It's no secret that I love Harry Nilsson a lot. A lot a lot. And so it is that I hear traces of him in just about everything, from Madman Moon to Kelley Stoltz (if you look beyond the obvious Brian Wilson presence) to, now, Richard Swift. Swift's latest, Dressed Up for the Letdown (out February 20 on Secretly Canadian) brims with wistful mediatations on love and death--notably on how the former helps us all cope with the latter. It's heavy stuff, with Swift's sometimes happy/often sad piano me
We told you a bit ago about some shows coming to Santa Ana's recently-dormant Yost Theater courtesy of Dennis Lluy and Koo's, and now a couple more gigs--hinting at the diversity of programming planned for the venue--have been added to the schedule.On March 7, the "Zero Film Festival" will take place at the Yost, along with performances from locals The Growelrs, Local Natives and The Living Suns. Friday, March 20 sees a "Guerilla Aid Downtown Symposium," a benefit with as yet unnamed performers.
Here's the thing about several films screening at the 10th annual Newport Beach Film Festival,
which opens Thursday, April 23, and continues through April 30: many
entries have been shown at earlier festivals in New York, Los Angeles
and elsewhere. Since the Weekly is part of a chain with papers in those
towns and others, we can check out how critics there felt about some of
the repeat pictures. So, to joining our "10 for the Tenth"--reviews of some of the best festival
features, documentaries a
