Way back in the summer of 2000, I heard advance word of a new Yo La Tengo album and I was worried.  I should have been excited that one o...

By this point in his career, Luis Buñuel had earned the license to range far and wide in his films and basically do whatever he wanted. So...

Dusty is the single greatest female singer to have ever emerged from the UK, and is also the greatest white soul singer to ever walk on t...

"God appears in many forms to those who believe in Him.  Thousands of Negros in the Deep South visualize God and Heaven in terms of...

Bob Marley is a complicated figure. For millions of people who experienced him and his powerful, uplifting music during his lifetime he rem...

After the in-store at Twist & Shout, Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses greeted another packed house at the Ogden where their performance ...

When one of my employees came in and said “There’s a bunch of cars in the lot with Wyoming license plates” I knew something was up. Usually ...

There are very few bands that have such a history at Twist and Shout. We have literally been with them since day one. And what an exhilarati...

RYAN BINGHAM LIVE AT TWIST AND SHOUT TODAY 4PM!!! If you haven’t heard him, you’re missing one of the most compelling, honest, and driving ...

I have been recommending this film to Bjork fans for well over a decade now.  This film was made in 1990, but I did not discover it un...

I don’t know about you but I greatly cherish my days off. Not only for the respite from the grind, but also because it allows me prolonged e...

Here’s a little-known geo-cultural fact for you:  Over the past twenty or so years, perhaps the principal export from the nation is Israel ...

Bobby himself mentioned how cold it was in Colorado from the stage several times. In spite of that fact about forty warm souls braved the c...

I probably shouldn’t admit that my favorite Michelangelo Antonioni film is Zabriskie Point , lest somebody revoke my film snob card. I’...

“Hiya Barbie Hi Ken! You wanna go for a ride? Sure, Ken! Jump in!” Aqua's Aquarium is, for many, one of the defining albums o...

It is tempting to base a review of the stunning new Wanda Jackson album The Party Ain’t Over entirely on its producer and guiding spirit Ja...

Heaven Help Us seemed to slip by relatively unnoticed amongst the other hit movies of 1985 ( Goonies , Back To the Future , Breakfast ...

For the last five years or so, my wife and I have stayed in on New Year’s Eve. But not this year. To celebrate what we hope will be an impor...