Author: Paris365
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by Michael McCarthy OK, you all know how much I love Netflix, right? But I am kind of annoyed with them. When they licensed Heels and High Town from Starz, they had to have known that both of those shows last season’s end with huge cliffhangers that were never resolved because the shows were prematurely…
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by Michael McCarthy Yesterday the German heavy metal band Helloween released their new album, Giants & Monsters. The fascinating thing about Helloween is that they had three different singers during different periods of the bands existence of roughly 40 years and now all THREE singers are in the band at the same exact time. Originally…
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by Michael McCarthy It is, perhaps, weird but once in a while an album in a language I don’t even know will somehow speak to my soul just as loudly as an album with moving English language lyrics. Right now I’m listening to a new album by a German artist I like. Anomalie Pt.1 by…
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Interview by Michael McCarthy New England artist QUIBX explores the complicated realities of existence through bold, mixed media work that’s dark, layered, and instantly recognizable. He often begins by sketching with pencil and ink — a nod to his comic book roots — before scanning and coloring digitally. The results are striking: pieces that feel…
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by Michael McCarthy I finished watching the series Animal Kingdom on Netflix, which is also available on Prime. Truly excellent crime drama. (Note: this review contains very mild spoilers.) It focuses on a family, the Codys, who are career criminals. Four sons and a cousin commit crimes under the direction of the brothers’ mother, a…
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by Michael McCarthy I’ve finished watching Rotten Legacy on Netflix. And I really can’t recommend it. For one thing, none of the characters are likable. They’re all self-centered, corrupt assholes, really. The show is centered around a family that owns a media empire. They’re kind of like The Murdochs of Spain. The show reminded me…
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by Michael McCarthy As I am sure you all must know, there was a popular Korean medical drama called Hospital Playlist. It was centered around these five doctors who went to school together and were all good friends. When they were younger, they were in a band together so one of the characters tells the…
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by Michael McCarthy [NOTE: I apologize for this review not having any photos from the show. My cellphone doesn’t have a very good camera so I didn’t take photos last night. Besides, I wanted to fully immerse myself in the show and if you spend half the time taking photos, you’re not enjoying it so…
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by Michael McCarthy Today my favorite band has released a delicious new single. The band, of course, is Garbage and the song is called “There’s No Future In Optimism.” Sonically, the Garbage album it sounds the most like would have to be Bleed Like Me, which is largely considered their rock album since they favored…
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You know what irritates me as a music fan? There isn’t anywhere around here anymore where you can just go on the day an album is released and know that they will have it. Years ago, you could walk into almost any record store and they would have all of the new releases. They might…
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by Michael McCarthy Selena Gomez released an excellent new album last Friday. It’s billed as Selena Gomez and benny blanco (for some reason he refuses to capitalize his name), blanco being her producer boyfriend. The album is supposed to tell the story of their romance. Previously, the two collaborated on a track called “I Can’t…
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by Michael McCarthy I recently watched the Robbie Williams biopic Better Man. It’s one of the most unusual biopics I’ve ever seen since Robbie Williams is a CGI monkey in the film. No, really, it’s a documentary about Robbie Williams’ life, but he’s a monkey in the movie. I don’t think they ever refer to…
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by Michael McCarthy As even a young child could tell you, songs have the ability to make people feel things. For example, maybe you cry every time you hear “Open Arms” by Journey or “Against All Odds” by Phil Collins. (Truth be told, these songs usually do make me cry.). On the other hand, there…
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INFLUENTIAL ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND GARBAGE ANNOUNCE THEIR HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM LET ALL THAT WE IMAGINE BE THE LIGHT OUT MAY 30 LET ALL THAT WE IMAGINE BE THE LIGHT IS THE BAND’S EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM AND ACCORDING TO SHIRLEY MANSON, WAS FORGED OUT OF THE NEED TO FIND AN UPLIFTING THREAD AMIDST THE SWELL…
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by Michael McCarthy I’ve just finished watching a brilliant limited series on Netflix. It’s called The Innocent and it’s an adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel. The surprising thing, for me, is that I’ve watched quite a few series based on his books and usually I hate them. They’re predictable, there aren’t enough plot twists,…
