America, your head's too big, croons Morrissey on the first line of his new album You Are The Quarry, and it's reassuring to know the guy hasn't lost his bite after all these years. Honestly, I think it would be hard to be Morrissey and make new music. His fans revere him as some kind of malcontented deity, yet I get the impression that they want him to stay trapped in Smiths … [Read more...] about This Is Morrissey
A Quickie with The Casts of Buffy, Angel and Firefly
A week after the WB network announced that it would not renew the show Angel for another season, hundreds of fans of the series turned out in Los Angeles to attend the Wolfram & Hart Annual Review. The event - a fundraiser that raised $18,000 for the Al Wooten Junior Heritage Foundation - also attracted cast and crew from Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Joss Whedon's … [Read more...] about A Quickie with The Casts of Buffy, Angel and Firefly
LoTR: One Nitpickers Guide
It irritates me that in our culture a book or story isn't truly great until Hollywood bestows upon it the highest of all honors: turning it into a movie. So before the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy came out I refused to get excited, and declared them irrelevant and unnecessary. The books are amazing and they don't need to be legitimized by anyone, thank you very much. As far … [Read more...] about LoTR: One Nitpickers Guide
Degrassi S3: U Got The Look
We start off with the triumphant return of the Degrassi junior varsity boys’ soccer team to school after handily winning a game. Cheerleaders Paige and Manny get off the bus with Spinner blabbing about what a great game it was. Spinner, by the way, is absolutely filthy, meaning he either spent the game slide tackling or he lay down and went rolling in the dirt. Soon a tall, … [Read more...] about Degrassi S3: U Got The Look
Justify My Love
Thousands of half-naked teenage girls can't be wrong. At least, that's what I told myself as I sat wide-eyed in the sea of girl-flesh attending the Justin Timberlake/Christina Aguilera concert last Saturday night in San Jose. I went to the concert a fan of Justin, but didn't know anything about Christina other than I have seen a lot of her bare skin in Maxim. I couldn’t sing … [Read more...] about Justify My Love