New Music: Willy Mason, “Restless Fugitive”
From his upcoming album, due later this year. Grab the mp3 at Willy’s Facebook page.
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
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Comics Review: “Tale of Sand”
Maybe someone more in tune with themselves than I am can find some kind of hidden meaning in Archaia’s Tale of Sand, an adaptation of an unproduced screenplay by Jim Henson and Jerry Juhl. After writing a couple of drafts of Tale of Sand in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the ambitious project was
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsThe “Freebird” Irony Scale
You are attending a concert and yell “Freebird.” How ironic are you being?Level 0 The band you are seeing is Lynyrd Skynyrd or a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute act. You actually want the band to play “Freebird” and would be delighted if they did. You are employing no irony and you ha
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsDigging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 33
Welcome to the 1970s, AM Gold style! And what better way to kick off a new musical decade than to sharpen our collective wit and come up with all the awful Bread jokes we can?(Spotify users, you can subscribe to our Best of AM Gold playlist, which is updated regularly.) #1: Diana Ross, “Ain&
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsSoul Serenade: Billy Stewart, “I Do Love You’
Fat Boy. That can’t have been an easy moniker for Billy Stewart to accept. Oh sure, he probably smiled when people called him that, and he even recorded a song called “Fat Boy,” but it still had to hurt somewhere deep inside each time he heard himself referred to that way.Stewart w
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsNew Video: Brandon Schott, “Early Morning Night”
From Brandon’s latest album, 13 Satellites:
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsBlu-ray Review: “To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition”
To commemorate its 100th Anniversary, Universal Pictures will roll out special edition Blu-ray/DVD combo’s of some of their most popular and celebrated films throughout 2012. If the To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition release is an indication of the quality of product Universal inten
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsFarkakte Film Flashback: Newspapers Go To The Movies
You may have heard the old joke about the guy who cleaned up after the elephants in the circus and complained to his friend about the long hours, the low pay and the dirty work. When his friend asked him why he didn’t just quit, the guy responded, “What, and leave show business?”Substitute “
02.22.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsA Songwriter’s Story: Dam Brino, “Dam Brino”
When we were making Dam Brino, we spent about two months doing preproduction work, which meant that Neilson (Hubbard) and I would have lunch every other week and discuss the direction of the record as well as the rebel queen Dam Brino character. A lot of the development was pretty abstract and high
02.21.2012| Pop Culture | admin
No CommentsCD Reviews: February In Metal, Part II
Album: Christian Mistress, Possession Label: Relapse Release: February 28, 2012After 2010′s Agony & Opium became my favorite release of that year, I couldn’t wait for a follow up from this five piece. Playing pretty traditional heavy metal with a definite ’70s vibe to it, I was
02.21.2012| Pop Culture | admin
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