Serpico and Turning Black Friday into Good Friday
Sean MurphyLook at that dude. Pacino, clean-shaven and short-haired as the movie begins, sports the best...
Let Us Give Thanks for the Guitar Solo (Revisited)
Let us give thanks for the guitar solo. This excercise is equal parts pointless and...
The Intersection of Art & Innovation, cont’d: A Conversation with Kevin Calabro
Yesterday we wrapped another conversation for CEA’s ongoing series “The Intersection of Art & Innovation.” (Previous...
The Whiteness of the Whale: Remembering The White Album (Revisited)
Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness,...
If I Could Wave My Magic Wand… (Revisited)
(Editor’s note: Rush’s last great album (in my opinion), Presto, was released this week,...
The Intersection of Art & Innovation, cont’d: A Conversation with Aram Bajakian
Yesterday we wrapped another conversation for CEA’s ongoing series “The Intersection of Art & Innovation.” (Previous...
Pete La Roca, R.I.P. (One Year Later)
It will be an ongoing, and very somber, progression, watching so many old-school jazz musicians...
Russell Brand, Revolution and The Audacity of Apathy
FIRST OFF, LET’S dispense with decorum and declare the obvious: Russell Brand is brilliant, and...
The Holy Trinity, Part Two: Jethro Tull
I, like too many prog-rock fanatics to count, was delighted when Rush received their overdue...
O’Connor and Coltrane: Two Saints of American Art
I never, until this week, made the explicit connection between John Coltrane and Flannery O’Connor....