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Film
Moon: Bowie’s Kid Makes His Own Space Oddity
By J. Hoberman
Published: July 2, 2009
Moon, directed by British advert tyro Duncan Jones, is a modest science fiction film with major aspirations. Jones' debut is pleased to engage genre behemoths—2001,...
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Music
Dallas Musicians Say Goodbye To Michael Jackson
By Jesse Hughey
Published: July 2, 2009
Each aspect of Michael Jackson's career—the production, his voice, his dancing, the videos—was revolutionary. Below, area musicians offer up their take on Jackson's...
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Critics' Picks
Dirt Nasty
Friday, July 3, at Ghostbar
By Tom Murphy
Published: July 2, 2009
Dirt Nasty has become something of a YouTube sensation with his absurdly profane lyrics and equally ridiculous videos. Although his given name, Simon Rex, may not be...
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playlist
The Backsliders
Thank You (Self-Released)
By Pete Freedman
Published: July 2, 2009
The biggest gripe—if there's one worth having—with THe BAcksliders' 2008 release, You're Welcome, was that it didn't showcase the band's best side; for whatever...
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Bsides
More Better
By Steve McPherson
Published: July 2, 2009
"Remember sixth grade?/Pencil fights and thumb wars and/Bikes? Yeah, well, I still do that shit." That line, from "Sarah Silverman" off of P.O.S.' 2004 debut, Ipecac Neat,...
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Critics' Picks
Abe Vigoda, Talbot Tagora, Sydney Confirm
Wednesday, July 8, at the Cavern
By Chris Martins
Published: July 2, 2009
Abe Vigoda's lower-profile triumph last year affirmed what most Southern Californians already knew: Los Angeles is in no danger of running out of good ideas—and they're...
