Patrick Sisson - Writer, Journalist, Cultural Documentarian, Music Lover

344 posts by Pat

Movie Review Playboy.com October 2004 Rating: Three out of Four Bunnyheads In Texas, high school football isn’t just a varsity sport; it’s a way of life. Friday Night Lights, adapted from H.G. Bissinger’s 1990 best-seller, hits you with that concept like a maniacal middle line backer. As the movie begins, a stunning montage – a […]

CD Review Playboy.com October 2004 Rating: 3 of 4 Bunnyheads A Tom Waits album is like a rowdy juke joint take on Dante’s Inferno, brimming with more sinners than a tent revival preacher’s sermon. On Real Gone, Waits once again mines that dark territory most of us would rather forget, painting portraits of the weird […]

CD Review Playboy.com September 2004 Rating: 3 of 4 Bunnyheads The idea of these seminal ’90 pop-punkers making a concept album might sound like a big pile of Dookie, but Billie Joe, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool’s song cycle about growing up suburban is more dramatic than you might expect. Broken up into a dozen […]

Movie Review Playboy.com July 2004 Rating: 3 of 4 Bunnyheads As the world’s biggest metal band, Metallica has endured it’s share of Hollywood moments – the death of bassist Cliff Burton in a bus accident, the bizarre on-stage pyrotechnic accident that left lead singer James Hatfield burned and battered and a series of alcohol-soaked world […]