Music Review: ‘The Wake World,’ Award-Winning Opera by David Hertzberg

Opera Philadelphia premiered David Hertzberg's stunning new opera The Wake World in 2017. Based on a | Continue reading


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Poetry Review: ‘Precision’ by Laurie Duesing

Ode to Self: a study in Detachment and Self-Distancing Precision, a poem by Laurie Duesing, is a stu | Continue reading


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State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part III

Continued from Part II I The most immediate consequence of the populist movement afoot, propelled as | Continue reading


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Book Review: ‘Fortitude’ by Dan Crenshaw

The world has been full of challenges from the beginning of the human experience. America has a hist | Continue reading


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Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Banksy Most Wanted’

Can artists exploit those who would prey upon them? Graffiti artist, political activist and filmmake | Continue reading


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Exclusive Interview: Legendary Exploitation Film Producer Sam Sherman

Sam Sherman is an independent producer and distributor of drive-in films from the ‘60s to the '80s. | Continue reading


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Coronavirus – Can Schools Ever Be the Same?

The coronavirus pandemic and the shutdowns caused by it have affected people all over the world | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Lucinda Williams, Mark Olson & Ingunn Ringvold, and an Alan Lomax Anthology

When Lucinda Williams began her career four decades ago with a pair of albums on the Smithsonian Fol | Continue reading


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State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part II

Continued from Part I I What was it about the immigration issue that had so energized the voting pub | Continue reading


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Book Review: ‘Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa

Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa, published by Harper Collins, is a searing, heart rending, a | Continue reading


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Song Premiere: Elisa Peimer – ‘I’m Gonna Start’

Acclaimed pop-folk singer-songwriter Elisa Peimer returns May 1 with Navigator, her first new releas | Continue reading


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Comic Review: ‘Department of Mind-Blowing Theories’ by Tom Gauld from Drawn+Quarterly

Department of Mind-Blowing Theories by Tom Gauld published by Drawn+Quarterly is a chuckle-with-tong | Continue reading


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Game Review: ‘Password’ from Endless Games

Password from Endless Games brings the classic word-association gameshow to the table at home for th | Continue reading


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State of the Union Circa 2020 – Part 1

I It would be a mistake trying to make sense of the Trump era in terms of the personality or antics | Continue reading


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Album Reviews: Special Consensus, John Stewart, the Nighthawks

Special Consensus, Chicago Barn Dance. Chicago probably isn’t the first city you’d associate with bl | Continue reading


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NAB 2020: Broadcast Industry Show Bounces Back, Online

At this point in a normal year, the National Association of Broadcasters Show (The NAB Show) would b | Continue reading


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Exclusive Interview: Filmmakers Gui Agustini and Wendy White on ‘Roses are Blind’ [Part 2]

Continued from Part 1 In this second part of our interview about Roses are Blind, Gui Agustini and W | Continue reading


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Exclusive Interview: Filmmakers Gui Agustini and Wendy White on ‘Roses are Blind’ [Part 1]

This year, I had the pleasure of checking out a suspenseful short film called Roses are Blind. Unfor | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Kim Richey – ‘A Long Way Back: The Songs of Glimmer’ and Jim Lauderdale, ‘When Carolina Comes Home Again’

A recasting of Kim Richey's breakthrough album and a fresh but nostalgic release from Jim Lauderdale | Continue reading


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Party Game Review: ‘Mafia: Death & Deception’ from Bullet Hole Games

Mafia: Death & Deception from Bullet Hole Games adds whole new dimensions to the classic identit | Continue reading


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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Umma’s Table’ by Yeon-Sik Hong from Drawn+Quarterly

Umma’s Table by Yeon-Sik Hong and released in English by Drawn+Quarterly tells a poignant tale all t | Continue reading


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Coronavirus – The Walking Dread

The coronavirus has impacted millions of people all over the world. With businesses, retail, an | Continue reading


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TCM Classic Film Festival 2020 Special Home Edition Preview

If not for the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the world, the TCM Classic Film Festival would have | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Whitney Rose Triumphs, Plus Willie Nile, Pharis & Jason Romero, America

You won’t hear a single misstep on We Still Go to Rodeos, the latest charmer from Whitney Rose, whic | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Film Review – ‘The Mojo Manifesto’: Punk Country Crooning

Many events, like the SXSW Conferences, have been canceled this year because of the Coronavirus. Can | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Film Review – ‘Laurel Canyon: A Place in Time’

There are certain places, like Paris in the 1930s or Italy during the Renaissance, where just the ri | Continue reading


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Music Review: Cappella Romana – ‘The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia’ (CD + Blu-ray)

For 1,500 years Hagia Sophia has stood in the heart of the city once known as Constantinople, today' | Continue reading


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Music Review: Sarah Siskind, ‘Modern Appalachia’

If | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: The Animals’ Second Act, Plus New Gordon Lightfoot

Like such artists as the Bee Gees and Fleetwood Mac, the Animals had more than one distinct incarnat | Continue reading


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Coronavirus – The Agony and Ecstasy of Everyone Being Home

In the past when asked about what I wished for in my life, I would always say “Spend more time with | Continue reading


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Film Review: ‘Same Boat’: ‘Terminator’ Meets ‘The Love Boat’ in Time-Travel Rom-Com

If I could time travel, I’d arrange to have Austin’s annual SXSW Conferences start a month earlier t | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: ‘My Darling Vivian’: The First Mrs. Johnny Cash

SXSW began as a music festival and the films (and the ED, MED, Games, et al.) came later. One of the | Continue reading


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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft on New Album ‘Incantation’

With his sophomore album Incantation just out, French violinist Virgil Boutellis-Taft was set to bri | Continue reading


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Song Premiere: Cowboy Mouth – ‘Kiss the Baby’

Cowboy Mouth releases their new EP Open Wide on March 27. It's a high-energy grab-bag of funk-rock, | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Film Review – ‘Tomboy’ Spotlights Four Female Drummers

Lindsay Lindenbaum's Tomboy takes an earnest look at an unrecognized segment of the music scene: fem | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Rod Stewart, Ben Bostick, and a ‘Proto-Psychedelic’ Anthology

Classical Treatment for Rod Stewart’s Classics Rod Stewart now has something in common with Roy Orbi | Continue reading


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Music Review: Kate Mills – ‘Each Bittersweet Drop’

There's a catch in Kate Mills' voice in the very first line she sings on her new album Each Bittersw | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Short Film Review – ‘Run On’ Brings the Angst in Just 12 Minutes

When people think about movies, they tend to think about features. Those are the 80- to 120-minute o | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Film Review – ‘We Don’t Deserve Dogs’

Matthew Salleh and Rose Tucker's new documentary, We Don't Deserve Dogs, opens by introducing us to | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Steve Goodman, David Bromberg, Western Centuries, Rory Block

Steve Goodman Before the Fame Steve Goodman, who died from leukemia in 1984 at age 36, has now been | Continue reading


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Virtual SXSW: Film Review – ‘Drunk Bus’

One of the many casualties of this year's canceled SXSW Festival is Drunk Bus, the feature debut fro | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – ‘Trials of Mana’ Preview

The Mana series from Square Enix is a beloved part of their catalog of role playing games. Many game | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Bethesda Game Days

For the third year running Bethesda hosted a two-day event running from 1-9PM on Friday and Saturday | Continue reading


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Introducing the Real Mrs. Maisel

By Stephen Clarke. Published by special arrangement with Blogcritics. “Have you seen that TV show, T | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – ‘Curse of the Dead Gods’ Videogame Preview

I have said this many times but one of the best features of PAX East is the depth and breadth of gam | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – ‘KAPOW!’ Boardgame Review

I take a lot of time to wander various areas of PAX East and found myself at the White Wizard Games | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Day 4 Experience

On this final day of PAX East there is a much different vibe, almost frantic, as fans and exhibitors | Continue reading


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Coronavirus – An Abundance of Caution

Hiding in my room, safe within my womb.I touch no one and no one touches me. I am a rock,I am an isl | Continue reading


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