Archive for January 2012
Queen of Fats – A Review of Tom Mueller, Extra Virginity
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: January 30, 2012
- In: Book Reviews | Books
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Every cook knows olive oil is essential. For Tom Mueller, it’s the lifeblood of Western Civilization. In Extra Virginity, his lively, earnest, exhaustive, and sometime exhausting debut, Mueller discovers oil not only as food, but as fuel, lubricant, medicine, skin care, perfume, aphrodisiac, religious symbol, and way of life. In the words of one aficionado, [...]
Film Projections: Reactions to the 84th Academy Award Nominations
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 27, 2012
On Monday, our film expert Franklin Laviola shared his predictions for the approaching Academy Awards nominations. Not surprisingly, he did quite well: 71 out of 104 nominations correct, perfect performances in the Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film Categories, and a spot-on prediction that Hugo and The Artist would lead all films with 11 and 10 nominations, [...]
Frontier Psychiatrist Monthly Mixtape: January 2012, Side B
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 27, 2012
Today we bring you Side B of our January mixtape; you can listen to Side A here. Even better, you can download the whole thing over at our tumblr. This installment includes selections from two of our favorite January releases, Schoolboy Q’s Habits & Contradictions and Cloud Nothings’ Attack on Memory, as well as cuts from [...]
We All Blessed: A Review of Schoolboy Q’s Habits and Contradictions
Posted by: Peter Lillis on: January 26, 2012
- In: Band Profiles | Music | Record Reviews
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It’s been said before and hopefully it will be said again: hip hop is on the rise. Last year we learned that the Internet actually does work as a means for promotion, catapulting hungry artists from nobodies to somebodies over night. By removing the tawdry veil of fake success that defined hip hop of the [...]
The Ultimate Roasted Chicken
Posted by: freyabellin on: January 25, 2012
- In: Food
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San Francisco has a bit of a hold on me. There’s something romantic about the steep sloping hills, the colorful rows of houses, and the mist rising off the bay. Who minds a bit of grey skies and rainy days when you have Napa and Sonoma waiting for you across the bridge? And the food! [...]
On The Frontier: An Interview with Porcelain Raft
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 24, 2012
Mauro Remiddi has led a complicated musical life. He has performed Klezmer Music for the Berlin Youth Circus, crossed the 38th Parallel to re-interpret the folk songs of North Korea, composed music for short films and Vaudeville revivals, and, today, he is set to release his solo debut under the name Porcelain Raft. The record, entitled Strange [...]
Film Projections: Our 2012 Oscar Predictions
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 23, 2012
(Tomorrow at 8:30 AM on the East Coast, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will announce its nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards. The annoucements will be made by the moderately attractive Jennifer Lawrence. Sadly we did not have the opportunity to speak with Ms. Lawrence, so we asked our resident film expert [...]
Songs Without Words: A Review of DropxLife’s Furthur
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 23, 2012
“If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.” -Gustav Mahler For the young listener, the move from vocal-driven music to vocal-less music has typically marked the first step on the long descent into music nerdery. Most casual listeners view pop music [...]
FP Monthly Mixtape: January 2012, Side A
Posted by: L.V. Lopez on: January 20, 2012
Loyal readers of this site expect one thing: words. Lots of them. Preferably with at least four syllables. And, typically, we are happy to oblige. The world of indie music has reached a point, however, at which there are more new songs released monthly than there are words in the OED. As such, in our efforts [...]
West of Eden – A Review of Ingo Schulze, Adam and Evelyn
Posted by: Keith Meatto on: January 18, 2012
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The latest Ingo Schulze novel is an odd hybrid of sex comedy, road trip, and existential thriller. In Adam and Evelyn, the original sin occurs when an East German tailor named Adam sleeps with a female client. His girlfriend Evelyn catches him with his pants down, then flees to Hungary with a friend and her [...]
