Driving Music

Driving Music

It may be The Artist taking home all the awards but it seems Ryan Gosling is equally as deserving for his role as the strong silent type in the film Drive. What he is able to do as the dangerous loner with so few words is pretty impressive. The movie is light on dialogue...

Goin’ Back to Graceland

Goin’ Back to Graceland

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of his landmark recording Graceland, Paul Simon returned to South Africa with award winning filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) to document his findings through the lens of time. The resulting documentary Under African Skies which recently screened at Sundance to a standing o, looks at the...

Grammy Coverage

Grammy Coverage

What does it say about the Grammys when a two minute commercial spot garners more attention than the actual awards ceremony, or is it lack-of-awards ceremony? Sure there were some hight points. It was great seeing The Beach Boys out there as well as Bruce, Joe Walsh and of course, Sir Paul. Jennifer Hudson’s...

So Emotional

So Emotional

What is there to say about Whitney Houston?? Other than…how sad! She was such a huge talent and it wasn’t that long ago that she ruled the music business and seemed untouchable. But her demons won out and got the best of her. Here she is at the top of her game and how...

Peace, Love and Soouuuuuul…..

Peace, Love and Soouuuuuul…..

For those of us hanging out in front of the TV during the weekends of the 70’s (which was pretty much everyone), Don Cornelius was a household name and his trailblazing Soul Train was truly “the hippest ride in America.” We had it pretty good with shows like American Bandstand and Don Kirshner’s Rock...

Turn on the Power

Turn on the Power

If you’ve been following along with Oprah’s Master Class assignment as instructed, then you’re down with the whole Morgan Freeman story. If not, you missed out on a deep session highlighting an amazing career that didn’t kick into high gear until he got the job Driving Miss Daisy at the age of 50. He’s...