My favorite J-Pop solo artist is Chara. She’s got plenty of amusing pop songs, but the lyrics are often more profane than anything Madonna’s ever released.
From the three blokes we’ll always think of as the “Trainspotting trio,” The Beach is about the perfect place that some travelers are always searching for.
Scream 3 is much funnier than Scream 2, and probably funnier than the first. Many of the jokes build on jokes from the previous films, especially the first.
If you’ve seen Gregg Araki’s previous films, it’s surprising this is actually a mostly light-hearted, good-natured comedy exploring “poly” relationships.
A diverse collection of tunes á la Scott Weiland’s underrated solo disc. While the above mentioned songs fail to grab me, there are some masterpieces here.
If Mr. Reznor had released a 10 song CD with the best songs from these sessions, I would be singing its praise. The diamonds are buried pretty deep in shit.
Maybe some of these bands will release their greatest work in the new millennium. They’ve tried the grunge thing, and they can only rehash their old tunes so many times before even the-stuck-in-the-’80s-fans realize they’re being duped.