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April 27, 2008

opening titles

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=277882774&id=277882764&s=143441 Artist: Rob Lane. Album: John Adams (Music from the HBO Miniseries).

dream

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=278733732&id=278733611&s=143441 Artist: Angela McCluskey. Album: Dream - Single.

sunshine

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=206392595&id=206391285&s=143441 Artist: Orba Squara. Album: Sunshyness.

April 25, 2008

respectfully proceeding

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=263690827&id=263690723&s=143441 Artist: The Tacticians. Album: Some Kind of Urban Fulfillment.

April 15, 2008

lolita

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=275496937&id=275496744&s=143441 Artist: Throw Me the Statue. Album: Moonbeams.

April 14, 2008

sun is out

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=213702947&id=213698280&s=143441 Artist: The Apples In Stereo. Album: New Magnetic Wonder.

run

http://www.amazon.com/Run-Ann-Patchett/dp/0061340634 Ann Patchett's latest novel, set against the backdrop of a particularly snowy and eventful winter day in Boston, is par for the author's course, examining issues of class, race and gender, among other topicalities, with expected elegance and generosity. If the novel finally fails to scale the operatic heights of lyricism set forth in Patchett's previous novel, 2001's magic-realist fable Bel Canto, and the coda feels ever so slightly forced and artificially sweetened, it's only because the subject matter this time around, and the thoughtful characters Patchett has created, seem a bit too sensible for the gentle excess of idealism that concludes the tale.

April 13, 2008

can't get it right today

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=200213292&id=200212860&s=143441 Artist: Joe Purdy. Album: You Can Tell Georgia.

smart people

http://us.imdb.com/Title?Smart+People+(2008) Dumb movie. Grade: D+

April 05, 2008

the bank job

http://us.imdb.com/Title?Bank+Job,+The+(2008) Efficient, unpretentious filmmaking with some surprisingly graphic twists and an unexpectedly poignant finish. Cool and fun. Jason Statham is an elegant thug. Grade: B