Sometime in the mid-70’s I was watching TV with my father when we stumbled across a documentary on PBS about a strange and little know...

“I can’t see him. All I can see is the flags.” – Mrs. Emily Collingwood         John Ford is without a doubt, one of the most well-r...

            Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of the unsung greats of reggae. Maybe he’s not as well known these days because he veers further ...

In many ways Angel Heart is two different movies. On the one hand it is homage to the 1940’s noir detective genre. In this one Mickey...

As the owner of a record store I spend a lot of time thinking about genres of music. What is this? Where should we file it? Why? What ...

“Just look like we are a married couple, *spanning time*!” Vincent Gallo’s debut feature length film is a beautiful yet twisted lo...

Stan Getz – best known as America’s tenor sax master of the Bossa Nova – here creates a different kind of Latin fusion that’s light on...

The best thing about the 1995 version of Persuasion is the ending, the last two shots. Together they last barely a second, but they form ...

In 1986 when The Good Earth came out, the smoldering wreckage of disco, new wave and punk lay on the sonic shoreline like so much tsu...

In general I have avoided too much Jerry-ana. I loved Jerry's singing and playing, and found him an endlessly compelling thinker and...

In the opening scene of this film, set at a hospital in the University of Zurich, two policemen are lead by employees of the hospital ...

Maybe you know the good Captain’s music, maybe not. There probably ought to be two separate reviews for those who do and those who don’t,...

"Don't Call Me Stupid!" As the credits for A Fish Called Wanda begin and we realize that John Cleese and Charles Cr...

In the world of music appreciation there is the silly, pointless and irresistible game of: “who is best?” If you are a lover of an instrume...

“I’ve decided to stop pitying myself. Other than my eye, two things aren’t paralyzed. My imagination and my memory. They’re the only t...

Back in 1994 when this was released, I was just stumbling into learning about Brazilian music and came to this album via its New York ...