Since my college days as a student radio host, I've been a sucker for good radio and it's inherent portability, particularly public radio, like National Public Radio (NPR), Public Radio International (PRI) and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Here's a…
After ten years and three of my favorite albums ever, LCD Soundsystem played its last concert on April 2, 2011 in a four-hour extravaganza at Madison Square Garden ("...a marvel of pure craft" - New York magazine; "we may never…
Based on the script alone, I cannot believe Bad Santa (2003) ever got made. It is the darkest and most irreverent take on a Christmas tale I have ever seen. The trailer really doesn't do it justice, partly because Billy…
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross tear it up again with the help of Karen O. on this cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for their soundtrack of David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In the usual smart style…
From the filmmaker's apt description on Vimeo: "At The Barbershop in Drexel, NC, the atmosphere is laid back, the conversation free, and the music a cut above the rest." Director Matt Morris created this terrific documentary short about the barbershop…
I'm thrilled that Hugh Jackman's one-man show - Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway - is a hit this season on Broadway. He deserves it. Back in 2001, I had the distinct pleasure of working with Hugh Jackman in a scene…
[singlepic id=172 w=320 h=500 float=left]The Towering Inferno was one of the standout films of the 70s disaster movie wave. Produced by Irwin Allen, who also produced The Poseidon Adventure two years earlier, the movie takes place in The Glass Tower,…
Jennifer Saunders, one of television's funniest women, has brought us more shenanigans from Edina and Patsy for brand new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous. Here is a sneak peek of what's to come... Links: Jennifer Saunders on Graham Norton (full interview…
I had the sheer delight of seeing Adele perform here in New York City at the Beacon theater this summer. It was a concert to behold. On November 29, Adele will release Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a concert…
It has to be one of the most ridiculous movies ever made. It is also one of the most fun. I speak of the 1968 pulp masterpiece Danger: Diabolik. Master thief Diabolik (John Phillip Law) gets his kicks stealing money,…