An Interview with Jonathan Raymond, Screenwriter of Wendy & Lucy

by DAVID KERN

FILM:Wendy and Lucy
DIRECTED BY: Kelly Reichardt
WRITTEN BY : Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
RELEASED BY: Oscilloscope Laboratories
RUNTIME: 80 minutes
CAST: Michelle Williams (Wendy Carroll)
OUR RATING: 9.5

In 2006, indie director/auteur …

T Clair Remembers That One Time He Was Racist

by T. CLair
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Session 14: Willowfair - Devil's Armada

They arrived from Chicago. Two of them were sisters. One worked a coffee shop. Met his wife, the pianist, and married. There was a fifth member, as well, and that made what together they called Willowfair.
We adjusted mics and rolled a borrowed piano across from our …

Reflections on the Inauguration by a Quasi-Anarchist and Qualified Pacifist*

by t clair
If that title is provocative it is only because you don't know me. If we were speaking to one another face to face you would notice some things.
For instance, I don't wear berets.
I bought one in Canada once. This occurred during a brief and rarely mentioned …

10 Fine Albums You May Have Missed in 2008

Compiled by SK Pitman
A few weeks back, we posted the top ten albums of 2008 as chosen by each of our staff members. Included among them were Bon Iver's For Emma Forever Ago, Coldplay's Viva la Vida, the Fleet Foxes' self titled debut album and Hill favorite Matthew …

Review: "The Grocer's Son"

by DAVID KERN

FILM: The Grocer's Son
DIRECTED BY: Eric Guirado
RELEASED BY: Film Movement
RUNTIME: 96 minutes
CAST: Nicolas Cazale' (Antoine), Clotilde Hesme (Claire)
OUR RATING: 9.0

Many a tale has employed the archetypal character of the prodigal son, most …

Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion

by BRETT McCRACKEN

ARTIST: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
ALBUM: MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION
OUR RATING: 10
RELEASE DATE: January 20th
www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband

It's not everyday - or week, or month even - that you hear a song that blows your mind. It's not …

Pale Young Gentlemen: Black Forest (Tra La La)

by STUART PITMAN

ARTIST: Pale Young Gentleman
ALBUM: Black Forest (Tra La La)
OUR RATING: 8.0
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
www.paleyounggentlemen.com

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Which up and coming band draws complimentary comparisons to Coldplay and Andrew …

We All Fall Down: A Review of NBC's Friday Night Lights

by DAVID KERN

WHEN: Friday Nights, 9 pm ET.
WHERE: NBC
OUR RATING: 10.5

"…Life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable. Will will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts. That what we have is special. That …

Session 13: The Gunshy: Reason to Retreat

People come and people go, but there are some who come, leave an impression, and then continue on with their goings. Such was the case The Gunshy during ITH session 13. The minutes Matt spent at the studio were precious and few. The few were, however, moments to …

A Holiday Gift From Andy Zipf And Into The Hill

From Andy Zipf and all of us here at ITH, may you be safe, warm, loved, and well fed.
Free Download of Andy's version of Silent Night (Mp3)

The Best Albums of 2008

T CLAIR, SENIOR CONTRIBUTING WRITER
10. She and Him, Volume One
Paste Magazine's choice of this album for its favorite of the year caused an uproar here at the Hill. Nevertheless, it got quite a few spins in my i-tunes, garnering it a number ten spot on my list.
9. …

How Condi Rice Changed Her Life, Tom Cruise Ruined His & Why Microsoft Is Dangerous

by RILEY MILLER
ASHTON KUTCHER-SAVVY REPUBLICAN, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Senior-most member of the Foreign Relations Committee, hung up on Pres. elect Obama three times in a week this month, determined to assure that, "I won't be punk'd like that Sarah Palin was punk'd by …

Jolie Holland: The Living and the Dead

by DAVID KERN

ARTIST: Jolie Holland
ALBUM: The Living and the Dead
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
www.jolieholland.com

"The world was rushing away and seemed to care nothing for the old or the young or the rich or the poor or dark or pale or he or she. Nothing for …

Okkervil River: The Stand Ins

by NICK WIMMER

ARTIST: Okkervil River
ALBUM: The Stand Ins
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
www.okkervilriver.com
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On their fifth full-length album, released by Jagjaguwar Records, Austin's golden boys Okkervil River deliver their most honest …

A Handy Guide to Dismantling

by T. CLAIR

Nobody would haul off the thing, so Erich was left with a hunk of wood and steel string stubbornly occupying some prime space in his new basement. It was an old upright from 1917, royal blue and peeling. You could ping at the thing, running through the …

10 Christmas Movies To Hipsterize Your Holiday. Sort of.

by DAVID KERN
Thanksgiving is over so, naturally, it's time to pull out the wreaths and stockings and mistletoe, to head to the store and by eggnog in bulk (rum not included), candy canes, and the advent calenders with a chocolate for each day. And, of course, to fire …

Brave Saint Saturn - Anti-Meridian

by GRAEME PITMAN

ARTIST: Brave Saint Saturn
ALBUM: Anti-Meridian
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
www.bravesaintsaturn.com
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Brave Saint Saturn is a rare breed. An antonymous band that you can't take too seriously, who writes music that you …

Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon

by ANDREW WEBB

ARTIST: Sandra McCracken
ALBUM: Red Balloon
RELEASE DATE: Now Available
www.sandramccracken.com
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I think I set myself up for failure by giving my last review the "if my house burnt down" clause. All I can say now is that I …

On Ordinary Folk

by T. CLair
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