John Belushi’s Greatest Performance
Sean Murphy23 June 2008 John Belushi’s Greatest Performance How many people who would care to quibble that John Belushi’s endlessly quotable turn as “Bluto” Blutarsky does not represent his finest work?…
Here’s The Thing
Past Perfect 18 June 2008 Here’s The Thing… In the late summer of 1982, two distinct entities from outer space infiltrated planet earth. One was a prehistoric creature with the…
All Hail Me: The Golden Goddesses–Exhibit A: Veruca Salt
30 May 2008 All Hail Me: The Golden Goddesses, Exhibit A Not sure if any band quite captures the waiting-to-exhale extended moment of semi-innocence that was the mid-90s (you know,…
Nothing Golden God Can Stay
29 May 2008 Nothing Golden God Can Stay Aside from the requisite stints in rehab, the Botox and the damage done, and the increasingly profitable reunion tours, not a lot…
The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder
The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder (Popmatters.com Review) http://www.popmatters.com/pm/tv/reviews/57999/tom-snyder-the-tomorrow-show-with-tom-snyder-dvd/ The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder by Sean Murphy Before Conan O’Brien in the ‘90s and David Letterman in the ‘80s,…
The David Lynch Dilemma
The David Lynch Dilemma Sound Affects The PopMatters Music Blog 12 May 2008 The David Lynch Dilemma David Lynch is very much like God. I watch his movies the way…
Requiem for The Regal Beagle
Requiem for The Regal Beagle: A Mostly Fond Recollection of Three's Company The last thing I want to be accused of is venerating the same sitcom that, it seemed, virtually…
It’s Not (Only) About Obama
It's Not (Only) About Obama by Sean G. Murphy topplebush.com February 22, 2008 It is curious, yet oddly illuminating, that so many media blowhards (the predictable conservative and especially the…
Soul Jazz Records Presents Studio One Roots Vol. 3
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/52209/various-artists-soul-jazz-records-presents-studio-one-roots-vol-3/ Soul Jazz Strikes Again Question: When are the good people at Soul Jazz Records going to run out of obscure yet incredible material for their ongoing collection of instant-classic…
Down With The King
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/50031/king-tubby-king-tubby-meets-the-agrovators-at-dub-station/ Down with the KingWhen you have an artist whose various compilations seem to outnumber the amount of proper albums they released, you are dealing either with a genuine master…