Monday, February 15 2010
Verse-Chorus-Verse: Issac Hayes and Public Enemy
Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.
Monday, May 11 2009
Various Artists: The Soul of Hip-Hop
Classic Stax hits aside, collections like this can spoil a specific experience that most hip-hop heads treasure.
Monday, April 13 2009
Various Artists: Protected Massive Samples
Massive Attack is opened up, and its insides are revealed to be made of muzak and precious stones.
Tuesday, March 24 2009
Part 2: The Virgin Suicides to The Blair Witch Project (May - August 1999)
In Part Two of our look at the most memorable films of 1999, we experience music, foul-mouthed mayhem, and a late, great auteur's final cinematic statement.
Friday, March 20 2009
Isaac Hayes: Black Moses / Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
Stax reissues an odd couple of solo albums by its multi-instrumental songwriting genius: the great 1971 double-LP Black Moses and the late-period misstep Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak).
Monday, January 12 2009
Back to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008
The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time.
Friday, November 7 2008
Soul Men
While it's surely moving to see the closing credits tribute to the much-missed Bernie Mac, the route to that end is slow going.
Thursday, September 11 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008
Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.
