Jacob Whitesides Lovesick and There Ain’t No Cure By Maggie Mitchell How many people can you say that they started their own record company? Well, add Jacob Whitesides to that exclusive list. Whitesides has been climbing the mountain of fame, and hasn’t stopped since we met him. Yet, he’s still the 18-year-old from Tennessee that … Continue reading
Beck, Wilco, Jason Isbell, Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Nathaniel Ratecliff & the Night Sweats & Houndmouth – Mountain Jam Festival – Hunter Mountain – Hunter, NY – June 3 & 4, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized photos. Photos by Ross Edmond © 2016 Continue reading
And We Say To Ourselves, What a Wizard World Wizard World Philadelphia Comic-Con – Philadelphia Convention Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 2-5, 2016 You know the old song that goes “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right”? Well what if those clowns are Pennywise the Dancing Clown and the jokers are… … Continue reading
Stephen Amell Better Watch His Speed by Jay S. Jacobs What is cooler than playing a beloved character from an iconic comic franchise? How about playing two? For several years, Stephen Amell has been making his bones playing the title character in the hit CW series Arrow, which was the cornerstone in the network’s current … Continue reading
James Solomon Revisiting an Iconic New York Crime with The Witness by Jay S. Jacobs It was arguably the one of the most storied murders in New York history, but the legend of the killing of Kitty Genovese is also one of the most misunderstood. This tragic story is famous as much or more so … Continue reading
THE WITNESS (2015) Featuring William Genovese, Aaron Adler, Charles Skoller, Bill Hirsch, Michael Farrar, Vincent Genovese, Frank Genovese, Aram Boyajian, Lynne Tillotson, Tod Tillotson, Hattie Grund, Dale Genovese, A.M. Rosenthal, Joseph De May, Jim Rasenberger, Mike Wallace, Joseph Lelyveld, Richard Wald, Gabe Pressman, Michael Daly, Janet Genovese, Josh Genovese, Maegan Genovese, Jordan Genovese, Jaime Genovese, … Continue reading
Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone & Akiva Schaffer SNL Vets Make a Music Mockumentary, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping by Brad Balfour Maybe it’s simply an extended Saturday Night Live bit, but considering the state of the current pop music scene – with self-parodying musicians such as Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Ariana Grande – a … Continue reading
PEARL JAM TAKE TEN FROM THE VAULTS by Brad Balfour (Ed. note May 30, 2016: Pearl Jam has been putting on one of the biggest tours of the year, in which they celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut breakthrough album Ten. Due to the renewed interest in that classic rock album, our writer Brad … Continue reading
The Who – Staples Center – Los Angeles, CA – May 25, 2016 With media prognosticators ranting that rock music is no longer a force, The Who’s appearance at a SRO Staples Center in Los Angeles proved the naysayers to be wildly off base and nullified that assumption… loudly. As Pete Townshend wrote, “Rock is … Continue reading
ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (2016) Starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Rhys Ifans, Matt Lucas, Lindsay Duncan, Leo Bill, Geraldine James, Andrew Scott, Richard Armitage, Ed Speleers, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Paul Whitehouse, Stephen Fry, Barbara Windsor, Michael Sheen and Matt Vogel. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton. Directed … Continue reading
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