Archive for 2017


One Love Manchester

How did they do this? We haven’t had this spirit here since 2001, when Jimmy Iovine used his network of superstars to present a televised concert that was roadblocked on all channels and evidenced the gravitas and grief we were all feeling while at the same time giving us hope. But that was sixteen years […]

Fame Today

Is based on revealing your personal information, being an open book, detailing not only your wins, but your losses, your imperfections, this is what bonds people to you. But just like the internet flipped the script for music, turning a model of scarcity into plentitude, the makers cannot see this distinct change. It’s not that […]

Forgotten Songs Playlist

Forgotten Songs Playlist “Don and Dewey” It’s A Beautiful Day Most famous for “White Bird” off their initial LP, the second album, “Marrying Maiden,” has been lost to the sands of time. It’s A Beautiful Day played my college and my friend ran into guitarist Hal Wagenet, who he took up to his dorm room […]

House Of Cards Season Five

It’s terrible. Robin Wright is superb, Kevin Spacey is believable in every role he plays, he’s America’s greatest actor, not Meryl Streep, but they can only do so much with the material, which is underwritten and confusing and concerns a plot point that we’re not interested in. How did this HAPPEN? The loss of showrunner […]