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Evidence We Live In An Uncaring Universe

Pearl Woods was 28 years old and recording with Little Richard’s backup band The Upsetters. She could sing as well as any Motown star, with soul and feeling, and Sipping Sorrow was a great catchy number. This was her ticket, now the world would know her name, and her talent.
Sipping Sorrow was released in 1961 [...]

The Curse Of Pablo Picasso

Does anyone remember Jonathan Richman? And none of you musiciany types count. And, neither do any old farts like me who were around back in the day and are currently huffing and puffing about how great it was back when music was good, the world was young and they could have sex without the aid [...]

Jealousy in Three Acts

I’ve been making a “best of the 2000’s” set of CDs for my brother’s wife and ended up with a large handful of sunny sounding alternative (or alternative-ish) pop songs whose lyrics were anything but. At the same time I received an e-mail from Kendal asking me what I knew about rock operas and the [...]

HELL’S GROUND: The Best Pakistani Horror Film I’ve Ever Seen

When you watch enough horror films (some may even say too many horror films, but what do they know) you will eventually find yourself honing in on some pretty exotic hybridizations. We all grub about, clamouring for the new, seeking something we haven’t already seen. Even though what we usually end up finding isn’t really [...]

Film Review: Hellboy II - The Golden Army

Don’t ignore this film in favor of The Dark Knight. While the new Hellboy film lacks the dark, dangerous quality of creator Mike Mignola’s graphic novels (as did the first), Hellboy II: The Golden Army is big and fun and definitely worth seeing in the theater. Guillermo del Torro’s latest effort is a great monster [...]

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