Cee Lo Green – Universal Citywalk – Universal City, CA – July 8, 2011 Photos courtesy of LBi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
JIG (2011) Featuring Brogan McCay, Julia O’Rourke, Joe Bitter, John Whitehurst, Claire Greaney, Simona Mauriello, Suzanne Coyle, Sandun Verschoor, John Carey and Ana Kondratyeva. Directed by Sue Bourne. Distributed by Screen Media Films. 93 minutes. Rated PG. Irish step dancing does not seem like it would be the most popular activity in the world. In … Continue reading
Ben Stiller, Richard Ayoade and Alex Turner All Live on a Celluloid Submarine by Jay S. Jacobs Originally posted on June 1, 2011. Ben Stiller is known for being in blockbuster films, but lately he has been exploring some smaller films. After last year’s terrific performance in Greenberg, Stiller is completely behind the scenes in … Continue reading
RIDE, RISE, ROAR: DAVID BYRNE – A LIVE CONCERT FILM (2011) Starring David Byrne, Mark Degli Antoni, Paul Frazier, Mauro Refosco, Graham Hawthorne, Lily Baldwin, Natalie Kuhn, Steven Reker, Kaissa, RedRay Frazier, Jenni Muldaur, Noemie Lafrance, Annie-B Parson, Sonya Robbins and Layla Childs. Directed by David Hillman Curtis. Distributed by Eagle Rock Entertainment. 87 minutes. … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – May 4, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
CAKE Brand New from the Showroom By Jay S. Jacobs Oh, the crazy life of a rock star. The wild parties, the girls, the screaming fans, the drugs, the hotels, the groveling sycophants, the long days on the road… It is all enough to go to a guy’s head. But not if that head is … Continue reading
James Blunt and Christina Perri – The Tower Theatre – Upper Darby, PA – April 23, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Wendell Pierce Doing God’s Will in New Orleans by Jay S. Jacobs Sometimes life can be going so well and suddenly almost everything you have ever known is completely torn apart. Take Wendell Pierce. He had long toiled to become a respected actor, appearing in films such as Waiting to Exhale, Sleepers, Get on the Bus, … Continue reading
CAKE – The Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA – April 18, 2011 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2011. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Mix Master Mike Riding the Wheelz of Steel with the Beasties and Travis By Jay S. Jacobs It’s not the background you’d expect from a DJ. Mix Master Mike (born Michael Schwartz) was a half-German Jewish, half-Filipino kid from San Fran when he broke out in the world of DJ battles. However, even as a little boy, Michael Schwartz was … Continue reading
