Jim Sturgess Bets on 21 to Transform His Acting Career by Brad Balfour Based on Ben Mezrich’s non-fiction book Bringing Down the House – about MIT master math student Jeff Ma and his blackjack team – 21 details the story of Ben Campbell and his card-counting crew that ravages Las Vegas casinos for little over a year (making oodles … Continue reading
Ingrid Michaelson The Way She Is by Jay S. Jacobs It used to be in order to get your songs heard; you had to hope that somehow radio would catch on to you (often through payola). The whole business has changed, though, and Ingrid Michaelson is riding the wave of the new world order of … Continue reading
I Nine – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – March 18, 2008 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2008. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Finger Eleven We’ve Been Struck by Them by Jay S. Jacobs Patience is not always a trait that one thinks of in the kill-or-be-killed world of popular music. Yet, Finger Eleven’s whole career has been a tribute to diligence and allowing talent to grow. The band comes out of the Canadian suburbs in the late … Continue reading
Steven Strait An Actor Travels to Civilization in 10,000 BC by Brad Balfour No one ever expected a special-effects laden epic conceived and crafted by producer/director Roland Emmerich to be concerned about gaps in logic or story structure. So it goes with the German-born impressario’s latest faux-legend, the prehistoric 10,000 BC. From his civilization-destroying tentpole pictures … Continue reading
MEAT LOAF: IN SEARCH OF PARADISE (2008) Featuring Marvin Lee “Meat Loaf” Aday, Kasim Sulton, John Miceli, Mark Alexander, Paul Crook, Randy Flowers, Carolyn “CC” Coletti, Aspen Miller, David Luther, Bill Barclay, William “Randy” Brown, Wayne “Wayno” Bukovinsky, Grady Champion, Tim “TC” Coakley, Don “Donny” Gordon, Cheryl Hall, Joe Lenane, Pamala Lewis, Joe Libretti, Eric … Continue reading
I Nine Seven Days of Stardom by Jay S. Jacobs Imagine you’ve got a new band. You have carved out quite a reputation as a live act in the south; however, you still have not done any recording. Suddenly you get a call from a world-famous music-journalist-turned-filmmaker who wants you to sing a song for his … Continue reading
Ingrid Michaelson – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – February 23, 2008 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2008. All rights reserved. Continue reading
Anne Murray The Voice, the Songs—and That Sad, Old Wintry Feeling by Mark Mussari Anne Murray keeps making the same mistake. She thinks her recording career is over. She thinks the awards are long gone. She thinks the charts are out of reach. Fortunately for all of us, she’s wrong on all counts. Murray is … Continue reading
Mutlu & Sharon Little – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – February 8, 2008 Photos by Jim Rinaldi © 2008. All rights reserved. Continue reading
