Name: Rodney Welch
Weblog: www.rodneywelch.blogspot.com
Articles: 21
First Published: Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Last Published: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Currently listing articles 21-1:
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Time's Quirky 100 Best Movies— Time tries going against the grain (if only a little) with its list of Top 100 movies.
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Why Robert McKee is Wrong About Voice-Overs— Voice-overs aren't a cheap way out. They are a vital part of the language of film.
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The World's Filthiest Joke— Now in three versions: PG, R, and XXX.
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Bad News From All Over— The worst in humanity brings out the best in these writers
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Meet the New World, Same as the Old World— Is the likely Booker Prize Winner the novel of the year?
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Europe to America: Suck My Ass!— Sure they hate us — but for the right reasons?
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Lustful Thoughts— Maybe Martin Luther can keep the little birds from building a nest in his head. Can you? Should you?
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Cocteau's anemic Blood of the Poet— The French Surrealists sneered at this sappy and silly debut. At least they stayed awake.
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Does Your iPod Hate You?— When is the last time your MP3 player revealed what a wimp you are?
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The Greatest Opening Lines in Rock and Roll— It can be literary or it can be poetic, but a great song needs a hard opening punch.
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Ingmar Bergman's Stunning Shame— This oft-overlooked 1968 film from the Swedish master will haunt your dreams.
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Michael Moore ... and Dickens— Just what we need — ANOTHER piece on Michael Moore!
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Thanks for No Thanks!— The Rezillos? The Dictators? The Stranglers? If these names mean anything to you, the Rhino people deliver one kick-ass party.
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The Greening of Greendale— Neil Young's ambitious new CD may be one of his best.
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The Soul of Mr. Soul— In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough writes the only Neil Young book you ever need to read — and maybe one of the best rock bios ever.
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The News from Hell— Norman Rush's powerful new novel is glorious and clumsy — and it may just be great.
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Destructive Affinities— The friends in Thomas Berger's new novel might think they're the there-for-you type, but appearances are deceiving — even to them.
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Mad, Bad, Impossible to Know— For all we know about Lord Byron, he was still something of a mystery. Two new biographies fill in the gaps — one with idle
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Tracy Flick Gets Over Herself— Donna Tartt is a lot like Reese Witherspoon's character in the movie Election — smart, ambitious, and annoyingly superficial.
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Bunuel's El — A Minor Masterpiece— From high art to low, the great Spanish filmmaker Luis Bunuel never made a film without his personal mark upon it — this tawdry gem
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Civil Rights: Dispatches From the Front— "Why don't you tell the truth about us? Why don't you tell them we are a peaceful people who won't stand to having our kids
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