Ian S. Port

Ian S. Port is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group and its film partner, the Village Voice. VMG publications include LA Weekly, Denver Westword, Phoenix New Times, Miami New Times, Houston Press and Dallas Observer.

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The Colbert Report's Greatness Arrived With Its Very First Episode

By Ian S. Port
Dec 18, 2014

The funniest and most incisive show on television is ending this week -- so let's look back at how it began. On October 17, 2005, a power-suited Stephen Colbert furrowed his eyebrows and showed off highlights of his new set. Red letters above him shouted, "The Colbert Report." The title...
Nick Cave's New Movie Doesn't Quite Reveal the Man Behind the Myth -- and That's a Good Thing

By Ian S. Port
Oct 2, 2014

In one Nick Cave song, a pedophiliac outlaw caps a murder spree by killing the devil himself. In another, the narrator muses on Miley Cyrus while seeking the "God particle" down a boulevard lined with burning trees. Cave is fluent in apocalyptic imagery and the Bible; his songs are filled...
Metallica at Outside Lands: The five best parts of the band's hometown show in San Francisco

By Ian S. Port
Aug 12, 2012

Christopher VictorioMetallica at San Francisco's Outside Lands festival.METALLICA @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/11/12 The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. Metallica, headlining Saturday night of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, proved just about...
Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Outside Lands Festival, 8/10/12

By Ian S. Port
Aug 11, 2012

Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Crazy Horse at the Outside Lands festival.NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE @ OUTSIDE LANDS FESTIVAL | 8/10/12 The following is a dispatch from Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco, from our sister paper, SF Weekly. While he's putting everything into a solo, Neil Young's face looks...
Real Estate

Friday, April 27, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, 303-788-0984.

By Ian S. Port
Apr 25, 2012

There's no shortage of dreamy, washed-out vibes in indie music these days, but Real Estate — which hails from the not-so-sunny suburb of Ridgewood, New Jersey — is doling out reverb rock with the best of them. The quartet's sophomore album, Days, glides listlessly through its ten tracks, recalling the...

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