Arts & Minds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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