Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Not So Silly Love Songs – Taking ‘Blackbird’ to New Heights By Mark Mussari Fifty years ago, Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. did something they’d never done before. As the de facto lead singers of the legendary 5th Dimension, the couple covered Paul McCartney’s “Every Night” on the … Continue reading
Emily Tosta Walking in a Willy’s Wonderland By Kayla Marra You know how in the old Scooby-Doo! mysteries, the bad guy would always angrily bellow after he got caught, “And I would have gotten away with it, too, if not for those damned kids.” Emily Tosta is one of those kids. Specifically, in the new … Continue reading
Todd Grinnell Just Another Day in Paradise Cove by Jay S. Jacobs Nice beachfront property in Malibu is very hard to come by, but Paradise Cove takes that hunt to an extreme. The new owners of this beach house are Knox (Todd Grinnell, who has played Schneider in the One Day at a Time reboot) … Continue reading
Kathryn Newton and Kyle Allen The World is Full of Tiny Perfect Things by Jay S. Jacobs People are fascinated by the idea of having the ability to do things over until they get them right. But what if you must keep doing them until you do? This is a conundrum that has fascinated filmmakers … Continue reading
Scott Williamson Transforms into Dub Shine & Forms A New Songwriting Partnership by Brad Balfour On the surface, music creator Delon Scott Williamson might not seem like someone to be making hot dance music. While he inherited his computer programmer dad’s work ethic, this former Tallahassee, Florida, native re-directed it towards a readiness to make … Continue reading
Peter Macdissi Hitting the Road with Uncle Frank By Jay S. Jacobs The more things change, the more things stay the same. Take Uncle Frank, the new movie by writer/director Alan Ball of Six Feet Under and True Blood fame. Uncle Frank looks back to 1973 – right in the middle of the Nixon years … Continue reading
Jessie Wagner Tunes Droppin’ By Jay S. Jacobs This year was Jessie Wagner’s spotlight move. The diverse, soulful singer songwriter had finished her first solo album. (She had previously recorded an EP as the lead singer of the band Envy.) She had been signed up with the wickedly hip indie label Wicked Cool – with … Continue reading
Katie Kelly and Paola Andino As Pure as Driven Sno Babies By Jay S. Jacobs Drug abuse has been a scourge in America – in the world – for generations. It often has tragic results for the users, and there are no simple answers to the problem. The new film Sno Babies takes a hard … Continue reading
Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins and Jon Stevenson Hanging Out with Their Rent-A-Pal by Jay S. Jacobs Rent-A-Pal. The idea is so out-there and yet so brilliant that it is shocking that it is not more common. The world is full of lonely people, why not charge for friendship? However, what if the Rent-A-Pal had … Continue reading
Jaan Uhelszki Creem Rising to the Top By Jay S. Jacobs “America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine.” That’s a pretty brash statement. A little defiant. Perhaps even a touch naïve. That’s why the catchphrase fit the legendary rock mag Creem – the magazine was proudly all of those things. Born in Detroit in the late … Continue reading
