Apropos of Nothing

Was the world really clamoring for a 3-D version of "A Christmas Carol?"

Another great song from an album that didn't quite crack the Top 25 - "Crazy," by Gnarls Barkley. In my family we call this o...

Top 25 of the 2000s, #18 - "Is This It," The Strokes “Great groove band, end of story--I wish. True grooves extend toward infinity...

...that I attended my first Bruce Springsteen concert , in Oakland.

I admit it - when I was growing up, I consistently rooted against Muhammad Ali. I think it was because I was a huge Joe Frazier fan. Even ...

Special Stuff Running 'Round My Head correspondent Craig K. reports from his first visit to Cowboys Stadium: 1. I don’t think I have e...

It’s stating the obvious to say that Mickey Rourke is the only actor working today who could have starred in “The Wrestler.” The parallels ...

"The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it. I always knew you had to be wil...

Sometimes with music, timing is everything. And in the summer of 1974, I was ready to have my musical horizons broadened. Up until that poin...

When college football writers characterize a loss by USC to another Pac-10 team as a "mystifying loss." It's there again, in A...

This is one of those "perfect pop songs" that always brightens my day when I hear it on the radio. Which is the only place I hear...

I'm going to try and feature some of my favorite songs from the past decade that are on albums that won't make the Top 25 list. Kic...

"Dancers are the athletes of God." - Albert Einstein Last night we saw the first show of what, if memory serves, is the 22nd yea...

Any kid who grew up in Northern California in the late 1960s is going to remember the Zodiac killings. I was one of those kids, and can att...

I've put my finger on what I can't stand about the current Monday Night Football announcing crew. THEY ARE ALWAYS YELLING! I can und...

One of the things I’ve most enjoyed about compiling this list has been the opportunity to go back and refresh my memory about albums that ha...