inventory_2 Archive: Fall 2010 - Spring 2014
"Write About Love"
If I were young and hip and having a party in my high rise apartment in New York City, Belle and Sebastian's new album "Write About Love" would be the first thing to come to mind for excellent background music. I'd also crank up the volume the next morning in my Prius for a perfect road trip theme song.
The Big Draw
From crude drawings on the sides of dusty caves to the iconic murals of the Sistine Chapel, art has been our way of marking history. Before language and individual letters existed, drawings and symbols were the only means of communication. This October, the act of drawing and making marks is being celebrated in Los Angeles with The Big Draw arts festival, occurring at several museums throughout the month.
Turntable soul music just got amplified
After hearing several KCRW DJ’s play Belleruche’s “270 Stories” more than that many times over various broadcasts, I guessed this had to be a must-hear record. Anyone with even an inkling of soul in them will agree.
“Never Let Me Go”
“Never Let Me Go” presents elements of passion, fear and empathy in a way that although sometimes falls flat, generally is always haunting and emotionally absorbing.
Fall TV Preview – “Boardwalk Empire”
Created by Terence Winters, the pen behind more than a few episodes of “The Sopranos,” this latest drama by HBO follows Atlantic City, New Jersey Treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Thompson (a spot-on Steve Buscemi) in his crooked life as a mastermind political boss and cutthroat gang leader during the early years of Prohibition.
Fall TV Preview – “Undercovers”
You know that the acting is sub-par when the first aspect of a character you can remember were those moments when he or she was topless. The main characters are gorgeous, and Steven Bloom is a complete hunk, but acting skills? Nonexistent. A wooden cast of his body could do just as well.
Catch of the day: Catfish
From its truthful, humorous beginning to its disturbingly realistic climax, “Catfish” dives the viewer into the desperate heart of our Facebook generation.
Fall TV Preview – “Outsourced”
But Outsourced just falls flat. Each joke is a simple one-liner, meant to attract the least educated, most primitive of viewers. It fails to deliver the same intelligent comedy that makes How I Met Your Mother fun, yet intriguing.
Fall TV Preview – “Event”
Although I have my own reservations, The Event is a solid show. It feels like 24 because things are constantly happening. The plot never stops moving, it changes each week, and asks more questions, allowing the show to grow.