Don't Look BackEvery few months, I checkGoogle to see where my re-views (and other pieces) are ending up. Here are some ofthe more interesting results.Billboard:AMG reviews of Lloyd Price - Lawdy MissClawdy and the Incredible String Band - UCheater Pint:AndMoreAgain review of Cheater Pint - Dark Side of the PintDon't Look Back:AMG review of Scientists - Blood Red RiverWe Heart Music:AMG bio of the All Girl Summer Fun BandThe Imagination Movers:Amazon review of the Imagination Movers - Stir It UpLegacy Recordings:AMG review of Alejandro Amenábar -The Others [original soundtrack]Palm Pictures:Amazon review of The Work of Director Stéphane SednaouiRoyaLi

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Not My HomeRademacher, Stunts, self-released [12/4/07]What if we all drove sportscars / and lived in amuse-ment parks / and we always did right / and never did wrong / and every song was only three minutes long?-- Rademacher, "Not My Home"They're from Fresno, God help them. The best thing for them to do is get famous, and get the hell out.-- Fallen Not BrokenIt's not my home, it's theirs. That's because this guitar-based quartet hails from Fresno. Though I wasn't raised in California, I did live in Daly City (just outside San Francisco) for a year, andI used to visit the area often, so I have some familiarity with Northern California, but I've never b

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Revenge of the Nerds: Part TwoI'm continuing to collect reviews and articles about "the new comedy of the sex-es," both studio and indie, wherein the (disheveled) geek gets the (hot) girl. Click here for part one. I haven't given up on the form, but as the following critics note, women are the real losers in these scenarios.From Dave Kehr's review of Social Issues in American Film:When the infantile hero of Knocked Up decides to reform and become a responsible parent, he manages to land a job, sign a lease on a fabulous apartment and conjure up room-fuls of furniture on credit—all during a single montage se-quence. This despite being an undocumented a

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Making the CineFor the past few years, GreenCine's David Hudson has linked to the maj-ority of my Siffblog reviews. These are the most recent occurences:"Kathy Fennessy, writing at the Siffblog, is reminded of 70s-era sitcoms: "If anything, My Brother's Wedding is even funnier than a boxed set of Sanford and Son, Good Times, or What's Happening....Burnett's targets may be similar—shiftless sons, judgmental parents—but the combination of real people, authentic locations, and higher-stakes situations only makes the humor seem that much richer"... The Mumble Without a Cause series rolls on at the Northwest Film Forum through October 3 and, at the Siffblo

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Their Charm Is Sad and DeepBrian Dewan, Words of Wisdom, Eschatone Records [11/13/07]I cannot sing the old songsTheir charm is sad and deepTheir melodies would wakenOld sorrows from their sleep / And though all unforgotten still And sadly sweet they be / I cannot sing the old songs / They are too dear to me / I cannot sing the old songs / I sang long years ago / For heart and voice would fail me / And foolish tears would flow / For bygone hours come o'er my heart / With each familiar strain / I cannot sing the old songs / Or dream those dreams again.Like Yo la Tengo's Fakebook, Words of Wisdom—subtitledThe Humanitarium Series: Volume One—is a collecti

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Oh WellThe Mystix, Blue Mor-ning, Mystix Eyes RecordsThis is bluesy soul at its fin-est and least pretentious.--Hal Horowitz on the MystixMystix frontman Jo Lily is the kind of raspy-voiced vocalist who sounds like he started smoking cigarettes and mainlining bourbon as a toddler. I mean, you wouldn't mistake him for Tom Waits, but he could be Tom's long-lost Boston cousin [that's Peter Green to the right].When a group combines rock, R&B, blues, and country, they risk coming off like just another bar band. On their follow-up to Satisfy You, this Beantown quintet succeeds in dodging that particular bullet—not as handily as Waits and crew, but close

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The EnduranceLove in October, Pontus, the Devil, and Me, The Musik Group [1/22/08]On their first full-length, these Minneapolis musicians serve up alt-rock with a side of new wave. Led by Scandinavian-born brothers Erik and Kent Widman, the track "Vi Gar Till Revolución" is sung entirely in Swedish.For the most part, though, Love in October'sdebut (after a 2006 six-song EP), sounds more Am-erican than European, like a harder-rocking Weezer.You know—upbeat, fast-paced, and slightly adenoidal.Aside from Erik (vocals, guitar,piano) and Kent Widman (bass),the line-up includes Charlie Abbott (guitar) and Chresten Hyde (drums). The two appears to be new add

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November Has ComeThese are the reviews(and other assignments)I'm working on this month.Amazon DVDs: Full House - The Complete Eighth Season [four-disc set] (click here for seasons one through seven), MI-5, Volume 5 [five-discs worth of British spooks], Wedding Daze (Jason Biggs and Isla Fisher), and Blame It on Fidel! (the daughter of Costa-Gavras directs the daughter of Gerard Depardieu in one of the year's best films). I've also been contributing cataloging assistance to the Art House and International stores.Amazon Theatricals: I'm Not There (Todd Haynes on themany faces of Dylan), How to Cook Your Life (food prep as Zen practice), The Orphanage (G

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