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  • Summer Movies I Want to See, 2012

    My fourth annual list of summer movies. 26 of them this year. Some blockbuster (Avengers, What to Expect, MIB3), some artsy (Intouchables, Invisible War, Robot & Frank). For previews and info on the popular ones, go to the Yahoo! Summer Movie Guide.

  • SPIN’s 30 Best Fall Tours (full list)

    A one-page, condensed list of SPIN’s 30 Best Fall Tours: Skrillex (9/2-11/12, *Skream Benga, Nero, et al) Portishead (10/1-10/27) Cymbals Eat Guitars (9/20-10/27) Wilco (9/13-10/5) Battles (10/1-11/1) Kanye West and Jay-Z (10/29-12/18) Feist (10/29-12/6) Beirut (9/21-11/13) Das Racist (9/12-11/7) EMA (10/7-10/30) Blink-182/My Chemical Romance (Now-10/8, *Manchester Orchestra, Matt & Kim) Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks…

  • Summer Movies I Want to See, 2011

    The 3rd annual preview of summer movies… that I’d like to see, so you can count on several indie flicks to be part of this list. I’ve heard mention that this could be one of the worse summer movie seasons in years – but I couldn’t manage to narrow it down to any less than…

  • Soundtracks are underappreciated

    A few years ago, I posted a journal entry on Last.fm about film scores (from 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Dark Knight) and why I like so many of them. Here’s a little update – adding Benjamin Button, The Social Network, and Tron: Legacy.

  • Favorite podcast episodes

    I’ve listened to a lot of good episodes from various podcasts since October (when I listed my favorite subscriptions). Here are a few that I rated the highest. Most of them should still be available to download, or at least to stream.

  • A blues primer

    A coworker of mine has never heard of B.B. King. This must be remedied. In response, I’ve created “An Evolution of Blues” compilation. It’s not a definitive list and I had to question if certain songs could truly be considered blues tracks (when they’d likely first be catalogued as jazz, rock ballad, folk, country or downtempo,…