Getting To Know...

Peter Sellers was a true comedic genius. Brighid Mooney helps us get beyond the Strangeloves and the Clouseaus.

Couch Festival

Too lazy to go to a real film festival? Try one of our couch festivals. This month: "Gone To Bollywood..."

Unearthed
Brighid Mooney looks at a lesser-known pub rock live album, Dr. Feelgood's Stupidity.

Been There
Camouflage Nights' Ian McGettigan, a bottle of alcohol, and a flaming axe highlight this month's Been There.

Globetrotting
Russell Bartholomee continues this month with Part 2 of his look at Paris.

Hello In There

Dolemite. 'Nuff said.

Being There’s City Guide

This month’s rundown of some of the things happening in a few North American hotspots that we feel our readers might be interested in.

11x5

Our contributors pick five things they're digging this month.

11x5 - August 2005

Being There’s staff picks their favorites of the month.

Adam M. Anklewicz
(Technical Director/Webmaster & Staff Contributor):

1) "Cocaine Blues," Johnny Cash
2) "Lily, Rosemary & The Jack of Hearts," Bob Dylan
3) "I Donšt Believe You," The Magnetic Fields
4) "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying," Belle & Sebastian
5) "Monkberry Moon Delight," Paul & Linda McCartney!


Russell Bartholomee
(Music Editor & Staff Contributor)

1) The Daily Show: Indecision 2004
2) Un Viaje, Café Tacuba
3) Illinois, Sufjan Stevens
4) Mitch Hedberg
5) All Kooked Out, Stanton Moore


Cari Crosby
(Managing Editor; Media Relations and Marketing):

1) Mingus
2) My new iPod mini
3) Landing
4) Relaxing weekends
5) Toronto Beaches Jazz Festival


Lisa Hood-Anklewicz
(Staff Contributor & Technical Assistant)

1) Air conditioning
2) Harry Potter
3) Bit Torrent…My new best friend!
4) Season 9 of Stargate SG-1
5) Knowing I don‘t have to listen to my landlord's band's version of Maroon5 for a while.

Aaron Licht
(Staff Contributor):

1) The Stars
2) Chief! (dir. Jean-marie Teno)
3) Happy Accidents (dir. Brad Anderson)
4) Little Dieter Needs to Fly (dir. Werner Herzog)
5) Me and You and Everyone We Know (dir. Miranda July)

Adam D. Miller
(Editor-in-Chief, Staff Contributor)

1) The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou: Criterion Collection
2) Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen
3) A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby
4) The Band
5) Six Feet Under


Brighid Mooney
(Literature and Comedy Editor, Staff Contributor):

1) Stand!, Sly and the Family Stone
2) The Trials of Lenny Bruce by Ronald Collins and David Stover
3) Don‘t Look Back, Bob Dylan
4) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
5) Club Date: Live In Memphis, Elvis Costello


Mark Pittman
(Staff Contributor):

1) Saturnalia, The Wedding Present
2) Hex Enduction Hour and Complete Peel Sessions box set, The Fall
3) The Browning Version DVD
4) Playing with my nieces and nephews at family reunion
5) My first cell phone (!)


Zayne Reeves
(Staff Contributor):

1) "I Died A Little Today," Alejandro Escovedo
2) Master of Disaster, John Hiatt
3) The Delivery Man, Elvis Costello
4) The new season of Reno 911!
5) Listening to Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs, 12 Shades of Brown, and The Real Mr. Heartache (among many other country classics) over and over again for "research" purposes.


Michele Sherrill
(Photo Department):

1) Painting a mural on the wall of our breakfast nook with my daughter
2) Sauvignon Blanc…really, really cold!
3) More new episodes of Family Guy
4) Finding my diamond necklace that I had lost over seven months ago!
5) Cranking up old Ramones CDs


Nathan Williams
(Film and DVD Editor, Staff Contributor):

1) Preston Sturges on 35mm
2) The Stanley Kubrick Archives
3) Ernest Bloch
4) FedEx/Kinkošs
5) Valpolicella
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