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


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

PAX East 2020: Previews – ‘The Dungeon of Naheulbeuk’ and ‘Recompile’

There are a ton of amazing games both big and small at PAX East to check out, but sometimes games ju | Continue reading


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SXSW Music Festival 2020: R.I.P. (March 16–22)

I was oh-so-close to publishing my music festival preview for the 34th annual South by Sou | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Day 3 Experience

Around the third day of PAX East you can see the general fatigue starting to hit everyone, but it is | Continue reading


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Concert Review: Crypt Sessions – ‘Journeys’ with Diderot String Quartet, Harry Bicket, John Lenti (NYC, 6 March 2020)

If you want to be classically hip in New York City, or if the word underground means anything to you | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Music Reviews: A Final Word from Game Theory, Plus Matt Wilson, David Nail, Eliza Gilkyson, Lisa Mills

Game Theory’s eight original albums, which were reissued with bonus tracks between 2014 and 2017, le | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: The Indianapolis Quartet and Pianist Drew Petersen (NYC, 5 March 2020)

To this New Yorker, Indiana is one of those mysterious in-between places. You might fly over it, or | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Acer Predator After-Party, PreGamer and Acquisitions Incorporated

Every year at PAX East there are a number of events before the conference begins or after the expo h | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Day 2 Experience

The second day of PAX East is where the feeling of the show really comes together. The first day is | Continue reading


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PAX East 2020 – Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay Reveal

By far the biggest event for me at PAX East this year was a chance to be one of the first in the wor | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Seven Sins’ from Company XIV

Another season, a new ballet-burlesque extravaganza from Company XIV. Is there anything left to say | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

PAX East 2020 – Day 1 Experience

This year at PAX East was quite unusual as it coincided with the emerging spread of COVID-19 or the | Continue reading


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Lake Travis Film Festival: Take One

I was skeptical about attending a film festival in its first year. The first year of any complicated | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: ASPECT Chamber Music Series – ‘French Impressions’ (Debussy, Chausson) (27 February 2020)

As long as you don't try to take the analogy too far, comparing French Impressionist painting with t | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Movie/Music Reviews: Bob Dylan’s ‘Masked and Anonymous’ Arrives on Blu-ray, Plus Carla Olson

The film Masked and Anonymous—which first appeared in 2003 and has just been reissued on Blu-ray—boa | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

5th Circuit Slaps Down Contempt Order Against Federal Bureau of Prisons

A recent decision by a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit slapped down a federal district court in | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Why the Ordinary is Extraordinary

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Jazz Reviews: Albare, ‘Albare Plays Jobim’ and John Di Martino, ‘Passion Flower: The Music of Billy Strayhorn’

New releases from two very different jazz musicians show how paying tribute to one significant compo | Continue reading


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Movie Review: A Quietly Affecting ‘Carol of the Bells’

Joey Travolta's Carol of the Bells tells the touching story of a young man with a troubled past and | Continue reading


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Videogame Review: ‘Corruption 2029’

In this followup to Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, developer The Bearded Ladies delivers a solid ac | Continue reading


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Music Reviews: Sam Cooke – The Complete Keen Years, plus Michael Doucet, Michel Petrucciani, Chris Maxwell

From a career standpoint, Sam Cooke’s Keen Records period bears comparison to Elvis Presley’s days a | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

‘Hedwig’ Does Texas: ‘Angry Inch’ Stars Dish on the Show

It’s 7:00 on a Thursday evening at San Antonio’s Roxie Theatre, and Roy Thomas is getting ready to d | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: Mirror Visions Ensemble – ‘The Disappearing Art of Letter Writing’ (NYC, 17 Feb 2020)

Themed concerts are nothing new, but few musicians draw more depth from – or have more fun with – gr | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: Mirror Visions Ensemble – ‘The Disappearing Art of Letter Writing’ (NYC, 17 Feb 2020)

Themed concerts are nothing new, but few musicians draw more depth from – or have more fun with – gr | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Movie Review: ‘The Call of the Wild’ – Harrison Ford at His Best

The film The Call of the Wild, directed by Chris Sanders, is an adaptation of Jack Lo | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Movie Review: ‘The Call of the Wild’ – Harrison Ford at His Best

The film The Call of the Wild, directed by Chris Sanders, is an adaptation of Jack Lo | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Morrissey and Bauhaus Top LA’s Cruel World Festival Debut Line-Up

GoldenVoice presents Cruel World, a one-day music festival taking place on the Grounds at Dignity He | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Morrissey and Bauhaus Top LA’s Cruel World Festival Debut Line-Up

GoldenVoice presents Cruel World, a one-day music festival taking place on the Grounds at Dignity He | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

World Premieres and Notable Speakers Highlight SXSW 2020

The film and entertainment tracks at this year's SXSW conference will present 99 world premiere feat | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

World Premieres and Notable Speakers Highlight SXSW 2020

The film and entertainment tracks at this year's SXSW conference will present 99 world premiere feat | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

The Internet Is Forever, but We Are Going to Fade Away Anyway

It seems even robots like selfies. The internet is forever, but we are going to fade away anyway. Th | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

The Internet Is Forever, but We Are Going to Fade Away Anyway

It seems even robots like selfies. The internet is forever, but we are going to fade away anyway. Th | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Music Reviews: Various Artists – ‘Echo in the Canyon’, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles

What would happen if many of the country’s leading musicians, singers, and songwriters lived within | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Music Reviews: Various Artists – ‘Echo in the Canyon’, plus the Claudettes, David Childers, Hot Club of Los Angeles

What would happen if many of the country’s leading musicians, singers, and songwriters lived within | Continue reading


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Theatre Review (Washington, DC): ‘Silent Sky’ at Ford’s Theatre

I first heard about the | Continue reading


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Theatre Review (Washington, DC): ‘Silent Sky’ at Ford’s Theatre

I first heard about the | Continue reading


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Music Review: Sløtface – ‘Sorry For The Late Reply’

Sorry For The Late Reply, on Propeller Recordings, is the latest release from Norwegian punk band Sl | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Music Review: Sløtface – ‘Sorry For The Late Reply’

Sorry For The Late Reply, on Propeller Recordings, is the latest release from Norwegian punk band Sl | Continue reading


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Concert Review: Cellist Jakob Kullberg (Brooklyn, 2 February 2020)

Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg performed an interesting, at times moving, and thoroughly eclectic con | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: Cellist Jakob Kullberg (Brooklyn, 2 February 2020)

Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg performed an interesting, at times moving, and thoroughly eclectic con | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Theater Review (NYC): ‘Brecht: Call and Respond’

Brecht: Call and Respond from New Light Theater Project opens with almost excruciating tension. This | Continue reading


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Book Review: ‘Obsidian’ by Thomas King

In Obsidian, from Harper Collins books, Thomas King returns readers to the ongoing story of Thumps D | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: New York Philharmonic – Lunar New Year Celebration

The New York Philharmonic's 2020 Lunar New Year concert wasn't an all-Chinese affair. But it provide | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Charlie Doherty’s Top 50 Tunes of 2019

As a music connoisseur who hears or reads about new releases on an almost daily basis, I can honestl | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Film Review: ‘Goalie’ Is a Different Kind of Sports Biopic

Terry Sawchuk was a Canadian-born champion goalie who played in the National Hockey League from 1949 | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Music Reviews: Marty Stuart – ‘The Pilgrim,’ Plus Sweet Lizzy Project, Phast Phreddie, Grant Peeples

“In the same way the Bible is divided into the Old and New Testaments, Marty Stuart’s musical career | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Visiting the Freud Museum in London

The Freud Museum is tucked away in North London, just steps away from Finchley Road station. Stroll | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago

Concert Review: Pianist Lucas Debargue Plays Scarlatti, Ravel, Medtner, Liszt (Brooklyn, 22 Jan 2020)

I became aware of pianist Lucas Debargue recently through his 2019 album of music by Domenico Scarla | Continue reading


@blogcritics.org | 4 years ago