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  • Lee Keeler
    9:36 am Tue, Feb 4, 2025
    How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings Image: Lee Keeler

    It doesn't matter that it's a Tuesday night, or that it's cold by LA standards. The online tickets for RRR sold out three weeks ago and the standby line is… Read the rest of the article: How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings

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  • Lee Keeler
    2:22 pm Thu, Dec 5, 2024
    Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant Starman VHS

    The films of John Carpenter have earned their place in film history: Halloween is the classic. Big Trouble in Little China, the guilty pleasure. The Thing continues to grow in… Read the rest of the article: Starman at 40: John Carpenter's forgotten sci-fi masterpiece, interview with special effects artist John Rosengrant

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  • Lee Keeler
    5:46 pm Tue, Oct 29, 2024
    The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Photo Courtesy of T. Fink

    LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? GET THE AD-FREE EXPERIENCE HERE! The Faint arrived at a wonky time in synth history: too late to be considered Devo, but too… Read the rest of the article: The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview)

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  • Lee Keeler
    2:31 pm Tue, Jul 9, 2024
    Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic  guided by voices interview

    Guided by Voices are a band who have built an empire with little more than a tape machine and a pallet of beer. There are hundreds of songs, dozens of… Read the rest of the article: Guided by Voices interviewed on their 30-year-old EP that became a cult classic 

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  • Lee Keeler
    6:30 am Sat, Mar 30, 2024
    40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes

    My father, for all of his gifts, has always been a master of nap media. The man can put on Iowa Public Television and conk out in under a minute.… Read the rest of the article: 40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes

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  • Lee Keeler
    2:48 pm Thu, Jan 11, 2024
    "Charley Varrick"— like a Steve McQueen movie but with a grumpy high school principal starring in his own fantasy

    Heed the digital sea change, my friends, as we watch the DVD shelves of Best Buy recede into the ether. We're running out of chances to scrutinize a movie in… Read the rest of the article: "Charley Varrick"— like a Steve McQueen movie but with a grumpy high school principal starring in his own fantasy

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  • Lee Keeler
    11:25 am Mon, Oct 16, 2023
    Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene

    Cleveland has always played a sleepy, yet vital role in churning out heroes of modern music: Alan Freed, The Pretenders, the Dead Boys, Devo, Trent Reznor and many more. At… Read the rest of the article: Ain't it Fun: new graphic novel reveals the untold story of Cleveland's punk music scene

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  • Lee Keeler
    12:07 pm Thu, Jul 13, 2023
    How Les Sewing Sisters are tailoring a new sound in music

    Les Sewing Sisters are not a comedy band. Yes, they wear pin cushion tomatoes on their heads. Yes, they sing to industrial pop music made entirely from sewing machines. Yes,… Read the rest of the article: How Les Sewing Sisters are tailoring a new sound in music

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  • Lee Keeler
    7:11 pm Tue, Apr 25, 2023
    LA driver's karmic crusade: one brake light rescue at a time

    First rule: don't start shit in LA traffic. Just don't. People are all trying to get somewhere, and it's likely they're already late or otherwise struggling in some distinct corner… Read the rest of the article: LA driver's karmic crusade: one brake light rescue at a time

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  • Lee Keeler
    4:33 pm Thu, Jan 12, 2023
    Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry

    I recently had a rainy afternoon to kill in Athens, Georgia, so I stumbled into Bizarro-Wuxtry, one of the last indie comic strongholds of its kind. Your very presence in… Read the rest of the article: Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry

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  • Lee Keeler
    10:21 am Thu, Dec 15, 2022
    Django Unchained at 10: an observation and celebration of the first hour 

    I was at a retreat earlier this summer at a rural compound that had just about everything you could ask for: a pool, a private movie theater, free ham sandwiches,… Read the rest of the article: Django Unchained at 10: an observation and celebration of the first hour 

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  • Lee Keeler
    11:30 am Wed, Oct 19, 2022
    Lucha VaVoom, a glam slam wrestling show in downtown LA celebrates 20 years

    A grown man in a spandex chicken costume scurries up a twelve-foot speaker tower in the corner of the stage. The crowd below him hoots louder with each foothold he… Read the rest of the article: Lucha VaVoom, a glam slam wrestling show in downtown LA celebrates 20 years

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  • Lee Keeler
    6:02 pm Thu, Aug 18, 2022
    Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell

    Going to a flea market with Mitch O'Connell is a bit like trying to get high with Willie Nelson: you can take pride in saying that you did it, so… Read the rest of the article: Flea Market Follies: Hunting for Kitsch with Mitch O'Connell

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  • Lee Keeler
    4:39 pm Sat, Jun 18, 2022
    Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome

    This summer, I got invited to emcee a wedding reception in Italy for an old friend from art school and his fiancee. I was honored to be part of their… Read the rest of the article: Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome

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