Remembering Corey Haim, 1971-2010

I’m not going to lie to you. My Corey was always Corey Feldman. Haim was arguably cuter and Canadian to boot, but nobody did a mullet like Edgar Frog. And besides, I’ve always been a sucker for overbites. That’s just who I am.

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It Might Get Loud – Antithesis to Guitar Hero Culture

Jimmy Page, Jack White, and the Edge are the stars of It Might Get Loud. They are three completely different legends from three rather different eras, collaborating on something incredible. But the film is not about them. It’s about the instrument and the art itself—the art of guitar playing as explained and performed by the genius war orphan, the brutish young prodigy, and the regal prince of innovation.

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Remembering Jim Carroll (1949-2009)

This morning, I heard that my favourite living poet had died. I now need a new favourite living poet. Man, I’m going to miss Jim Carroll.

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In Memoriam – John Hughes Double Bill

5 Weird Things I Never Noticed About The Breakfast Club As A Teenager and

#SaveFerris Trivia Track – Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

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Well Adapted – Griping About Adaptations

In 1995, director Danny Boyle, writer John Hodge, and producer Andrew MacDonald made Trainspotting, one of the best film adaptations of all time. Then, five years later, they made The Beach.

Sigh.

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