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Skipper Wants Free Hugs

January 29, 2008

So being at Sundance 2008 was a fun time. We saw a lot of good flicks, got to snowboard a little bit, and drank a fair amount of Utah’s hearty 3:2 beer (like grown-up beer, but more watery).
Then there was Skipper the Free Hugs Guy.
It started the same as every celebrity sighting. We were walking […]

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Album Covers of 2007 (Part II): The Best

January 25, 2008

Having already expressed my opinions about the Worst Album Covers of 2007, it’s time to talk about the Best of 2007. These are the covers that I thought did something just a little different in their overall packaging.
Battles “Mirrored”
Beautiful photography taken from their “Atlas” video shoot, an interesting angle and understated type. A futuristic look […]

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Sundance Premiere: ‘Assassination of a High School President’

January 24, 2008

We saw four movies at Sundance in the last twenty-four hours, spanning a wide range of genres. But my favorite far and away was Assassination of a High School President. Mixing Bogart-ish voiceover with Heathers nasty streak makes for the best film I saw at Redford’s movie party in Park City.
Reese Thompson plays the newspaper […]

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Album Covers of 2007 (Part I): The Worst

January 17, 2008

Packaging can make a big difference in selling the product, even in these digital times – iTunes CoverFlow made sure that we all still obsess over a “complete” collection of album covers. With that idea in mind, these are the most unexcusable 2007 album covers from artists who should have known better.
Burial “Untrue”
This cover looks […]

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Sundance ‘08: Played out?

I’ll be attending the Sundance Film Festival this year. A whole week of movies, sneak peeks, and hob-nobbing with all the Perez Hilton types. But is it too late? Has the entire Sundance experience become more played out than Burning Man? The Onion AV Club thinks so. I’ll let you know in a week if […]

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