Alibi V.22 No.36 • Sept 5-11, 2013
film
Reel World
Fall into Fall
When’s the premiere?
Week in Sloth
music
Four Up
Cold Wave Prayer
Songs for dreaming of winter
Sonic Reducer
news
New Mexico News: Late August 2013
Odds & Ends
Letters
art
Burque Adventures in Casa Décor
Stage Whispers
After the Honeymoon
Gold and Souls
food
African Authenticity
Hakuna matata at the Rafiki Café
Curse of the Alibi Impostor
Alibi V.22 No.35 • Aug 29-Sept 4, 2013
The Look of Love
Winterbottom and Coogan pull back the sheets on one man’s very British empire of smut
In the retro-sleazy biopic The Look of Love, British comedian/actor Steve Coogan and fellow countryman/director Michael Winterbottom reunite for the fourth time following 2002’s 24 Hour Party People, 2005’s Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story and 2010’s The Trip. The boys have obviously found colorful inspiration in the life of real-life London sex merchant Paul Raymond, but their enthusiasm for the subject doesn’t always translate into compelling drama.
news
Shoo, Fly, Get Off of My Cloud
Nontoxic solutions for Burque’s latest plague
Odds & Ends
music
In the key of XX, a flock of blackbirds, “Jane Says” revolt and alpha Wolfe
Last Month in Music: July 2013
Sonic Reducer
food
Ambient Pleasures
The delights of Corn Maiden
film
Reel World
Psycho Cops in Love
“Cracked” on Reelz
Summer is the traditional time when networks, unwilling to waste money broadcasting new shows, turn a hopeful eye to our northern borders. Normally the US is content to ignore Canada. But in summertime American networks are desperate for something other than the third rerun of a “Modern Family” episode. The solution: In addition to being a cheap source of prescription drugs for Michigan’s elderly, Canada is also a fine source for inexpensive television filler.