I was (briefly) in college in 1992. My best friend was a very talented drummer name Mike. We played in a jazz group together called, for no apparent reason, the…
Jon Cummings
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My apologies to anyone who’s been waiting with bated breath for me to wrap up this series — is there any such person out there? I left off in early…
Rob Smith
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Back in her late-70s, “It’s a Heartache” period, gravelly voiced Bonnie Tyler was viewed chiefly as Rod Stewart with a vagina (a designation many have claimed simply describes Stewart himself)….
Dave Lifton
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Last week, I took the redeye back from Vegas while still slightly hung over from a blowout the night before. I hadn’t fully recovered a few days later, but that…
Dw. Dunphy
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Bad news for all the fans who thought that this, finally, was Knopfler’s return to Dire Straits-style rock and roll: Those days are gone, and have been for awhile now….
Ken Shane
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Clarence Clemons recently published his autobiography, and Ken Shane was lucky enough to spend a few minutes speaking with the Big Man about his life and times.
Jeff Giles
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Lionsgate, the studio that gave us Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights and the Saw movies, is branching out into music — and if you read those words and guessed that the…
Jeff Giles
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Perez Hilton may not know his ass from a hole in the ground, and his unwelcome attempt to go from gossip hound to media mogul might be going down in…
Molly Marinik
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The extremely popular “dirty puppet musical” Avenue Q has moved from Broadway to off-Broadway. Has it lost any of its charm? Molly Marinik has the answer in her latest edition of Theatre Is Easy!
Kelly Stitzel
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Get the cider and the candy corn, because Kelly Stitzel is breaking it down Halloween style for this week’s Soundtrack Saturday!
Ken Shane
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To paraphrase an old adage: those who can, do, and those who can’t, write. For the last couple of years now, you’ve been good enough to come to our site…
Robert Cass
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The mayoral election is only 11 days away, and if the endless online chatter here in Bootleg City is any indication, voter turnout is sure to break all kinds of…
Ken Shane
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I have to admit to being a little bit torn about this one. Our friends at Shout Factory generally do a great job in bringing us the best of pop…
Jeff Giles
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Fans of Brandi Carlile and KT Tunstall have a friend in Jen Murdza, who delivers on the promise of 2007’s Reboundin’ with Good Little Worker Bees, an 11-track showcase for…
Jack Feerick
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Braving untold depths of epic spiritual misery, Jack Feerick has ventured into the fetid hole that is Dragonball: Evolution. Dear God, how bad can it be?
Jason Hare
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Mariah Carey shatters a 21-year record (and probably a few crystal glasses), Color Me Badd continues to suck, and Bryan Adams is told his album isn’t Canadian enough. It’s all part of Jason Hare’s CHART ATTACK! from 10/19/91!
Anthony Hansen
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(Note: As a show of solidarity with his teutonic brethren, Anthony Hansen translated his original review into German and then back again. We hope you enjoy his unique, if undeniably…
Ken Shane
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I was driving home in the late afternoon yesterday. It was one of those autumn days that has spring written all over it. My route took me through that most…
Pete Chianca
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In a stunning convergence of teeth and propellers, Hilary Swank’s Amelia arrives in theaters this weekend, inspiring Pete Chianca to look back at some other noteworthy biopics.
Jon Cummings
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It’s baseball playoff time, which has Jon Cummings venting his annual Yankees rage — and, oddly enough, thinking about public healthcare.
Jeff Giles
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In 1974, Land of the Lost was a scrappy, heartfelt Sid & Marty Krofft series that aired Saturday mornings on CBS, a weekly case study in how to wring every…
Jeff Johnson
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Sequels: Hollywood loves ’em, but they don’t always plan for ’em. Jeff Johnson looks back at nine of the worst sequel-inspired plot and character abuses.
Mojo Flucke
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In his latest Cold Shot, Mojo Flucke bids a fond farewell to blues queens Saffire, who are calling it quits next month after a wonderful 22-year career.
Scott Malchus
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Since the day we moved into our house, I have regularly snuggled my daughter Sophie for about 10 minutes before she goes to sleep at night. When she was younger,…
Jeff Johnson
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25 years after Revenge of the Nerds, some of pop culture’s preeminent geeks have banded together to bring us the traveling celebration known as w00tstock. Jeff Johnson has been there, and he’s here to tell us all about it.
Zack Dennis
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Zack Dennis has punched the buttons and shifted the levers on his trusty supercomputer Gamblor, and is here to tell us who will win and lose in the NFL this week.
Jeff Giles
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Jay Nash has shared the stage with Sara Bareilles, but he’s more of a rocker than that association might suggest; rather than an earnest white boy straining for soul (a…
Tony Redman
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What with that jerk Obama bombing the moon, our nearest celestial neighbor has been in Tony Redman’s thoughts, and he’s reaching out in a new Way Out Wednesday.
Jeff Giles
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Nearly a decade after his last solo album, Timothy B. Schmit has returned, leaving Jeff Giles to reluctantly ask: You Again?