The Howling or, 100 Years of the Big Bad Wolf
Sean MurphyWho’s afraid of the big, bad Wolf? Plenty of people, and for good reason. Fortunately...
What’s It All About, Then? Part Two: Jazz, Featuring Wayne Shorter
There are not many people who have any idea what it’s like to be this...
‘Walkabout’ Is the Rarest of Films That Will Change Your Life Again Every Time You Return to It
There are those special movies that change your life after you’ve seen them. Then there...
Five Guys or, The Greatest Band of All Time (No, Really)
Miles Davis. Herbie Hancock. Wayne Shorter. Tony Williams. Ron Carter. Those men, individually, are some...
Dennis Hopper: He Made Our World More Weird And Wonderful
So cancer finally succeeded in cutting short the odd and inimitable life of Dennis Hopper....
Memorial Day*
I. I’ll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive Cyrus has never actually discussed...
Can-Utility and the Krauthammers
Well, when you anoint yourself King Canute, you mustn’t be surprised when your subjects expect...
“Better call on evolution” or, Our Cultural Koyaanisqatsi
ON THIS DAY: On May 25, 1925, John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for...
Mostly Other People Do The Killing or, The Shape of Jazz To Come
Best band name ever? It has to be way up there. What makes it even...
The Ballad of Bonnie & Clyde or, Art Improving Upon Life
ON THIS DAY On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were...