by James Cassara As fall beckons we are greeted with a number of new and interesting releases. Don’t forget that given two stars or five, everything covered here offers something for someone. Be sure to continue supporting our fine, locally-owned record stores, letting them know with your dollars how gladContinue Reading
Arbitrage **** Short Take: Tense, well made character study of a charming but duplicitous financier whose perfect life suddenly spins out of control. Reel Take: Time was when a new film by Richard Gere would have garnered a major release by a major studio and been surrounded lots of publicity.Continue Reading
Chip Kaufmann’s Pick: Blood & Wine (1996) Seeing the new Richard Gere movie Arbitrage (reviewed in this issue) brought back memories of this 1996 modern noir that features Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine and a young Jennifer Lopez. Nicholson plays a successful wine merchant whose life suddenly spins out of hisContinue Reading
Zombie Pub Crawl Zombie Pub Crawl and Pre-Party starts at ZaPow Gallery on Sunday, October 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. This party is all ages. Face painting, palm reading, live music, art viewing, zombie makeup, a raffle, and as much fun as we can fit into that space.Continue Reading
by James Cassara Although largely forgotten by today’s audiences there was a time when no one better epitomized the synthesizer driven production sounds of the 1980’s better than did Thomas Dolby. While he had only a few hits Dolby became one of the most recognizable figures of the synth popContinue Reading
by Eddie LeShure “Jazz was always around my life, along with classic rock and Broadway influences, which is why I’m basically a belter. The problem, for years, was I became so focused on singing correctly and emotionally, it was more of a release than art! I only attempted jazz laterContinue Reading
by Max Hammonds, MD “Yeah, I snore a lot. Champion snorer in my family. So what’s the big deal?” Apnea means “without breath.” If apnea continues for four minutes, you will die. It’s a big deal. If apnea occurs while you are sleeping, you will not know it. Fortunately, yourContinue Reading
by Peter Loewer It was about 11 in the morning when the Breadman came into the general store and tripping over the Shoe-man—who had spread his catalogs with abandon over all the newspapers—dropped an armload of thin-sliced bread and six packs of Twinkies at the feet of the notions salesman.Continue Reading
Reincarnation & the Purpose of Our Lives, written by Karen Berg review by Marcianne Miller I was walking down a street in Los Angeles, thinking about nothing but the beautiful weather. All of a sudden, I heard a voice speak to me. I have no idea where it came from,Continue Reading
