Essential Performance: Gene Hackman in ‘The Conversation’*
Sean MurphyHarry Caul is a man less concerned with the answers to uneasy questions than the...
Sue Mingus and the Mingus Big Band: Letting Our Children Hear Music
The Mingus Big Band is bigger than most big bands because they play the music...
Forever Never Changes: Remembering Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee died almost exactly four years ago (August 3, 2006). I not only am...
Party Music for the Apocalypse: Mikey Dread’s ‘Beyond World War III’
If Mikey Dread (Michael Campbell) had never decided to pick up the microphone and sing,...
Celebrating Chinatown: The Ultimate Summer Movie (and the Perfect American Movie)
Chinatown does not usually make the short list of best American films. In fairness, it...
Remembering the USS Indianapolis, Robert Shaw and The Scene
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the...
July 28, 1979: The Long Way Home (Revisited)
If I ever need to check myself and consider what a privileged life I’ve led,...
Summertime is Reggae Time (Revisited)– Part Four: ‘The Same Song’ by Israel Vibration
The cardinal rule for any serious appraisal of art involves a necessity to separate all...
Remembering (and Celebrating) The Kids In The Hall
This weekend PopMatters is revisiting an outstanding feature from a couple of years ago: The...
Newt Gingrich: Dimestore Despot
This just in: Newt gingrich remains the most repugnant and despicable ass-clown in America!...