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Augie March's Autumnal Masterpiece Rules!

Augie March's Autumnal Masterpiece Rules!

Well, we've finally been served with the album to beat this year. Or more accurately the album that no one has a chance in hell of besting this year. When I discovered Augie March a few years ago their Strange Bird topped my list in 2004, but I honestly must admit that as good as that album was, I w... [More]

[Thu Oct 25th, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
Trek Convention

Trek Convention

Though I am not myself a Trekkie I read this report from their recent convention by our buddy-site http://theflickchicks.com/ and found it so interesting that I thought our readers might also. Thousands of "trekkies" from all over the world beamed down, I mean, converged in Las Vegas for the 20... [More]

[Sun Oct 21st, 2007] Written By: Judy Thorburg
Flaming Lips Flicker in Vegas

Flaming Lips Flicker in Vegas

Sunday, September 28th brought a free concert to the Palms pool courtyard by the Flaming Lips. It was all modern chic at the pool area with many different kinds of seats and balconies for the fans. I ended up lounging on a circular couch to the left of the stage because I felt like relaxing and stay... [More]

[Mon Oct 15th, 2007] Written By: Tyler Sanders
Radiohead Radios Ahead

Radiohead Radios Ahead

Still the best band in the world according to many, the British mega-stars Radiohead are once again pushing the envelope by releasing their latest album In Rainbows as an online download. How much is it going to cost you? Name your price. That's right, I had to hear that twice myself but the fact of... [More]

[Wed Oct 3rd, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
Comic-Con 2007 Pure Shoot 'em Up Heaven

Comic-Con 2007 Pure Shoot 'em Up Heaven

When it comes to Comic-Con, Adam is a relentless and unforgiving taskmaster. He insists on being in the front of a line at an event that draws 123,000 attendees. As you might well surmise this involves hauling your "went to bed at 2 in the morning" ass out of bed mighty early, try 4:30 - driving to... [More]

[Tue Aug 7th, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
Comic-Con is Superbad

Comic-Con is Superbad

Superbad is the best film we saw at Comic-com, and with the possible exception of Once the best film the Bonester's seen this year. Check out Adam's review while we bang away at our big reports - there is so much stuff, so much stuff - but it's also damn cool it's worth 4 straight days of 10 hours a... [More]

[Tue Aug 7th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Comic-Con 2007 Massive Mast Report

Comic-Con 2007 Massive Mast Report

COMIC-CON REPORT #2! PARAMOUNT; Hot Rod, Stardust, Beowulf, Sweeney Todd, Cloverfield, Spiderwick Chronicles, Indiana Jones, Star Trek. LIONSGATE; Good Luck Chuck, 3:10 to Yuma, Midnight Meat Train, Saw IV. Wednesday night after the Beowulf presentation, I suggested to the guys that we consider c... [More]

[Tue Aug 7th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Comic-Con - Bone's First Massive Report

Comic-Con - Bone's First Massive Report

I'm gonna top off the tank by runnin' this Bladerunner stuff to you. The panel put together a great show and the mountain of goodies they're hooking us up with for this special DVD package is just too juicy. Check it in. Next up was a truly inspiring panel celebrating the 25th anniversary of Blad... [More]

[Tue Aug 7th, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
CineVegas Chats Theron, Hopkins, Kingsley, Etc

CineVegas Chats Theron, Hopkins, Kingsley, Etc

Regular visitors to zboneman are surely familiar with our good friend and colleague Judy Thorburn and her charming Husband Stephen a first class photographer and webmaster. Judy is an entertainment reporter with old-school chops and I was so impressed with her nearly verbatim job of covering the Awa... [More]

[Fri Jun 22nd, 2007] Written By: Judy Thorburn
More CineVegas Goods - My Name Is Bruce . . More

More CineVegas Goods - My Name Is Bruce . . More

Featuring reviews of Look and handles My Name is Bruce! with care. LOOK (R) Look is not at all what I expected. After reading a synopsis about the film, I was lead to believe this flick would be a documentary comprised of actual surveillance footage pulled from various security camera sy... [More]

[Fri Jun 29th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast
Bone's CineVegas Finale

Bone's CineVegas Finale

One More Saturday Night Charlize Theron received the annual Half-Life award, probably because of all that radiation she was subjected to in The Astronauts Wife. Which is just a really lame joke, The Half Life award goes to someone who has amassed an impressive body of work, but still has many pro... [More]

[Thu Jun 21st, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
CineVegas - A Dark Day One

CineVegas - A Dark Day One

With CineVegas in full swing Adam and I will be taking a break for a couple days in order to catch up on that arduous and oh-so important aspect of covering film festivals – the actual "writing about it" part. Meanwhile our hot new recruit noted cinema scholar Jeff will take over the Watch while we... [More]

[Thu Jun 21st, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
Cinevegas - Week 2 -Die For

Cinevegas - Week 2 -Die For

Upon our return to the festival on Thursday Evening we got there in time for a cocktail party up in the Director's Lounge (A suite with the furniture rearranged) certainly don't mistake this for sarcasm, because one of the new appointments to the room was a bar. One of those special kind, with the w... [More]

[Thu Jun 21st, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
CineVegas 1st Big Report

CineVegas 1st Big Report

Oh how I love glorious CineVegas. It's just like Sundance only far less hectic. This year, The Boneman and I have a little assistance in the form of moonlighting writer Tyler Sanders and our newest recruit, the legendary Jeff Dresback. We've wanted Jeff on board for sometime now, and now that he's g... [More]

[Thu Jun 21st, 2007] Written By: The Boneman
Coachella 2007 Adam & Kyle Report

Coachella 2007 Adam & Kyle Report

Hello everyone. Kyle and I just got back from three wild days at Coachella. What a blast. We've got a massive report for you right here. Keep in mind that the two of us have similar musical tastes (as you'll clearly notice on our best of fest lists), but we attempted to be as diverse as possible. T... [More]

[Thu May 10th, 2007] Written By: Adam Mast and Kyle England