The Selected Ballads

All this talk about Inception and the way dreams are portrayed or used as plot devices in movies reminds me of the most dream-like movie ...

The phrase "leaving it all onstage" was coined for performers like Ted Leo.  I was in the audience the night in 2003 when, unfortu...

I'm probably way behind on this, but I recently found out that there's a trio featuring drummers Eric McPherson and Nasheet Waits ...

[Note: I did not realize it was Thoreau's birthday at the time the following incident occurred.] Last night, I saw a small fly on my c...

Oliver Lake Organ Quartet at Jazz Gallery I hate to use such a hacky analogy, but hearing Oliver Lake's version of "organ jazz...

Finally got around to seeing Beeswax .  I liked both of Andrew Bujalski's previous films and will continue to see whatever he puts out u...

Wow, the AIA just got smacked down really hard for calling the New York Times building NYC's ugliest .  Meanwhile, I enjoyed reading t...