Did you know that Willie Nelson wrote a New York Times bestselling book? Neither did I – until I picked up the appropriately and hilariously …
Movies
Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
Released at Austin’s SXSW Festival in March 2011, Back and Forth is a documentary that chronicles Dave Grohl’s journey from drumming for …
Empire Records: A Love Letter to Record Stores
Of course I love Empire Records – it’s a movie about working in a record store! But it’s more than that. Released in September 1995, the …
Bringing Down The House: How M.I.T. Kids Beat Vegas
Although I have no interest in gambling and am terrible at math, I did like the movie 21 which is about a group of M.I.T. students who use …
Green Day + David Spade: Three Decades of Entertainment
No – Green Day and David Spade didn’t perform together (although that would have been cool) and have nothing to do with each other, but I …
The Wild Truth
Sometimes the truth needs to come out and that’s exactly what Carine McCandless, sister of notorious Alaskan hiker Chris McCandless, set out …
HBO’s “The Defiant Ones” Digs Deep Into Music History
John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, post-NWA Dr. Dre, No Doubt, Lady Gaga, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Black Eyed Peas. …
Alec Baldwin’s “Nevertheless”
When I initially read about Alec Baldwin’s new memoir, Nevertheless, I assumed it would be funny. I guess it’s because the movies, …
Carrie Fisher Is Funny!
While all the Star Wars fans out there have been loving Carrie Fisher for decades, there are some people in this galaxy who are more recent …
