Archive for April, 2004

Animal Serenade

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004
**½

Nobody covers Lou Reed’s material more often than Lou Reed. It’s either a constant strive for perfection or a contractual obligation which makes this so. In either case, the live double album, Animal, remains a thing of mystery. This performance, despite the title, is not to be confused […]

The Girl Next Door

Tuesday, April 13th, 2004
**½

The only way The Girl Next Door won’t remind you of Risky Business is if you’ve somehow never seen Risky Business. While there are some genuinely funny parts, the envelope pushing seems reserved only to outdo the more outrageous teen comedies of late, not the movie it mimics. And I’m not sure it even […]

Kurt Ponderings

Monday, April 5th, 2004

Trying to understand Kurt Cobain in 2004 may be a little like talking Nietzsche during a Left Behind book reading, but who’s got time to keep track of this cultural war thingy anyway? Which reminds me — I’m still mad at the guy’s selfish decision to snuff out his own life 10 years ago. I […]