Not many musicians can claim the vitality and staying power that Bob Bogle and his band The Ventures have enjoyed. Steve Stav recalls the highlights of the man and his career.
After a week of YouTube mania, Steve Stav assesses the far-reaching ramifications of the Susan Boyle phenomenon in his essay on the Scottish singer.
In which Kevin Johanssen punks a famous independent actor/director/composer/supermodel. Warning: contains profanity. And Vincent Gallo.
Carl F Gauze rounds up the best of those who left us last year. If there's a more perfect number than nineteen, we've yet to find it!
Are you tired of detective shows where the lead is a mess of addictions, neuroses, and failed relationships? If so, Joe Frietze recommends this trio of British mysteries with a different spin on the genre. Check out The Last Detective, DNA, and Midsomer Murders.
He declared "I'm A Man" and by damn, he was. Bo Diddley passes away at the age of 79, and James Mann takes a look at the man and the beat.
Don't you dare close the book on 2007 yet! Carl F Gauze reviews the Top 19 celebrity deaths of the year that was, and you're not likely to see these folks in soft-focus pinups in People Magazne.
Trying to put the sprawling creative mess that is Jamaican music into order is a daunting task... until you realize that a lot of it sprang from Studio One. Scott Adams recaps several reissues from C.S. "Coxsone" Dodd's pivotal recording studio.