| Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack |
| What is Lebowski's musical legacy? A Bob Dylan rarity, some Creedence and an angry Glenn Frey
The Decade of the Dude
Lebowski on the Web
When they were working on The Big Lebowski, Joel and Ethan Coen already had some music in mind for the soundtrack: Kenny Rogers' ''Just Dropped In (to See What Condition My Condition Was in),'' the Gipsy Kings' cover of ''Hotel California'' and plenty of Creedence Clearwater Revival for the Dude to play in his car. They left the rest to producer T Bone Burnett, who served as the ''musical archivist'' on Lebowski and as a music producer on other... |
| Lebowski on the Web |
| You can't just own the DVD, man. You gotta hit the YouTube
The Decade of the Dude
Inside the Dude's Stoner Soundtrack
The Mii Lebowski
Filmmaker Ben Moody synced up Lebowski audio with video from Nintendo Wii Bowling. Their mouths don't move much, but watching a Wii Walter chastise a Wii Dude (''Chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature'') is hysterical. |
| Fall Movie Preview |
| The Smart Season: First looks at fall's 31 hottest movies by Peter Travers
Buzz off if you think the big fall whoop is ''High School Musical 3.'' Or Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson trying to steal scenes from a dog in Marley and Me. Or Robert De Niro and Al Pacino slumming in another paycheck movie in Righteous Kill. My admittedly selective guide to what's up in film for the rest of 2008 is all about punch and provocation. Sequels get the shaft, including Saw V (enough already), but Quantum of Solace (November 7th) earns a pass because Daniel Craig is so damn... |
| The Decade of the Dude |
| How The Big Lebowski — the Coen brothers' 1998 stoner caper starring Jeff Bridges as an L.A. slacker called the Dude — became the most worshipped comedy of its generation
• Video: Jeff Bridges on the Dude
• The Dude Survives: Jeff Bridges Q&A
• Q&A: Steve Buscemi on Lebowski
• Q&A: John Goodman on Lebowski
• Inside the Dude's Stoner... |
| Artists to Watch |
| Six acts who are defining rock and pop in 2008
LOW VS DIAMOND
West Coast quintet craft widescreen rock anthems built for stadium singalongs
Click above to watch Low vs Diamond's Lucas Field and Anthony Polcino perform ''Heart Attack'' live
Few young american bands attempt the unabashedly grand cinematic rock that L.A.'s Low Vs Diamond play on their eponymous debut — and frontman Lucas Field sees that as an opportunity. ''I felt like there was a hole in American anthems,'' says Field, 28. ''British bands do this big, melodic stuff... |
| How Bush Destroyed the Republican Party |
| A president driven by ideology. A Congress rife with corruption. A political party hellbent on a ''permanent majority.'' A leading scholar examines the radicals who hijacked the GOP — and wrecked the longest conservative ascendancy in American history
• Video: Five Ways Bush Sunk the GOP
The failure of the administration of George W. Bush — and the accompanying crisis of the Republican Party — has caused a political meltdown of historic proportions. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, Bush enjoyed the greatest popularity ever recorded for a modern American president. Republicans on Capitol Hill, under the iron rule of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, fattened their coffers through a fearsome... |
| Some Kind of Refined Monster |
| To move ahead, Metallica looks back, with an album evoking its mid-'80s sound. |
| Israel, After 43 Years, Is Ready for Beatlemania |
| Excitement is building for the first concert by Paul McCartney in Israel, an epilogue to a tale that began in 1965 when authorities canceled a Beatles concert on ''spiritual and cultural'' grounds. |
| From Back-Porch Ease to a Taste of the Wild |
| The Roots of American Music Festival, held last weekend in Damrosch Park, adopted a flexible definition of roots music in an effort to build bridges and audiences. |
| McCartney Sets Concert in Israel |
| More than 40 years after the Beatles first proposed a concert in Israel, a date has been set for Paul McCartney to play there. |
