Woody's back, and he's up to his dirty old tricks again. "Celebrity," the long-awaited film from the master of satire and one-liners, opened Friday with the quiet exultation of a delirious orgasm.
Recalling back to Allen's glory days of "Manhattan"and "Annie Hall," "Celebrity" was shot entirely in black and white. The intimacy of the two-tone genre is expelled here, as Allen has chosen to focus on the interaction of a few leading characters, along with a slew of star-studded appearances by real-life celebrities.
Woody satirizes celebs
There was only one word to say as WRIF DJ Drew Lane stepped out on stage.
Lars!!
Metallica tears down the State with intense assault
At Hip Hop Poetry Jam's "The Session," Thursday night, one performer read a poem sarcastically titled, "How to Succeed in a Coffeeshop." He poked fun at the clichés, "pseudo-intellectual speak" and the basic bull that people create on open mike nights in cafés.
Poetry Jam returns to League
Murphy makes house call on video
The story of Michigan's pass defense, "Dr. Dolittle," hits video shelves across the land today. Just kidding. Even Eddie Murphy couldn't cover David Boston. Murphy plays an eccentric veterinarian who thinks he hears things from some of his furry and feathered friends.
That being said, we find before us the strange case of Ringo Starr, who, though he played drums for the Fab Four through most of their existence, wrote only a handful of their songs. And although his name does not appear beneath most of the Beatles' songs, it certainly seems that he should have more of a right to reinterpret the Lennon/McCartney catalog than numerous other artists (Fiona Apple's recent butchering of "Across the Universe" springs to mind) who are constantly pillaging it.
'Live' Hanson lives on as guilty pleasure
When the three squeaky-voiced, androgynous-haired brothers of Hanson stormed the music scene with the release of "Middle of Nowhere," their fame was met with mixed emotions.
While millions of young fans fell in love with the boys and their music, many critics dismissed Hanson's efforts as talentless, cheesy pop.
Plastikman goes for real thing
Subtraction and the absence of sound characterize the musical theories of innovative Detroit techno artist Plastikman.
Through only the use of bare essentials Plastikman avoids clutter, leaving ample space within the context of each song for the listener's mind to explore sensation and thought.
Seal should have abandoned third release
"I'm doing something and frankly I don't know if I should," Seal sings in "Latest Craze," a song off of his third album "Human Beings."
Frankly, I don't know if Seal should have released this album, either. Judging from the talent displayed on his first two albums, Seal has definitely taken a turn for the worse with this release.
Tabernacle record disappoints die-hards
There's been a buzz in Detroit indie country-rock circles surrounding 2 Star Tabernacle for quite some time.
Playing infrequent live dates since its inception, the band's first attempt at laying anything down in the studio is this 7-inch record and will likely be snatched up by eager fans as soon as it hits the street. That is, if they don't listen to it first.
Boredoms releases 'Super' album
The Boredoms keep evolving; on the band's last several releases, the champion of noise rock from Japan have been moving away from its anarchic roots and towards an almost ambient sound. "Super Æ" is the group's latest flavor of Darwinian monkeyshines.
11-24-98
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