When I was a clean- cut suburban kid in my late single-digit years, I used to be afraid of AC/DC fans. Nowadays, hearing strains of the landmark Australian hard rockers’ “Highway to Hell” or “Back in Black” makes me nostalgic … Continue reading
In the inaugural post of my semi-regular “Got You Covered” series, which highlights innovative cover renditions of well-known songs, Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” is given new life by boundary-defying cellist (and childhood soccer opponent of yours truly) Matt Haimovitz and his ensemble Uccello. That’s right — all cellos, bitches! Continue reading
This is probably going to make me sound like a huge fogey, but the hell with it: this movie would have better if it had been made 20 years ago. Continue reading
Today, the second in my ongoing series of posts laying claim to the relatively few things that I liked before they were in style: Don’t worry, I won’t be using “smurf” as a verb or an adjective. Ever. Smurfs. They … Continue reading
I’ve never considered myself a trend-setter. I am many things, but “hip” has never been one of them (I wonder, in fact, who would describe him or herself as a really hip person, because it just sounds like a really … Continue reading
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