Tuesday, July 19 2011
Talking About My Generation, ‘Mad Men’ Style
Getting older during the '60s was a cruel fate: it was unfair; it was depressing. But, in some respects, it was a party compared to getting older these days.
Tuesday, January 13 2009
Off the Radar - The Top 30 DVDs of 2008
Oddly enough, while the major studios continue scratching their heads over how to sell yet another new format (Blu-ray) to disinterested consumers, several outside distributors made sure that this would be a digital year to remember.
Tuesday, December 9 2008
In Praise of Older Women: The Best Records of 2008 by Women 45 Years Old and Over
The old music-industry adage is that if a woman doesn't have a hit by the time she's 22 years old, she should probably look for another career. That's obviously a load of blarney.
Tuesday, November 11 2008
On new album, folk legend Joan Baez revisits the life-affirming balladry of her debut
Tuesday, October 28 2008
Slacker Uprising
With substandard picture quality and a lack of true eye-opening material, this will be regarded as a minor work in an otherwise impressive film canon.
Friday, October 28 2005
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
Martin Scorsese's film is about Dylan's early life among the Mister Joneses of his era, ahead of rock and roll's learning curve and suffering the judgments of the slower kids in his class.
