover illustration of one smiley Jim.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
“We can’t compete/We don’t belong anymore,” Luna’s lead singer Dean Wareham laments near the end of his band’s seventh and final album, Rendezvous.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
Agnès Varda, the so-called “grandmother” of the French New Wave, appears fatigued after a long day strolling through the Museum of Modern Art.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
The Oscars are the Super Bowl for the movie-going set, but with better outfits. No one who has been by a newsstand recently could argue otherwise. Yet are the movies that are nominated for this most prestigious of awards really the reason you’ll to tune in on Sunday night? Chances are, no.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
It’s an ocean of crap—the kind of room you expect college students to have but never actually expect to see—and in the middle of it all is a six-foot-tall tower of electronic music equipment. A microphone stands next to it, and a keyboard has been jammed into the desk drawer.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
Animal Collective is a tough band to categorize, but it might be because the group likes it that way. Their albums are almost defiantly weird, but when it comes right down to it, the music is good enough not to need labels.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
“I’m shitting my pants,” says Oliver Hirschbiegel, director of Downfall. “The thought that I might have to get up on stage is very scary.”
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
In Hollywood’s latest Keanu Reeves vehicle, John Constantine is no Neo. The film is hard to describe—it can only be experienced firsthand—in what is sure to be a surreal, disjointed, and painstakingly boring two hours.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
As the dark heart of Hollywood self-importance, narcissism, and provincialism approaches—I speak, of course, of the Academy Awards this Sunday night—it’s always good to take a look at what else is going on in film around the world.
Fri, Feb 25, 2005, 12:00am
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm
V2 Records
