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Monthly Archive for December, 2006

Hosted Live Download: Elliott Smith; June 2, 1998

Elliott Smith
June 2, 1998
Stockholm, Sweden

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Tom Waits - Orphans


2006, ANTI-

This is probably an excellent (albeit expensive if you opt for the 94-page Deluxe Edition) place for the Tom Waits curious to begin.

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The Descent

The best film to come out on DVD on December 26 was Neil Marshall’s gore-soaked claustrophobia fest, The Descent.

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Jackass: Number Two

The Jackass guys aren’t worried about art, they’re worried about fart, shit, testicles, and buttholes. I almost laughed as much as I retched, and that is, I guess, an achievement of some kind.

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The Owl & The Bear Podcast vol. 18

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Hosted Live Download: Alejandro Escovedo; October 3, 2006

Alejandro Escovedo
October 3, 2006
Santa Cruz, CA

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Scott Walker - The Drift


2006, 4ad/Ada

Scott Walker has been around forever, so I wondered why I hadn’t heard of him. Then I heard The Drift, and I understood.

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Bob Dylan - Modern Times


2006, Columbia

There are well-respected actors who’ve made careers out of playing themselves in movies.

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Beirut - Gulag Orkestar


2006, Ba Da Bing

The comparison has been made before—but it makes sense, so sue me: Beirut frontman Zach Condon sounds a helluva lot like Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum.

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The Album Leaf - Into The Blue Again


2006, Sub Pop

People have been pillaging Brian Eno’s fecund 70’s period for decades now, with mixed results.

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Babyshambles - The Blinding EP


2006, EMI Int’l

Don’t do drugs, kids.

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Little Miss Sunshine

What makes a movie about failed dreams, homosexuality, suicide, death, and pre-teen beauty pageants so goddamn funny?

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A Scanner Darkly

I know what I want for Christmas: this damn-near-perfect book adaptation.

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The Owl & The Bear Podcast vol. 17

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Hosted Live Download: The Shins; November 3, 2006

The Shins
November 3, 2006
New York, NY

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