Wild Humans for SaleGogol Bordello, Live from Axis Mundi, SideOneDummy RecordsBe Donald Trump or be an anarchist.-- Gogol Bordello, "American Wedding"A few weeks ago, I reviewed an Otis Redding starter kit, ShoutFactory's The Best: See & Hear, a CD/DVD set. Live from Ax-is Mundi serves a similar purpose for Gogol Bordello, even ifthe 11-track CD consists of radio sessions, outtakes, and demos,while Redding's consists of studio-recorded hit singles (in thiscase, "finishing kit" might provide a more applicable term).Though the New York City-based nine-piece doesn't other-wise have much in common with the late Georgia soul sing-er, they're also known

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I've Got Dreams to RememberOtis Redding, The Best: See & Hear, Shout Factory! I can't do what 10 peopletell me to do, so I guess I'll remain the same.-- Otis Redding, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay"Any music collection without an Otis Redding record, let alonea Redding song on a compilation or soundtrack, is woefully incom-plete. Granted, not everyone is into R&B, but some artists, likeElvis or the Beatles, transcend genre conventions, and I see noreason why rock and pop fans who don't normally listen to soulwouldn't appreciate Otis, particularly his brass-blasted cover ofJagger and Richards' "Satisfaction," which doesn't hit the sweetspot

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Movie of the Month: Part 11 I recently reviewed the following film for Video Lib-rarian, and thought the results were worth sharing.ENDGAME [***1/2](Pete Travis, UK, 2008, 109 mins.)An all-star cast populates this historical thriller about op-positional figures who find common ground for the better-ment of their country. While Clint Eastwood’s upcoming bio-pic, Invictus, focuses on Nelson Mandela (played by Mor-gan Freeman), Vantage Point director Pete Travis spot-lights South Africa’s lesser known political players.Taking cues from RobertHarvey’s book, The Fall of Apartheid, Paula Milne’sscript begins in 1985 whenmild-mannered Briton Mi-chael Young (

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Making a SpectacleMajor Lazer, Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do, Mad Decent,Down-town/Atlantic [***] Imagine: just a couple of months ago you were in my testicle,now you are screaming and crying and making a spectacle.-- "Baby" (Prince Zimboo)Following up on his fabulous Top Ranking collaborationwith Santigold, mixer, producer, disc jockey, and Mad De-cent honcho Diplo (Yank Wes Pentz) unites with Switch(Brit Dave Taylor) for a dancehall-oriented throwdown.Santi returns to contributevocals to the ringing, buzzing,spaghetti western-infusedopener "I'll Make Ya." Otherthan her and Amanda Blank,who appears on the X-rat-ed "What U Like," one of theweaker

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October ReviewsThese arethe reviewsand otherpieces I'mworking on this month. Amazon DVDs: Dirty Sexy Money - The Com-plete and Final Second Season [three-disc set], Lost -The Complete Fifth Season [five-disc set], and Spread.Amazon Theatricals: Black Dynamite, Coco Before Chanel, Law Abiding Citizen, Where the Wild Things Are, and This Is It.Still playing: Cold Souls and Public Enemies.KCTS 9: These are some of the press releases I've writtenor to which I've contributed: King County Executive debate,KCTS 9 Cooks for the Holidays, Conversations line-up, Isa-bella Rossellini invite, Good Food premiere, Golden Applewinners, and Kresge Green Building Init

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