Citizen Cain’d
I swear it’s not some figment of my imagination. I really did see British art-rocker Julian Cope chatting it up with Bryant Gumbel on the Today Show in what now seems like another time on some other planet in the early 1990′s. He was plugging away Peggy Suicide, a concept album so chock full of [...]
War of the Worlds
It’s not that big of an irony that the greatest works in Science Fiction tend to examine best the human condition. Actually, it’s more like a rarely recognized truism for a genre that falls short of its full potential more often than not, but that hasn’t stopped Steven Spielberg from profiting in kind, and turning [...]
Rocky – The Musical
It came to me in a dream the other night. Rocky – The Musical. Fight Night in Philly – Chorus Three Part Medley Not Just a Bum in the Street – Rocky It’s Paulie’s Way (or it’s the Highway) – Paulie Quiet Interlude – Adrian ‘Cuz I’m the Champ – Apollo Spit and Toil – [...]
Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom
I may as well head off my morning television at the past, because I’m pretty sure tomorrow’s Today show will be nothing but highlights and segments and segments of highlights of the weirdo interview that took place between Matt Lauer and Tom Cruise this past week, the bulk of which has to do with this [...]
Batman Begins
Say so long to the Batman franchise which started out so dark and brilliantly under Tim Burton and Michael Keaton, only to fizzle out like a 1974 Tab cola under Joel Schumacher and George Clooney. Those guys are so last millenium. The real title for writer/director Christopher Nolan’s latest incarnation of the Dark Knight should [...]
