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Indie Album Of The Week: Regurgitator
SuperHappyFunTimesFriends
Valve
You may have heard Regurgitator saying a while ago that they planned to abandon the album format and would release music in a steady stream, which resulted in one excellent EP (Distractions), two more songs on their Bandcamp – and nothing else. Turns out, they need the whip-crack deadline of [...]

Posted: August 22nd, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 425 (August 15), Music.
Tags: Jody MacGregor, Regurgitator, SuperHappyFuntimesFriends, The Brag

Your Highness
Released May 12
*
In David Gordon Green’s (Pineapple Express) latest film, an evil warlock has kidnapped a fair virgin, so her fiancО the prince (James Franco) and his feckless brother (Danny McBride) must rescue her in the traditional way. If you’re surprised when a mysterious stranger who turns out to be Natalie Portman joins them [...]

Posted: May 24th, 2011 under Arts, Brag 412 (May 16), Film Reviews.
Tags: Jody MacGregor, The Brag, Your Highness

T.I.
No Mercy
Grand Hustle/ Atlantic
*1/2
Lil Wayne gets out of jail and puts out an album; T.I. goes in and does the same. In his guest spot on opener ‘Welcome To The World’, Kanye West blames both incarcerations on the system, which forces rappers to drive around in cars full of drugs and guns and violate [...]

Posted: January 24th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 395 (January 17), Music.
Tags: Jody MacGregor, T.I., The Brag

Dumb & Bomber
Riz Ahmed, star of jihadi-comedy Four Lions, talks about working with controversial comedy director Chris Morris.
By Jody MacGregor
Chris Morris has a history of courting controversy with his comedy. His news and current affairs parodies The Day Today and Brass Eye laid down the template for The Onion and The Chaser, but took even [...]

Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Arts, Brag 375 (August 16), Interviews-arts.
Tags: Four Lions, Jody MacGregor, Riz Ahmed, The Brag