Master Bassist Robert Miller Makes Project Grand Slam His Mission by Brad Balfour With his dark shades and black/white garb on stage, master bassist Robert Miller seems like a cool cat out of a 1950s Hollywood casting of a jazz musician. But he’s much more than that. The 60-ish player is leader of Robert Miller’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Interviews
Steve Earle – With a Little Help From His Friend
Steve Earle With a Little Help From His Friend by Jay S. Jacobs If you think of the term “cult artist,” chances are you will picture Steve Earle. Earle broke out of Nashville in the late-1980s, releasing critically acclaimed and best-selling albums like Guitar Town and Copperhead Road. However, Earle was always a bit too … Continue reading
Simon Cowell and Mel B – Keeping Watch on America’s Talent
Simon Cowell and Mel B Keeping Watch on America’s Talent by Abby Bekele America’s Got Talent returned to TV for its 11th season this year with returning judges, Howie Mandel, Mel B and Heidi Klum, along with host Nick Cannon. This year a new member was added to the judges’ panel – although he is … Continue reading
Tommy Chong – Getting America Stoned Again
Tommy Chong Getting America Stoned Again by Jay S. Jacobs The year is 2016. The world is changing in ways that people could have never imagined. A black man in President of the United States. Gay marriage is the law of the land. England has left the European Union. A reality TV personality with a … Continue reading
Goo Goo Dolls – Thinking Outside of the Boxes
Goo Goo Dolls Thinking Outside of the Boxes by Jay S. Jacobs It’s hard to believe that Goo Goo Dolls’ self-titled debut album came out 30 years ago. (Heads up, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.) Of course, back then they were a scrappy punk band in the vein of the Replacements on the Metal … Continue reading
Jaume Collet-Serra – A Director Takes a Dip in The Shallows
Jaume Collet-Serra A Director Takes a Dip in The Shallows by Brad Balfour Sharks are never far from the news – whether it’s a rare catch off the coast of New York City, or attacking swimmers en masse off the surfers’ shores of Australia. But in The Shallows, young-though-experienced surfer Nancy Adams (played by a … Continue reading
Sam Barlow and Alon Benari – Revolutionizing Filmmaking With Interactive Live-Action Gaming
Sam Barlow and Alon Benari Revolutionizing Filmmaking With Interactive Live-Action Gaming by Jay S. Jacobs It seems only natural – streamlining and combining the technologies of video-gaming and movie-making. It’s an idea that has been tantalizing programmers and cinephiles for a few decades now, but the technology is finally hitting a focal point where it … Continue reading
Andrea Russett – Revolutionizing the Industry With the First Snapchat Movie Sickhouse
Andrea Russett Revolutionizing the Industry With the First Snapchat Movie Sickhouse by Abby Bekele Andrea Russett has mainly made waves with her millions of followers on YouTube, Instagram, Vine, Twitter and other social platforms. Now she is part of a revolutionary new experiment – Sickhouse – the first movie made specifically for social media. Russett … Continue reading
Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale – Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future
Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd and Bob Gale Gotta Get Back in Time to Back to the Future by Jay S. Jacobs As hard as it is to believe, the movie Back to the Future is now further in our collective rearview mirror than the Enchantment Under the Sea dance was to Marty … Continue reading
Jacob Whitesides – Lovesick and There Ain’t No Cure
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