Cashino is a stage show that is part (live) mockumentary about a lounge act and part actual lounge act. The show opened with a projected video that felt a touch long and a touch slow — largely because I was…
Album Review: Radiohead- “The King Of Limbs”
On Friday, Radiohead released their new album for download. I bought it, and had every intention of playing it and writing up a quick review. And then after my first listen, I didn’t have a lot to say except “well,…
Dwayne McDuffie, 1962-2011
Dwayne McDuffie passed away this morning. Unless you’re a diehard fan of comics or animation, it’s unlikely the his name means anything to you… But he had a huge impact and did a lot of amazing work in those fields;…
Overlooked Treasure: The Real Jamaica Ska (1964)
I’ll freely admit it: I love classic Caribbean music. Calypso, Ska, Rocksteady, Mento, Bluebeat, Reggae, and other cross-pollinated and intermingling classifications take up a lot of space on my shelves and hard drives. There’s something I find endlessly fascinating about…
Stretch And Bobbito Reunion at Le Poisson Rouge, 2/10/11: Photos and Review
Sometime around 1990, two guys went into a college radio station late at night and spent the next few hours playing hip-hop records and cracking each other up. They called themselves Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia, and both went on…
Single Review: The Strokes- “Under Cover Of Darkness”
It’s a new Strokes single. And it clearly attempts to play the audience, coming on a little too strong, full of the impulses of old pals trying to pack all the everything in all at once and remind you why…