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Book Review: “Humankind” — The Power of Positive Thinking

September 9, 2020
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Humankind, at the very least, compels us to rethink fashionably pessimistic assumptions about human nature.

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Television Review: “Aggretsuko” — The Season Three Blues

September 8, 2020
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For some reason, Aggretsuko riffs on Japanese idols in its third season, and the shift makes the show less appealing.

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Jazz Album Review: Madre Vaca’s “Winterreise”— Varied Jazz Arrangements Bring Schubert in from the Cold

September 8, 2020
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A Mother Cow of jazz iconoclasts takes on German lieder, because why not?

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Rock Album Review: Bright Eyes Return — and They Haven’t Missed a Beat

September 7, 2020
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Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was is a natural next step forward for Bright Eyes, evolving while remaining true to their core identity.

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Rock Album: 1970’s “Live at Goose Lake” — The Stooges Hitting Their Feral Stride

September 6, 2020
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If we factor in the triple-size oversell crowd, the bad drugs circulating, and the home field advantage, there was plenty there to inspire The Stooges to raise some merry hell.

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Film Review: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” — The Blues of Existence

September 5, 2020
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You may not know what you’re feeling or what to think about what you’ve seen afterward. This is a rare experience in cinema to be savored, or at the very least highly valued.

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Film Review: At the Fantasia International Film Festival, Part Three

September 5, 2020
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In wrapping up Fantasia, I focused on The Five Rules of Success, Come True, and The Dark and the Wicked, three ambitious genre titles that have stuck with me long since their credits rolled.

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Book Review: A Treasury of Tall Tales That Make Opera Fun

September 3, 2020
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Author Ethan Mordden serves up plenty of entertaining yarns, sometimes as exaggerated as the genre to which they pay homage.

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Book Review: “Bukowski, A Life” — The Poet of Skid Row

September 2, 2020
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Some of the most insightful and moving parts of the biography are Neeli Cherkovski’s personal recounting of his on-again off again relationship with Charles Bukowski.

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Dance Review: “And Still You Must Swing” — Tap Dance as Exhilaration and Inspiration

September 2, 2020
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This terrific performance was the grand finale from a beloved dance festival doing its best under enormous pressure.

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