Review: Treme- Music from the HBO Original Series, Season 1
I don't watch much television. As long as I have MSNBC, ESPN, TCM, and TV Land, I am satisfied. I can't tell you who won American Idol or Dancing with the Stars this season and I have only a very basic idea of what Glee is.
10 Death Ballads for All Hallow's Eve
Halloween is now upon us. As you're digging through your record collection or shopping online to find appropriate tunes for your All Hallow's Eve party, you needn't look beyond a couple of genres: bluegrass and traditional country. Sure, one can find hokey pop songs
what "wrecking ball" meant and means
Lately I have been spending time listening to Wrecking Ball, the 1995 cd by Emmylou Harris. I had been a fan of hers from the Gram Parsons albums, and can remember buying the Pieces of the Sky album, which still has a purity and clarity that is not diminished in
John Sebastian has stories he can tell
This photo of John Sebastian is probably from about forty years ago and it's how I remember him to look. Or at least it was until I saw him last year in that great jug band documentary film Chasing Gus' Ghost. Like the rest of us, he
The Jim Sullivan Story
We've been obsessed with this record for the past couple years. It's a brilliant album and a fascinating story.
In March 1975, an American singer-songwriter named Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared outside Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His VW bug was found abandoned, his motel room untouched.
something about film: the anatomy of vince guaraldi
It's been a few weeks since me and the older kid worked a couple of shifts at the local film festival and we, along with my wife and younger boy, got to spend three days and nights watching close to thirty-something films. Shorts, animation, features and documentaries.