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Dw. Dunphy On… Digesting “Breakfast in America”
From time to time, it is interesting to look back on albums often regarded as classic, if just to divine what is so classic about them. Some albums have had far too much said
Read More »TV Review: “Men of a Certain Age”
Premiering tonight on TNT is the new dramedy series, Men of a Certain Age, which comes from Emmy winners Ray Romano and Mike Royce, one of the executive producers and writers on Romano’s hit
Read More »Random Play: “Robotech”
I barely knew him. Yet here I was, on a cold Tuesday night, at his apartment. We had had a drink or two at the bar/lounge/restaurant down the street from his place. As one
Read More »The 2009 Emmy Awards
Lights! Camera! Action! It's time once again for Hollywood to take one day out of the year to congratulate itself for a job well done. Won't you join us while we watch the 2009
Read More »Parlour to Parlour, Episode 6: The Parson Red Heads, Part Two
Michael Fortes concludes his visit with the Parson Red Heads in L.A. with a tour of their blissfully communal pad and an unexpected run-in with the
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 7/3/09
A-B-C! It’s easy as do-re-mi! Art Brut – Summer Job from Art Brut vs. Satan (2009) Bat for Lashes – Moon and Moon from Two Suns (2009) Battles – Atlas from Mirrored (2007) Chris
Read More »The Friday Mixtape: 5/29/09
This week’s mixtape is Chris Hansen approved! Truly! Would Chris Hansen steer you wrong? By the way, why don’t you head into the kitchen for some sweet tea and brownies? Emerson, Lake & Powell
Read More »TV on DVD: “Skins, Volume 2″
Skins, Volume 2 (2009, BBC Video) purchase from Amazon: DVD Skins, the British teenage drama that airs in the states on BBC America, is the best teen series to come to television since My
Read More »21st Century Digital Boy: Adapt, Migrate, or Die — “ER,” “Guiding Light,” and “Life on Mars”
After 15 big red-letter seasons, NBC’s ER came to an end on Thursday night, earning its largest audience in nearly three years—some 16.2 million viewers, according to Nielsen estimates. This audience represents the largest
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