Arts & Minds
Into the Great Unknown: Music Journalism in the Post Print Era
Things are somewhere between bad and bad-ish in the world of music journalism. At least that was the overall consensus in the very spirited and lively panel...Read More
Stumbling into SXSW
The best thing about SXSW is the serendipitous find. With hundreds of parties going on across the city, featuring thousands of bands that start to sound remarka...Read More
SXSW Panel Cage Match Part II: Girl Talk and The Public Domain
Apparently, if one is interested in learning why it is that the record labels haven’t sued Girl Talk, the SXSW panel entitled “Why the Record Labels Hav...Read More
Awkward Silences and Nervous Giggles with Motorhead’s Lemmy
It is no small feat to kill an interview with Lemmy, the handle-bar mustachiod legend of Motorhead, given the man’s generous dropping of F-Bombs and prodigiou...Read More
The Lonely Fight: Defending Music “Pirates” Against the Big 4
Ushering in Music Industry's New Golden Age (Requirements: Fists, Bit Torrent)
You really don’t want to F with Ray Beckerman. Unless, that is, you’re one of the four major record labels (which, Ray will remind you, don’t count, giv...Read More
Gettin’ It (Death by Schwag)
Welcome to the Festival, Mr. May
15 minutes in and I can say thirty plus with a badge will seriously change your whole sxsw world. Lard. Plowing through my “big bag” of goodies unearths...Read More
The Stubborn Beauty of Cold Weather
Years ago I wrote a review of a little indie movie called Quiet City. The movie, written and directed by Aaron Katz, followed two twentysomething slackers over ...Read More
Interview with – War Don Don Director Rebecca Richman Cohen
I had the opportunity to sit down over lunch today with “War Don Don” Director Rebecca Richman Cohen. If you’ve read my review of the movie ...Read More
“War Don Don” Examines International Justice
War Don Don is one of the most thought-provoking documentaries you will see this year. It tells the story of the trial of accused war criminal, Issa Sesay, a le...Read More