Richard Block

May 29, 2002

Insomnia: No Rest for the Crooked

By Richard Block

In his latest thriller, director Christopher Nolan ("Memento") explores what happens when an intelligent person is forced to do important things while totally exhausted.

February 14, 2002

Collateral Damage: Terror Knows No Plot

By Richard Block

Want bin Laden on a stick? Apparently the Bush administration should just save the money going toward cumbersome military operations and buy Arnie a plane ticket.

February 7, 2002

Post-Grunge Progeny

By Richard Block

Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Sublime's Bud Gaugh, teamed up with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets to play Goleta's The Living Room last Friday as the rock band Eyes Adrift.

January 10, 2002

Various Artists | Orange County Soundtrack | Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax

By Richard Block

Orange County, the county, is nondescript. It's somewhere you pass through on your way to somewhere more exciting. Often pleasant, but not much to challenge or offend you.

May 24, 2001

Ocean Colour Scene | Mechanical Wonder | Ark21

By Richard Block

When I first heard Moseley Shoals, Ocean Colour Scene's last American release, I was amazed that a band from Manchester (home of The Smiths) could play with such soul.