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The Matt ‘N’ Jeff Radio Hour, Episode 10: Bruce Hornsby

The Matt ‘N’ Jeff Radio Hour, Episode 10: Bruce Hornsby

Jeff Giles and Matt Wardlaw January 9, 2013 1

In the midst of the holiday season, we caught up with Bruce Hornsby. It was indeed, a very merry experience

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Aging Hip Replacement 2.0: Reunited And I Don’t Care…Or Do I?

Aging Hip Replacement 2.0: Reunited And I Don’t Care…Or Do I?

Big Money November 15, 2012 0

That's me at my high school graduation 19 1/2 years ago. I'm not sure I wanna go back and visit that guy

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Michael Jackson “Bad 25″ Documentary: Teaser

Michael Jackson “Bad 25″ Documentary: Teaser

blerd July 13, 2012 0

Get ready for another Michael Jackson documentary, with this one detailing the recording of the classic album "Bad."

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DVD Review: Spike Lee Films “Passing Strange”

Bob Cashill January 13, 2010 7

Some stage plays and musicals are adapted into films. Others are simply filmed. That would seem to be the easier gig—but if you’ve suffered through one where the camera never moved, or never seemed

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Sugar Water: Black and/or White

Robert Cass June 30, 2009 19

Writer-producer-director Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing opened in theaters on June 30, 1989. “White people still ask me why Mookie threw the [trash] can through the window” at the film’s climax, he recently

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DVD Review: “Miracle at St. Anna”

Scott Malchus February 13, 2009 0

Miracle at St. Anna opens with a crime:  A black postal worker pulls out a German Lugar pistol and kills an Italian man waiting in line to buy stamps.  Why did he do it? 

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Sugar Water: White Men Can’t Believe I’m Talking About Wesley Snipes Again

Robert Cass April 27, 2008 6

Last Thursday actor Wesley Snipes (U.S. Marshals, Undisputed) was sentenced to three years in prison after being found guilty in February of three misdemeanor counts for willfully failing to file his tax returns from

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Sugar Water: Super Cyborg Sunday

Robert Cass March 2, 2008 2

I’ll get to the cyborgs in a second, but before I do, I need to mention one last thing in regard to Wesley Snipes — in my three February posts you may have noticed

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Sugar Water: White Men Can’t Write About Al Jarreau Yet

Robert Cass February 24, 2008 4

Last Sunday I said I would find time to write about Al Jarreau in the coming week, but a few days ago Jeff Giles told me to put my ode to the seven-time Grammy

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