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Exhibit: Mud & Magic: The Mixed-up Art of Tina Weger

Posted on July 7, 2012 by andrew.anderson

Keep that Circus Quiet In There! The Bradshaw Gallery, the art gallery on the Central Library’s 4th floor, hosts shows by artists who are, for the most part, local and otherwise without gallery representation. The month of July features two- … Continue reading →

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CD Review: Covering Covers

Posted on June 2, 2012 by andrew.anderson

No songs were harmed during the recording of this album. Rarely does someone’s cover of a song replace the original.  Remember Aerosmith’s cover of the Beatles’ “Come Together?” Me, too.  Remember Frankie Laine’s “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer?” Well, me neither, but … Continue reading →

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Review: “Beyond the Fringe” and The King of Deadpan Comedy

Posted on March 24, 2012 by andrew.anderson

It’s Not Funny, It’s British! Back in the 1960’s and 70’s, Dallas radio station WRR-AM’s “Library of Laughs” aired at 10 minutes before every hour and featured recorded comedy. The DJ would play one track from a comedy album by … Continue reading →

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Chamber (of Horrors) Opera

Posted on March 3, 2012 by andrew.anderson

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ The Lighthouse: the Leanest, Creepiest Opera Ever In December 1900 the lighthouse supply ship Hesperus based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of duty to the Flannan Isles light in the Outer Hebrides. The … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Woodsman, Don’t Spare That Tree!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by andrew.anderson

All right, class, when I say “animation,” how many of you think “kid’s movie?”  Good.  Yes, as anyone who was conscious during the early ’70s can tell you, just because the ad has a cute-looking cartoon cat named Fritz doesn’t … Continue reading →

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