Music Review: Cloud Nothings: Attack On Memory (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

Cloud Nothings is an indie rock band from Cleveland Ohio. For the most part were relitvely unknown until their third release just this past week Attack On Memory. These guys have come a long way from their first release which was recorded on a band member’s personal computer. 

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Film Review: Tim And Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)

By: Scott Jeffrey


It is usually a good thing when a movie keeps you on the edge of your seat. With huge explosions tons of plot twists and a story that has you guessing right up to the last scene, this is one of the things that Hollywood strives for. Tim and Eric leave the viewer on the edge of their seat with another power, pure awkwardness.


I can’t say as I have felt much more uncomfortable during a film. This is certainly not one to watch with the grandparents.


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Music News: Jack White Goes Solo

By Scott Jeffrey

The internet is buzzing today, Jack White, frontman for The White Stripes, head of Third Man Records and associated with such acts as The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, has finally decided to bless us with a solo album.

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Film Review: Warrior (2011)

By Aaron Jankowski


Two brothers torn apart by an alcoholic father have a chance to put the past behind them and reunite their broken family, but at what cost?


Warrior, directed and written by Gavin O’Connor, is an emotional tale about the Conlon family. The Conlon’s are a family of fighters, lead by their father, Paddy, played wonderfully by Nick Nolte (Oscar nominated for Best supporting Actor) who is a former boxer and is recently sober after his drinking cost him his wife and two sons. His eldest son, Brendan (Joel Edgerton) was a UFC fighter but is now married with two children and teaches physics at a local high school. This brings us to the youngest Conlon, Tommy (Tom Hardy). A lot of the story revolves around Tommy’s mysterious history and military past.


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Music Review: Phantogram: Nightlife (2011)

By: Scott Jeffrey


I have been waiting for some new Phantogram material since 2009. Although this isn’t a new full length it will have to do for now.


Phantogram is an indie electro pop duo from Saratonga Springs, New York. Their debut Eyelid Movies received a warm reception and it seemed as though the band was going places. Unfortunately it has been quite some time since I have heard new content.


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Music Review: Parenthetical Girls: Entanglements(2008)

By: Scott Jeffrey


This is a band that I completely overlooked during my heavy Sufjan Stevans phase.Parenthetical Girls are just pure experimental pop.
Parenthetical girls are originally from Everet, Washington. Their catalogue is quite expansive for a group of their notoriety. They even have a few Christmas albums.


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Film Review: Closer (2004)

By: Aaron Jankowski

To call Closer a love story is to only understand half of its brilliance.

This brilliantly written film is more so about lust, revenge and sadness. Love is there, but it seems out of place in this drama directed by Mike Nichols.

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Music Review: Royal Bangs: Flux Outside (2011)

By: Scott Jeffrey


Generally when I sit down to listen to an album it is possible to pick out the Mozart in the group. It’s the band member who drives a track with 3 minute guitar solos, epileptic drum lines and well, no polite way of saying it, flea’ing out on bass. The issue with Knoxville Tennessee   Natives Royal Bangs latest effort, Flux Outside is that there is no standout.  What we have here is a trio of Mozart’s. There is no power struggle for who carries the biggest musical peen. Instead a harmony.


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Videogame Review: Star Wars The Old Republic (2011)

By: Scott Jeffrey


This game has been on my radar for quite some time. I joined the mailing list upon its announcement. I even played through the Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) series right before its release as a refresher. As a longtime World of Warcraft (WoW) and Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) player, I was quite wary on another MMORPG that could steal my heart away from my level 85 paladin tank and existing guild. WoW held me back from starting up on Star Wars, but I finally worked up the nerve to cheat on the old girl.


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Film Review: The Devils Double (2011)

By: Scott Jeffrey

In the wake of Saddam Hussien’s death it is rare for most North Americans to get a brief window into what life was like living as a member of the Hussien family during the first gulf war, or in this case, posing as one of them. 

The Devils Double is a cinematic retelling of the story of Latif Yahala (Played by Dominic Cooper) an Iraqi soldier fighting in the Iraq-Iran war who is selected to become a fedai or political body double for one of Sadam’s son’s Uday Hussein (Also Played by Cooper). 

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Music Review: The Big Pink: Future This (2011)

By: Scott Jeffrey


The Big Pink, A London England duo consisting of Robbie Furze and Milo Cordel, has been at it since 2009. On their debut album A Brief History of Love, the band gained notoriety with the single Dominos.


Their sophomore effort Future This seems to have a very similar sound to the first record. The first track Stay Gold sounds like it might as well belong on the first album with a very similar progression to Dominoes.


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Film Review: Velvet Goldmine (1998)

By:Aaron Jankowski

They set out to change the world but only managed to change themselves.

Velvet Goldmine, written and directed by Todd Haynes, follows a journalist, played by Christian Bale, as he tries to find out what happened to pop icon Brian Slade after he faked his own assassination on stage at a show Bale was at. 

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Film Review: Brick (2005)

By: Aaron Jankowski

This is not your typical high school drama.

Actually, Brick is not your typical anything. It mixes every day high school drama with more mature themes such as unrequited love, drug running and murder. 

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