If nothing I’m saying makes any sense here, it’s because I’m just unloading my decades of Dylan baggage… Just let the names and album titles ripple over you.
I just saw Elvis Costello and Blondie in concert, so I’m thinking a lot about aging.
And then lights went back down and The Bad Seeds entered to a wave of applause. And now, thunderous applause: Nick Cave himself appeared.
Skeleton Tree – An Album Review
EDITOR NOTE: If you haven’t seen “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” yet, do not read the following story… *** SPOILERS AHEAD! *** SPOILERS AHEAD! *** TURN BACK!!! *** OK, YOU’VE BEEN WARNED!!! *** IS IT OKAY TO TALK ABOUT HAN SOLO NOW? YOU BET! HERE’S A 21 BLASTER SALUTE FROM JIM KNABLE! *** In Memory of … Continue reading Our Man Talks Han: A Solo Salute To The Space Pirate — SPOILERS AHEAD!
*** NOTE: SPOILERS FOLLOW… *** Among the many existential phrases tossed off in English with European accents in Spectre, the 24th James Bond movie, one haunts me most. Dr. Swann, the beautiful Sorbone-educated purveyor of miracle cures atop the Austrian alps— after being rescued by James Bond, but before having post-violence train sex— at this … Continue reading The Tale of Two James’s:
Why SPECTRE Has Us Seeing Double