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“It was an unusual time in music when the-powers-that-be were very hands-off. They left the art to the artists.”
Read MoreHe knew what he wanted to do, he did it, and he took millions along for the ride.
Read More“The Whore From Ohio” is a provocative reminder that the same creature that is born to eat, drink, copulate, rot, and die is also a creature that dreams, tells stories, contemplates its own existence, and attends the theater.
Read MorePart of what made “The Dream Merchant” so compelling, and at times, harrowing, a read for me are its themes: love, loss, rags and riches, to be sure, but also the theme of aging, and associated loss of power and possibility.
Read MoreFor many boomers, the film will be a joyous invitation to wallow in déjà vu. For younger generations, it will shine a light on a time when musicians really thought music could change the world.
Read MoreDespite the influence and the respect Doc Pomus still has in the music community, his name is not as well known to the public as that of some of his contemporaries.
Read MoreAuthor Margo Livesey has pulled off a considerable literary trick: a page-turner that is also a moving, realistic, subtle, and eminently wise coming-of-age novel.
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I heartily recommend M.M. Blume’s excellent Fallout, which ably synthesizes large amounts of archival, historical, and biographical material from three continents.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreIt is most effective when it dwells on the sad influence of history, on personal tragedy, on the banality of evil and cruel indifference.
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Holiday Commentary: Making Room for the Stranger