http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/64274-the-humble-calf-a-conversation-with-burning-spear/ It is impossible to talk about Burning Spear now without talking about Burning Spear then. Four decades and still dropping knowledge: no other artist, with the possible exception of…
From the January 2009 issue of The Believer (props to my girl MWine for sending this to me) is a fascinating interview with political philospher Tom Dumm here where the…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/67085-bottle-rocket/ The perfection of Wes Anderson’s first film Bottle Rocket might lie in the fact that is isn’t, and wasn’t necessarily intended to be, a perfect film. Anderson tried to…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/66823-the-black-keys-live-at-the-crystal-ballroom/ The Really Big Come Up Last year was a very good year for the dynamic duo dwelling from Akron, Ohio. It was an even better year for the band’s…
While Last Last Chance is recommended for the simple reason that it’s a fantastic book, it is also worth celebrating as an introductory statement from a young writer we should…
mwine122: that's my fantasy dog breed. mwine122: http://www.maursett.co.uk/pups.jpg bullmurph: oh my god those faces bullmurph: they are like butter in the shape of dogs mwine122: YES! that's…
We can all agree that 2008 wasn't such a great year. But Obama did win. And YouTube is going strong. Where we would be without YouTube? After considerable deliberation…
The next sentence is predictable as it is inevitable: Freddie Hubbard, had he happened to die at some point in the late (or even mid-) ‘60s, would have been forever…
"It doesn’t crumb, and I don’t like fragments of our Lord scattering all over the floor." THE REV. BOB DIETEL, about communion wafers manufactured by the Cavenaugh Company in…
Huge props to Slate's Stephen Metcalf for nailing the empty enigma that is Tom Cruise as well as the enigmatic emptiness of the '80s, all in one piece, here. It…
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