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It’s basically a ‘House of Cards’ version of ‘The Secret Of My Success’

We’re gonna need a megger meg.

It’s a measure of the Nobel Laureate’s enduring magnetism that the variety of anecdotes about him remain so engrossing throughout Bob Dylan – The Day I Was There. Invariably, those entries that are most riveting illuminate those that are more prosaic, a perception that should induces an open-minded attitude in readers, one fostered with wry […]

Mackenzie Davis shines as a hot mess caught in a desperate situation

Social media horror is well-trod these days, but Like Me takes it a new direction.

Caleb Carr’s groundbreaking novel is brought to life by TNT.

Simple concepts can sometimes turn out fantastic results.

With nearly two weeks of its theatrical run under its belt, debates over the merit of Star Wars: The Last Jedi don’t show any signs of letting up (you can read our review here). But whether you’re a defender of Rian Johnson’s divisive installment, or you simply have bad taste in movies, The Art Of […]

There’s virtually no text within the approximately two-hundred seventy-five pages of Grateful Dead Photography, but there doesn’t need to be. Apart from the acknowledgments, a listing of credits and a foreword from Graham Nash, only captions appears this chronological visual history of the iconic rock and roll band, and that’s as it should be. And […]

Great performances still leave something lacking in Ridley Scott’s latest film.

To the extent Clinton Heylin’s writing is a bit too florid for its own good during more than a little of Trouble In Mind, he undermines an otherwise erudite, scholarly tone. But even if his style somewhat camouflages his sharp, insightful observations and analysis regarding Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years, a phrase from the very intro […]

After more than a few stumbles this season, The Walking Dead nearly stands up straight.

To say that rock and roll is deeply imbedded in the history and culture of the Western world would be an over simplification to the extent of which music holds sway over us. Even though genres like hip-hop, many forms of electronica, and pop have dominated the airwaves the past two decades, they all find […]

Richard Houghton doesn’t entertain any notion The Who I Was There is a comprehensive chronicle of the iconic British band’s concert history. Nevertheless, the book ends up being close to complete, despite the fact its parade of first-hand accounts of the quartet’s live performances over its fifty-year history is noticeably lacking on some fronts. Four-hundred […]

Alive with the Dead: A Fly on the Wall with a Camera, a compendium of Grateful Dead photos and stories from Susana Millman was recently released. This spectacular book represents 25 years of Millman’s work with the Grateful Dead. In conjunction with Glide, Millman has provided her thoughts on some of her favorite photos from the […]

Moontower Comedy continues to prove itself to be a jewel in Austin’s festival season, and a must attend event for comedy fans.

Leave it to George Harrison to affix a title to his memoirs as sardonic as the man himself. Not usually given to open-ended discourse, much less personal revelations, the late Beatle’s autobiography, I Me Mine, is replete with deceptively casual aphorisms about life and art. As such, the book depicts his unique personality almost as […]

Tracing Stephen Stills’ life from his childhood right through the most recent fracture of CSNY (of which, notably, he is not a part!), David Roberts does a great service to the man himself and his fans with Change Partners. Unfortunately, because the author could not gain access to, and authorization from, the musician himself, the […]

Lloyd Sachs adopts just the right tone in his book on the life and times of eccentric genius T Bone Burnett. Writing A Life in Pursuit, the author remains ever cognizant of his subject’s idiosyncratic tendencies in both his personal life and his work. And, also knowing full well Burnett’s penchant for high-minded philosophical declarations, […]

What on the surface would seem to be a somewhat sordid tell-all book turns out to be a fast-paced, witty and altogether self-deprecating story of a Bob Dylan fan. Britta Lee Shain is devoted way past the point of familiarity most of his followers ever attain, but anyone devoted to this man’s work more than […]