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I find that most of the best things in life involve either Joss Whedon, Jenny Lewis, or Paul Thomas Anderson, but I'm generally happiest when I get to read things I have written myself, for I'm an egomaniac at heart.

I'm set up in Wales, which is in the UK,

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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Band reviews: Wilco: 2 of 10
Uncle Tupelo were one of the seminal American bands of recent times. Counting Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy as the two founder members, they invented alternative-country as a genre and changed the way country music was perceived forever. Then, in 1994 they broke up. Luckily though, Tweedy went on in 1995 to form one of the grea... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Guero, by Beck: 1 of 4
Beck Hansen has to be the greatest sound enigma since the Big Bang. Whenever the man goes into a recording studio, there is no way of telling what he's going to come out with - he's done trip-hop, he's done country, he's done funk, he's a bit rappy, he's a bit rocky, he's like Bob Dylan but with a really weird edge to him. A... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Neon Bible, by The Arcade Fire: 2 of 7
The Arcade Fire aren't even a band anymore; they're a cult. A bunch of people who dress up and make creepy records and refuse to be in their videos. To be fair, it must be a nightmare trying to control them; when they're not throwing ladders at each other onstage, they're smashing Jonathan Ross' camera or leading the crowd o... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse: 5 of 16
After the revelatory return to motown, soul, and dirty jazz that made up her first album "Frank", Amy Winehouse has moved on from the dingy pubs and underworld of London for her second release, the aptly titled "Back To Black". Gone are the more scratchy and scatty elements of the music, while the production has been shifted... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Under the Blacklight, by Rilo Kiley: 1 of 3
And so Rilo Kiley have returned, a few years after being so cruelly neglected on their third album by the general public. Jenny has released herself a fine solo album, and Blake's band "The Elected" also put out some new material, a reasonable album of mid-folk country stuff reminiscent of The Eagles (quick note: I don't lik... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, by David Bowie: 1 of 3
Ziggy Stardust came down to save the World using naught but the power of his haughty voice and glam rock guitar styling. In his quest to save us all, he was aided by the Spiders From Mars, a backing group of fellow aliens who more than equal his ability to rock. Yes, we're in David Bowie territory here, exploring an album th... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: The Garden, by Zero 7: 1 of 3
It's tricky to be a music artist. If you do manage to break-through to the mainstream, then you'll soon find yourself trapped with making a 'difficult second album'. And if you manage to make it through this, you'll then find your music being challenged before your third album comes out, because people want to see an evoluti... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Die Hard: 1 of 3
John McClane has had better Christmases. He's been arguing with his wife, who moved to Los Angeles with the kids to pursue her career while he's been stuck on the New York beat, a run-down cop with a drinking habit. Now, coming off a plane to see his family again, he finds himself stuck in a slightly unusual situation. A hos... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Questioning the talents of the reunited Spice Girls: 1 of 3
When the Spice Girls, those five oddly dressed probable transsexuals from all across the UK were first forced to like each other by super-manager Simon Fuller, one of the key aspects of their attitude was female empowerment. Between making twee pop songs that sounded more inspiring than they actually were, the girls regularl... More..
Entertainment > Album Reviews Album reviews: Begin to Hope, by Regina Spektor: 3 of 6
So, Regina Spektor, the Russian-American pianist-singer-songwriter-kook. Her new album, Begin to Hope, has been flirting with the real world for a good few months now, and after the release of single "Fidelity" it looks like she may well hit the charts with her own brand of slightly nuts piano and voice combinations. On her ... More..