Archive: 2013

The stories (while beautifully tying together) are pointless vignettes that have zero bearing on character or story development. It’s a throwaway episode that’s disguised as fun storytelling.

This week’s episode reflects on family — and marks a return to the monster-of-the-week format.

Robert Randolph at Woodlands Backyard

MGMT performing in Minneapolis, MN 11.18.13

Rogen’s bare-chested homage to a topless Kim Kardashian is stuff for the comedy time-capsule

Near the beginning of the documentary film Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me rock critic Lester Bangs equates Memphis rock band Big Star with The Beatles. At the time of his comment, a 1970s interview, few people had heard of Big Star. Turns out Bangs was on to something. Big Star’s three albums, released between […]

“She’s up all night for dasuuumn / We’re up all night fugoofuunn” — Bono

It wasn’t a perfect show, by any means, but that’s what made it worthwhile.

Mike Doughty Used to be in Soul Coughing. That’s not just a statement – it was how his most recent run of shows was billed. For the first time in over a decade, the enigmatic songwriter fully embraced the surrealist intensity of his old band’s material, which he has completely reclaimed as his own. Doughty […]

We first heard that megawatt voice on Elvin Bishop’s “Fooled Around & Fell In Love,” jolting us from our mid-seventies slumber of ballads and disco; where John Travolta had a Hot 100 single with “Let Her In” while Queen was going all “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It was a strange year in music, 1976, and with Mickey […]