I read somewhere once long ago about Steve Albini’s thoughts on live music. Basically, he posited, there are two kinds of artists — those who care only about the live show and use their recordings as a document of them, and, of course, vice versa. Brown falls somewhere closer to the former. It’s just him, a microphone, his DJ Skywlkr and a whole, whole lot of energy. Photos by Rich Orris
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Planes
The Story: An anthropomorphic cropduster is the underdog in an airplane race around the globe. The Lowdown: A generic, harmless animated flick that does nothing new, yet at least has enough sense to be cinematic.