Apropos of Nothing

There isn't a lot you can say about a movie like "The Hangover, Part II." On the one hand, there's no doubt in my mind th...

I would just like to note for the record that I do not plan to join the "eat only what you kill yourself" craze. However, I do pla...

"But grief is not the end of all. I seem to hear the funeral march become a paean. I see beyond the forest the moving banners of a hidd...

Many of the obituaries for Gil Scott-Heron that I’ve read this weekend refer to him as “the Godfather of Rap” or “the Godfather of Hip-Hop.”...

“When Pete Rose demolished Ray Fosse he was never the same” - The Baseball Project A play at the plate is one of the most exciting moments...

"Like A Rolling Stone," The Rolling Stones

"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," Bryan Ferry

So now I’m goin’ back again I got to get to her somehow All the people we used to know They’re an illusion to me now Some are mathematicians...

One of my favorite Dylan songs is the old folk song "Two Soldiers," which appeared on his 1993 solo acoustic album "World Gon...

Head on over here, to read Rolling Stone's coverage of Bob's 70th . In the most recent edition, RS unveils the top 70 Dylan songs, a...

Bob Dylan turns 70 on Tuesday, which means that it's time to celebrate. There's no disputing (in my mind, at least) that Elvis Presl...

OK, this one is not a flashback - so sue me. I've never done this before, but this week's #1 song is good enough that I think it mer...

I think the last time I went for a week without posting was our family vacation last June. The reason for the recent light (non-existent?) p...

When a band has been around for as long as Los Lobos has been around, it really doesn’t make a lot of sense to ask whether their new album i...

A week or so ago, I blasted the quality of American beer commercials, so it's only fair that I point out one that is great. It's fo...

For 20 years, the standard of bad sportsmanship in the NBA has been the behavior of the two-time defending champion Detroit Pistons in 1991,...