Author: The Rake
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Blood Visions and Bad Haircuts
Tonight is the night of bad haircuts. There’s the bassist with the frizzed-out white boy Afro. And there’s a whole mess of uncontrolled curls. But who said rock and roll is supposed to be beautiful? Mick Jagger? Fuck Mick Jagger. Music sounds better when it’s snarled, in need of a comb. This evening is showcasing…
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Fake Out Fest
Fake Sonny has that deer in the headlights look. The right side of his mustache is slowly slipping down to rest on his bottom lip, looking like a venomous breed of wooly caterpillar. It doesn’t take long for audience members to notice. They erupt in gut-breaking cackles at poor fake Sonny’s expense. This mockery is…
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Melly is actually PROUD that her TEENAGER IS A MOM
When my daughter asked if she could have a dog of her own, Howard and I were very apprehensive. We were finally starting to feel like we could make time for each other again, something we’ve had very little of since we married at age 21, and had our children. The sleeping in on the…
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First Saturday in May
Over the years, the Kentucky Derby has drawn comparisons to such high profile annual events as the Super Bowl and Academy Awards. But in comparing these events, the celebrity status of the participants in the Kentucky Derby seems to fall short compared to the other two. In the 133 year history of the Derby, the…
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A Moral Odyssey through Paranoid Park
The last few Gus Van Sant films that I have seen were all part of the filmmakers’ Death Trilogy, which are best characterized as plotless trips through discomfort. Elephant was like experiencing the Columbine tragedy, Last Days a pseudo re-enactment of Kurt Cobain’s demise, and Gerry a battle of attrition, both in the desert, onscreen,…
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Who is your favorite ghoul?
Editor Julie Caniglia The one in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Senior Editor Brad Zellar Iggy Pop Assistant Editor Christy DeSmith Donatella Versace Online Editor Cristina Córdova Henry Kissinger Art Director Evangeline Johnson The Bride of Frankenstein Production Manager Amy L. Filipiak Jerry Dandrige Assistant Art Director Kristin Harper Gordon Ramsey Contributors Ann Bauer…