Sometimes musicians I know tip their hand by commenting on the records they love. For years, Dennis Callaci has circled back to recommending Ornette Coleman’s 1966 album The Empty Foxhole.…
(Like the original Magnum Force, this post is a sequel to the first Dirty Harry.) Of all of Clint Eastwood’s “Sympathy for the Other” movies, Invictus was the most popular in…
One of the weirder phenomena of early 21st century cinema has been the emergence of Clint Eastwood as would-be spokesman for various groups marginalized by the white male power structure…
I just read an incredible article by Dan O’Sullivan in Jacobin magazine about the abuse of wrestlers by their promoters, and in particular, by Vince McMahon and the WWE, (World Wrestling…
Today I’m posting a link to an article from the blog CivilEats.com by Adrien Schless-Meier called “Why Grocery Store Workers Are Making Less While Big Chains Make More.” It’s a topic on…
As I keep track of the unfolding struggle over the FCC’s proposed creation of a corporate “fast lane” on the internet that would regulate non-corporate media to second class status…
Today marks the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re proud to announce that director Michael Galinsky has taken the time to make a video…
I can think of few more unlikely candidates for creative growth after 40 than Weird Al Yankovic. Back when I was in grade school, he came on the pop culture…
Sometimes the mark of a good book is how it crops back up in your mind a few months or years or even many years after you first read it. …
