The Grammys are one of music’s biggest conversation starters, about who is nominated, who isn’t, what the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) got right but more often what they got wrong. So it’s not surprising that the…
PIFF 2021 Review: ‘Cryptozoo’ Is An Ambitious Homage To 1960s Pop Art
Cryptozoo was screened on June 18th as a part of Provincetown International Film Festival 2021. Adult comics artist Dash Shaw and his wife Jane Samborski acting as producer have created an animated feature that defies conventions of the medium in…
Yesterday Movie Review: Love it or hate it, your troubles will seem so far away
“Do you want the good news or the bad news?” Lily James asks a down-on-his-songwriting-luck Himesh Patel as he stocks shelves in a part-time warehouse job. The film immediately cuts to a new location to see this question through, but…
Album Review: Paul McCartney – “Egypt Station”
No stranger to flimsy concept albums (Sgt. Pepper’s was great because of the songs, not the concept, y’all), Macca here lays down perhaps the flimsiest of them all. In his own words: “‘Egypt Station’ starts off at the station on…
The 50th Anniversary Remaster of “Sgt. Pepper” Is Here
There’s no doubt that Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is a seminal rock and roll album. Many of its songs, such as “With A Little Help From My Friends” and “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds,” have cemented themselves…
2017 Grammy Award Winners: Full List
Last night’s 59th annual Grammy Awards featured its share of memorable moments and performances, but only a few award presentations scattered throughout. As in previous years, the majority of the awards were handed out in the “Premiere Ceremony” before the…
2016 Gift Guide for all things media and entertainment
If you are like me, you might’ve too forgotten that we’ve come to the end of November, Thanksgiving is today/tomorrow (depending on when I get this thing posted), and the Holiday season is officially here. To help curve the stress…