Name: Dante A. Ciampaglia
Weblog: crazedheat.blogspot.com
Articles: 19
First Published: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Last Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Currently listing articles 19-1:
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Music Review: Kim and Reggie Harris – Get on Board! Underground Railroad & Civil Rights Songs Volume 2— Get On Board! is certainly a valuable and timely record, and Kim and Reggie Harris should be commended for continuing to highlight this music.
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Music Review: Corrine Bailey Rae - Live in London & New York— This set belongs in the music collection of Corrine Bailey Rae fans and newcomers to her music alike.
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Music Review: Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob— Here's hoping their sophomore set proves to be a grower for the band’s style.
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Music Review: Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back— After a few listens it’s easier to forgive Haines from moving away from rock and roll.
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Book Review: The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia by John Kenneth Muir— Don't be fooled, this encyclopedia is less Britannica and more Reader's Digest.
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Music Review: Happy Feet Soundtrack— Happy Feet has some great music, but for the discerning listener it amounts to a decent EP with a lot of filler.
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Music Review: 8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk— ...
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DVD Review: TCM Archives – Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1— Three films from Hollywood's pre-code days make up this excellent set from Turner Classic Movies.
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Book Review: Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life in and Out of Jazz by Lorraine Gordon— Gordon’s book is full of great stories and observations about musicians and jazz, but what's most remarkable is how breezy and conversational it is.
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Movie Review: Factory Girl— Edie Sedgwick might have been a "girl on fire," but this film douses the flames.
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DVD Review: High School Musical - Shut Up Already!— High School Musical gets another DVD — and another chance to make America's kids pod people.
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Music Review: Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward— Some Great Reward dealt with larger issues than not getting enough of whatever they couldn't get enough of.
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Music Review: Electronic - Get the Message: The Best of Electronic— How could anyone listening to these tracks not realize that someone from the Smiths and/or New Order (and/or Pet Shop Boys) was involved?
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If You Liked The Original Seven Wonders Of The World, You'll Love The Sequel— The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign seeks to put a new face of an old concept.
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Movie Review: Casino Royale - Bond. James Bond. No, Really, It's Me— New life is breathed into the James Bond franchise, but the series isn't quite resuscitated.
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Movie Review: Flags of Our Fathers— Clint Eastwood out-Spielbergs Spielberg in this Steven Spielberg-produced World War II epic.
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Music Review: The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes— The Pipettes want to rock your world — then not call the day after.
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Movie Review: The Illusionist - Not Much More Than Simple Hocus-Pocus— The Illusionist is ultimately a failure of Burger’s storytelling abilities.
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Movie Review: Glossy Idlewild More Suited For Home Theaters Than Multiplexes— Outkast's first feature film looks pretty, but it's more suited for home theaters than multiplexes.
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