Contemplations on Classic Movies and Essential Music

  I generally don't opine here about current or recent films, mainly because I believe a movie needs to resonate with multiple generatio...

Isn ’ t it romantic?  Music in the night, a dream that can be heard.  Isn ’ t it romantic?  Moving shadows write the oldest magic word. I n ...

"He treats me like a woman." "He does, does he? How did I treat you, like a water buffalo?" Released in January of 1940,...

Jackie Brenston / Ike Turner handbill, April 1951.   The pivotal rhythm & blues hit  "Rocket 88" was recorded and released in...

You don't have it? That is perverse, don't tell anybody you don't own f***ing  Blonde on Blonde ! —Barry Judd, High Fidelity Par...

  Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing,...