Archive for the ‘entertainment’ Category

TunesDay: The divine stupidity of Dick Valentine

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

What makes Electric Six work so wonderfully is that the stupidity belies a real cleverness, both in lyrics and music. They write great tunes and they perform them really well. They know their way around the rock canon. And their deadpan style helps, too. So today TunesDay honors the fine ...

Oscar: the best moment of the night

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Once was never going to win best film, but the win for best song seemed like the most genuine moment of the night. I like to think that a lot of the people in that crowd realized what I did - that as big and bold and lavish and exciting ...