Over at newcritics.com, it’s time to close the front door, turn off the lights ’round the bar, hang up the closed sign, and walk out the back way for the last time. This little group culture blog, which began as an experiment in the winter of.
Topics: Epitaphs, newcritics

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It’s tempting to just leave this to the Trekkies and the obssessives, to let Star Trek be measured in its franchise terms: money, success, fealty to its origins. Doing that,though, would be a little cruel: Star Trek is an impressive accomplishment..
Topics: Film

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine isn’t terrible… which is a shame, probably, because if it at least committed to being kind of kicky-bad that would constitute making a choice; as it is, the film sort of muddles along, winding up at somewhat...
Topics: Film

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At this stage, the Bob Dylan test is simple: listen to a new record a few times and before you make your judgment, pretend it’s the work of a largely unknown old circuit rider named Robby Zimmerman playing bars and beer halls with his traveling...
Topics: Music

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Here is a new jazz release that features 18 tight songs all over the stylistic map, from moody meditations to funky blues to soulful swing. If you didn’t know who created it, you might guess it was a young composer trying his or her hand at different...
Topics: Chico Hamilton, drummer, drums, jazz, Music, rhythm

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