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Issue 09
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Easy Riders & Slackers
by Thomas Marchese
In the dying days of 2009, as the first decade of the twenty-first century was giving way to the second, I was suddenly overcome with nostalgia. Memories of my teens and twenties began flooding my mind, and I went on a trip down memory lane by watching the films and listening to the music that dominated my spare time during those formative years. While a large part of my adolescence and early adulthood occurred during the 90s, and I was, and still am, a fan of the indie films, alt rock and indie music of the decade, I was more preoccupied at that time with the films and music of the 70s.
My film and music diet consisted of Mean Streets, The Last Picture Show, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Swingers, Kids, Soundgarden and Our Lady Peace, to name a few. For a period in the mid 90s, I would religiously watch the special episode of Siskel & Ebert that profiled Hollywood films of the early 70s, from my VHS copy recorded off television. This program made me obsessed with that era in film, and I watched all the classic titles mentioned on it, as well as some others I had learned about... [continue reading]
Klarensbeek
by Terris Schneider
It Pays to Use Your Head
by Kevin Risner
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