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Ray Donovan, seasons 1 and 2

I assume anyone reading this has watched more of Ray Donovan than I have, so I’ll keep the recap brief: this show concerns a Hollywood fixer/hitman/thug for hire whose professional and personal relationships begin strained and spend the next however many episodes tugging yet further, so long as the constituent atoms roughly hold together. RayContinue reading “Ray Donovan, seasons 1 and 2”

Warpaint – Exquisite Corpse

Manimal (2009)See it pon de posh new FACT site ere. There is lush ‘n’ longing, and then there is Warpaint. You remember on Beavis and Butthead, when our brace of budding reviewers used to assume Pantera was just the singer, and not the band?* Warpaint is a quartet from Los Angeles, but on the basisContinue reading “Warpaint – Exquisite Corpse”

Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom Live

I had hoped to have my traditional year-end post up by now, but I have been more long-winded than usual, and will have to up it in the next day or so. Apols! In the meantime, here’s some Tom Waits for y’all. See you in the one-oh! ANTI- (2009) (FACT) If I didn’t know better,Continue reading “Tom Waits – Glitter and Doom Live”

Bring it on: in it to win it

Steve Rash (USA, 2007) Back in the early days of this century, before the George W. Bush reign of terror, we lived in a more innocent age. Where now we cower in fear of ‘terrrsts’ and credit crunches, the biggest controversy of the prior presidency had been Clinton getting his game on. During this halcyonContinue reading “Bring it on: in it to win it”