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Dw. Dunphy On… Cover Songs — Why and Why Not

Dw. Dunphy April 10, 2008 10

Some people are just flat-out smart-asses. It’s not necessarily a bad thing to be at times, mind you, but a good smart-ass pulls it off with a modicum of grace and might give you

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Hall of Fame Week: Leonard Cohen

Matthew Bolin March 14, 2008 9

“That’s Leonard’s Jeep,” Robert said as we walked his dog past the monastery. My wife and I had driven north about ten miles, most of it curving two-thirds of the way up Mt. Baldy,

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Basement Songs: Jeff Buckley, “Hallelujah”

Scott Malchus January 24, 2008 23

On a sun-drenched afternoon after a lunch break, I drove through Hollywood, aimlessly navigating Sunset Boulevard. I passed the Virgin Megastore, uninterested in the towering building with overpriced CDs. Distracting billboards screamed at me,

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Exit Music (For a Film): Leonard Cohen, “The Future”

Zack Dennis January 22, 2008 12

Exit Music is a sister series to Motion Picture Soundtrack. Yeah, they’re both named after Radiohead songs. So what? You wanna fight about it? As long as you’re less than 5’2″, 120 lbs, and

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