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Tarantino Unchained: Commentary on Quentin Tarantino’s rant in recent British TV interview. Quentin Tarantino is a director known for gleeful excess. He has never shied away from violence, explosive dialogue, and the controversy that follows. But it seems amplified with his latest movie Django Unchained. It’s a fever dream that only he could deliver, a […]
This is the 2nd installment of SLIS’s 60 Best Cover Songs Of All Time. Click here for entries 60 through 20. I’ll have an iTunes playlist at the bottom if you like to preview or buy any of these songs for your collection. Off we go: 19. The Man Next Door-Massive Attack John Holt’s […]
Today is David Bowie’s Birthday. And the now 66-year-old rock legend decided to give rather than receive, releasing his first new song in 10 years. The single Where Are You Now can be heard below, and in typical Bowie style, it has an odd video to accompany it. UPDATE: video has been taken away from US […]
Sad news Ministry fans; guitarist Mike Scaccia has passed away. As Blabbermouth.net reported, he died on Dec 23rd while playing at the Rail Club in Ft Worth, Texas with the band Rigor Mortis. Death was determined to be a heart attack brought on by heart disease. Scaccia originally started off with the band who he played his last […]
As Syfy’s Twilight Zone New Year’s Marathon approaches, I ponder what makes this show as timeless as infinity, and The Best Show Ever. From the first time I saw it, The Twilight Zone cast its spell upon me. I never saw the world the same way again. With Syfy’s Twilight Zone New Year’s Eve Marathon […]
My Bloody Valentine’s long in the making follow-up to 1991’s Loveless is finished. Now how to match those sky-high expectations? Stereogum just posted the news that My Bloody Valentine have just completed mastering their new album. I shall repeat that; My Bloody Valentine just completed mastering their new album. It’ll be their first new album in almost 23 […]
Submitted for your approval… 7 Forgotten Twilight Zone episodes. Over the July 4th Syfy Twilight Zone Marathon, I did a list of the 20 Best Twilight Zone Episodes. (Click here to read Part 1, and click here to read Part Two). But there are some obscure rarely seen episodes that won’t be on the New Year’s Syfy Marathon (click […]
Celebrate the End of the World with the 20 Best Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Movies. We’re almost upon December 21st…the day the Mayan calendar ends and supposedly we do too. What better way to wait for the end of the world than by watching movies about that topic? Besides some might be educational about how […]
SPOILER ALERT: Don’t read this until you’ve seen the Dexter and Homeland season finales. You’ve been warned! Catch your breath yet? Showtime just gave me insomnia tonight, because my adrenaline is rushing from two awesome season finales. Up first is ‘Dexter‘, with the finale ‘Surprise Motherf—-r!’ When the episode started, things looked bad for Dex. […]
The Master Of Suspense gets an entertaining biopic, but still remains the most enigmatic of directors. [rating=4] Alfred Hitchcock was a seismic cinematic force, so legendary that the adjective ‘Hitchcockian’ is used to describe a film done in his style. But as this enjoyable biopic rightfully asserts, his legacy is due in large part […]