Articles tagged "isaac hayes"

Capsule Reviews

Various Artists: The Soul of Hip-Hop

by Andrew Martin

[10.May.09] :. Classic Stax hits aside, collections like this can spoil a specific experience that most hip-hop heads treasure.

Capsule Reviews

 

Music Review

Various Artists: Protected Massive Samples

by Timothy Gabriele

[13.Apr.09] :. Massive Attack is opened up, and its insides are revealed to be made of muzak and precious stones.

Recent Music reviews

 

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999 Feature

Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)

by PopMatters Staff

[24.Mar.09] :. In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement.

Decade-Dense: The 60 Most Memorable Films of 1999

 

Music Review

Isaac Hayes: Black Moses / Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)

by Zeth Lundy

[20.Mar.09] :. Stax reissues an odd couple of solo albums by its multi-instrumental songwriting genius: the great 1971 double-LP Black Moses and the late-period misstep Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak).

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PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 Feature

Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008

by PopMatters Staff

[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.

PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008

 

Film Review

Soul Men

by Cynthia Fuchs

[7.Nov.08] :. While it's surely moving to see the closing credits tribute to the much-missed Bernie Mac, the route to that end is slow going.

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Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008

by Bill Gibron

[11.Sep.08] :. Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.

 

We like Ike, and Big Mac, too

by Gregory Clay [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)]

[14.Aug.08] :. Let’s drop the Isaac; instead, we’ll, simply, call him Ike. When you think of Isaac Hayes, the first image is that of “Shaft.” Ike’s theme song, which begins with that...

 

Hayes memories: Soul giant embraced ‘raw truth’

by Greg Kot [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[14.Aug.08] :. Draped in gold chains, with a shaved head and barrel chest, Isaac Hayes was an intimidating presence. He could bench-press 350 pounds, and his voice was as bottomless as the Grand Canyon. They...

 

High Redefinition: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2007

by PopMatters Staff

[18.Jan.08] :. In memoriam of a TV season cut down before its prime time, PopMatters staff celebrates the Top 30 TV Shows of 2007. Some are old favorites. Others have barely made their impression felt. But at a time when all broadcast fortunes are up in the air, they definitely deserve the recognition.

 

Christmas Time In South Park

by Stuart Henderson

[3.Dec.07] :. This little collection, a compilation of seven Christmas episodes from the years 1997-2004, is a pretty great one-disc example of both the deeply disgusting depths and the insightful heights South Park manages to reach.

 

Fabled soul-music label gets 50th anniversary relaunch

by Chris Riemenschneider [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[30.Jul.07] :. By the time Otis Redding gets to the first “you-oooo” in “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now),” you know it’s there. You can feel it anytime those first...

 

Hustle & Flow (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Jan.06] :. Craig Brewer considers his protagonist something new, that is, the same kind of cat he's seen repeatedly in his hometown of Memphis, but not seen in movies.

 

Isaac Hayes: Ultimate Isaac Hayes: Can You Dig It?

by Tim O'Neil

[8.Nov.05] :. As a compendium for those who can't be bothered to actually buy the real albums, I suppose you could do worse.

 

South Park

by Bill Gibron

[26.Oct.05] :. Parker and Stone are like observational stand-up comics, without all the wry self-referencing and glib performance shtick.

 

Hustle & Flow (2005)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[21.Jul.05] :. Like most any pimp and smalltime dealer (at least those in the movies), DJay thinks he's got it down.

 

Fastlane

by Cynthia Fuchs

[23.Sep.02] :. The shots are close (is that her hand in his pants?), the cutting is speedy, the soundtrack is kicking: just above the din of the engine, the Vines wail.

 

Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Gordon Parks' hollering is, of course, far from the usual. Elegant and intelligent, poignant and political, Parks' art encompasses a remarkable range of subjects and forms.