Holy motherforting shirt balls! Is this the good place? Alefort, Artfort, Comedyfort, Dragfort, Filmfort, Foodfort, Hackfort, Kidfort, Skatefort, Storyfort, and Yogafort. Oh, and that’s in addition to the almost 500 bands that hit the Boise indoor and outdoor venues for Treefort 2022.
Michelle DeLateur
Exploding Carbonated Holiness at Altitude: Sun Valley Film Festival 2022
After months of COVID and the emotional whiplash from shifting of one emotion to another, or a remote task or meeting to another, a beloved in-person event can provide a bit of a respite. It doesn’t happen without recognition of the obvious: Sun Valley, Idaho, had one of highest per capita rate of COVID in the states in March 2020. Since then, like many cities that have shifted and strained over the last two years, it has reflected on its identity and recognized the difficulty of the COVID experience.
Speedy, Surprising, & Space-inspired: Review of the Fender Player Plus Meteora
The name Meteora could refer to a Marvel Avenger; maybe Nebula’s long lost cousin from deep in space. In actuality, that’s not actually far off: the original Fender Meteora came from the Parallel Universe collection, a futuristic set of instruments released in 2018. And now, in 2022, the Fender Player Plus Meteora HH has returned from its otherworldly adventures, complete with a unique look and agile engineering, to help players stand out in both character and speed.
Why do we write songs? To know that we are alive.”
Accompanied by notes emanating underneath fingerless gloves and illuminated by the orange tint of a golden hour Arkansas sun, violinist and songwriter Kaoru Ishibashi, who performs as Kishi Bashi, provides a soundtrack to the now desolate Jerome War Relocation Center. It is a place whose history that seems to match the cold: one of ten sites used for the forced relocation of Japanese Americans shortly after Pearl Harbor. A smokestack stands as a visual reminder. The frost seems to fit the memory too.
When the Songland judging trio listens to a potential song, they nod, gesture, and physically react along. We can see when they acknowledge promise, hear brilliance, see possibility and catch honesty. They react to the layers and the known moments of intention.
In a documentary about thrash metal, it’s when we lift out the noise that we see the relationships, pressures, song development, and reflections. And yet there’s no other way to share a story like this.
“My Old School” provides an in-depth lesson in documentary structure, successful reveals, and air-tight organization.
Sundance Short Films offer entire universes in mere minutes.
An hour before my first Sundance Premiere, I am unexpectedly mesmerized not by a Sundance related element, but by Jess King’s rhinestone-studded spin shoes.
Elizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver anchor an abortion rights film that could have, and should have, been more.