Fastball – City Winery – Philadelphia, PA – April 19, 2024 30 Years of Fastball were condensed into one action-packed night at the Philly City Winery, previewing the upcoming album Sonic Ranch and tapping their substantial songbook for an evening of terrific power pop-rock. The band, formed in the early 1990s in Austin, Texas and … Continue reading
On Top of the Wizard World by Jay S. Jacobs Such a feeling is coming over us. There is wonder in most everything we see. The reason is clear, it’s because Wizard World is back. Philly’s baby sister to San Diego and New York’s huge corporate Comic-Cons, Wizard World Philadelphia is a more intimate and … Continue reading
Steve Miller Band & Peter Frampton – The Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – June 27, 2017 Taking it back to the 1970’s, The Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton took the stage the other night at The Mann Center in Philadelphia. The packed show had people waiting outside all day … 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
Batman: The Brave and the Bold Season One, Part One (Warner Brothers Home Video-2010) Very few fictional characters have had the long and constant run that Batman has. Ever since his creation in 1939 by comic artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, the caped crusader has been the subject of comic books, movies, serials, live-action … Continue reading
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Eric Roberts, Monique Curnen, Anthony Michael Hall, Michael Jai White, Nestor Carbonell, Cillian Murphy, William Fichtner, Edison Chen, Patrick Leahy, Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister and Nicky Katt. Screenplay by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan. Directed by Christopher … Continue reading
k.d. lang – Drag (Warner Bros.) k.d. lang’s new all-covers album springs from an admittedly slightly obscure premise – it is made up of songs that equate the act of smoking with a burning passion. This passion manifests itself in many different directions ranging from the passionate sorrow of “My Last Cigarette” to a completely uncampy survey … Continue reading
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