Green Beer and English: The Actors and Poets of St. Patrick
The recent news that the Irish and the English come from the same ancient genetic stock, by and large, should be no shock to anyone...
Rock’s Greatest Covers II: Bob Dylan’s Progeny
A few years ago, the Rolling Stones covered the greatest song in the history of rock n’ roll. No, this list isn’t about that. It’s...
Rock’s Greatest Covers: Patti Tops the List
When Van Morrison wrote the classic Gloria as the B-side to Them’s 1964 hit Baby Please Don’t Go, he couldn’t have suspected what a kid...
The Replacements Come to Monday Nights
I’m writing here about a television series I have never seen, but intend to, as my schedule allows. It’s a replacement series – your garden...
Pete Townshend: Who, He? (and Us)
Pete Townshend is writing his memoirs. Or rather, he’s blogging them. This differs from a decade ago, when Townshend signed with Little Brown to write...
A Bad TV Show About Good Movies
Today we focus on movies by way of a glitzy, Vegas-style revue show that has almost nothing to do with brilliant film-making. It’s Hoillywood celebrating...
Walking the Red Carpet: When Stars Were Stars
When I was young, the Academy Awards still retained an unmistakeable aura of glamor and remove. There in one big room for one long evening,...
The Unfinished Epic of Peter O’Toole
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that...
Bob Dylan: Spinnin’ Those Cool Records
The voice seems familiar, but the venue’s different. I’m driving down the highway, and there’s a guy on the radio talking about a record he’s...
The Fabulous Iggy Pop
Watching Anthony Kiedis sleepwalk through the motions while the rest of the Red Hot Chili Peppers delivered a technically brilliant and emotionally spirited set last...
