Archive for March 2011
Film Projections: A Spectator Remembers Maria Schneider
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: March 31, 2011
Maria Schneider, a French actress best known for her controversial performance in Last Tango in Paris, passed away from cancer in February at the young age of 58. Following her performance in Bertolucci’s controversial film, her personal life was torn asunder by drug addiction, sexual confusion, and an attempted suicide. Several obituaries have posited that [...]
Rise If You’re Sleeping – A Review of All Eternals Deck
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: March 30, 2011
John Darnielle is clearly a fan of albums. He sees them not just as vehicles for his collective songwriting efforts but as an art form in itself. Whether it’s geographic location, bible verses or prolonged heartbreak, there is always an underlying, connected and unique theme to be found on every Mountain Goats project. All Eternals [...]
Wicked Games – A Review of The Weeknd’s House Of Balloons
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: March 28, 2011
There was a time when a young, aspiring group of musicians would follow a grueling roadmap to success fraught with uncertainty, discomfort, and rejection. Bands recorded songs on cheap home-recording technology, sent hissing demo tapes to labels, toured relentlessly, and hoped that a talent scout would appear at that One Great Show and lavish them [...]
Whom Shall I Fear? – A Review of Pusha T’s Fear of God
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: March 25, 2011
Virginia Beach’s The Clipse has always had a dark history with religion and theology. Just take a look at their breakout album titles: Lord Willin’ and Hell Hath No Fury. In 2011 the religious references still are still prevalent, but the circumstances are different. After 2009s lackluster Til the Casket Drops, the Thornton brothers have found [...]
Frontier Mixology: What We Talk About When We Talk About Whiskey Vol. 1, American Whiskey
Posted by: Roddy Rickhouse on: March 25, 2011
As a general matter, whiskey is liquor distilled from cereal grains that has been aged in wooden barrels. The word comes from usquebaugh, the Medieval Irish term for “water of life,” which was the catch-all term for all distillates at the time, e.g. aqua vitae. The Scots leave out the “e”, but modern day Irish [...]
Frontier Photography – Lucas Foglia
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: March 25, 2011
From 2006 through 2010, I traveled throughout the southeastern United States befriending, photographing, and interviewing a network of people who left cities and suburbs to live off the grid. Motivated by environmental concerns, religious beliefs, or predictions of economic collapse, my subjects build their homes from local materials, obtain their water from nearby springs, and [...]
Frontier Gastronomy – Risotto
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: March 23, 2011
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Even for an adventurous home chef, certain dishes carry the stigma of being too complicated or too authentic to reproduce at home. Lately I’ve been on a kick to prove that I can achieve solid results with “restaurant only” dishes that I find intimidating. I recently took on paella and was pleasantly surprised by the [...]
The Best Covers of Winter 2011
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: March 22, 2011
By most accounts, 2011 has been a backward-looking musical year. Whether it be the 80s lite-FM love of Destroyer, the new-wave stylings of Cut Copy, the R.E.M. worship of The Decemberists, or the Pavement-envy of Yuck, much of the year’s best music has been unabashed in announcing its influences. Such a year may disappoint some, [...]
The Strokes in Springtime – A Review of Angles
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: March 21, 2011
The Strokes are back with a new album out tomorrow (March 22). Below, our editors and staff music writers share their first impressions of Angles, along with some audio samples from the new record. 1. Most people either love or hate The Strokes. What did you think of them prior to hearing the new album? [...]
FP Top 5 – Prospect Heights Cafes
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: March 19, 2011
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As a freelance musician and writer, I’m always on the lookout for great cafés to be my home office. (Otherwise, I might never see the light of day). Below are my five favorite coffee shops around my stomping grounds – Prospect Heights – along with a review of each cafe’s coffee, food, music, and feng [...]
