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Bjork records new swan songs
The music of Bjork, that Icelandic avant-garde rocker, is like that swan dress she wore on the red carpet at the 2001 Oscars: weird, discombobulating and so ugly that you begin to fathom an alien beauty once you get pass the shock you feel upon first encounter.
That makes Bjork the sort of artist whose works you want to preview before handing over your hard-earned bucks.
And so praise npr.org/music. The music segment of National Public Radio's Web site currently is streaming Bjork's new album, "Voltaic," in its entirety. The set features live-in-the-studio recordings of, er, songs from past Bjork albums.
Bjork records new swan songs
The music of Bjork, that Icelandic avant-garde rocker, is like that swan dress she wore on the red carpet at the 2001 Oscars: weird, discombobulating and so ugly that you begin to fathom an alien beauty once you get pass the shock you feel upon first encounter.
That makes Bjork the sort of artist whose works you want to preview before handing over your hard-earned bucks.
And so praise npr.org/music. The music segment of National Public Radio's Web site currently is streaming Bjork's new album, "Voltaic," in its entirety. The set features live-in-the-studio recordings of, er, songs from past Bjork albums.
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You're looking forward to the new "Transformers" flick. So you read the review in The News-Journal, and that chick critic from the Associated Press hates it. You're bummed -- once again a film critic has ruined your night at the movies before you even step out of the house.
What to do?
Go to moviereviewintelligence.com. Find a review by a critic who reaffirms your totally baseless, preconceived notion of how mind-bending and great the flick is going to be. Go to the movie and then be disappointed.
The reviews of 65 print and broadcast critics are compiled at the Movie Review Intelligence site. They're broken down into such categories as "Broad National Press," "Alternative/Indie" and "Highbrow Press." (The indie crits dissed "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" more than the highbrows, but the crit at the San Francisco Chronicle loved it.)
MRI isn't the only site that compiles film reviews -- it's just the newest competitor with such similar sites as rottentomatoes.com and metacritic.com.
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A New Season for "Eureka"
Sheriff Jack Carter, who works in the small Pacific Northwest town of Eureka, is as likeable, and as deceptively savvy, as that sheriff dude in Mayberry.
But Carter's life differs in one important detail: Eureka is a secret little burg where our government has squirreled away scores of super scientists, who work on all sorts of freaky, time- and space-bending projects.
That's the premise of "Eureka," the quirky, light-hearted Sci Fi Channel series that stars Colin Ferguson as Carter. The new season debuts at 9 p.m. July 10. Season 3.0 came out on DVD this week.
Keep tabs on film critics
You're looking forward to the new "Transformers" flick. So you read the review in The News-Journal, and that chick critic from the Associated Press hates it. You're bummed -- once again a film critic has ruined your night at the movies before you even step out of the house.
What to do?
Go to moviereviewintelligence.com. Find a review by a critic who reaffirms your totally baseless, preconceived notion of how mind-bending and great the flick is going to be. Go to the movie and then be disappointed.
The reviews of 65 print and broadcast critics are compiled at the Movie Review Intelligence site. They're broken down into such categories as "Broad National Press," "Alternative/Indie" and "Highbrow Press." (The indie crits dissed "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" more than the highbrows, but the crit at the San Francisco Chronicle loved it.)
MRI isn't the only site that compiles film reviews -- it's just the newest competitor with such similar sites as rottentomatoes.com and metacritic.com.
WATCH
A New Season for "Eureka"
Sheriff Jack Carter, who works in the small Pacific Northwest town of Eureka, is as likeable, and as deceptively savvy, as that sheriff dude in Mayberry.
But Carter's life differs in one important detail: Eureka is a secret little burg where our government has squirreled away scores of super scientists, who work on all sorts of freaky, time- and space-bending projects.
That's the premise of "Eureka," the quirky, light-hearted Sci Fi Channel series that stars Colin Ferguson as Carter. The new season debuts at 9 p.m. July 10. Season 3.0 came out on DVD this week.
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