Some of Karling's songs really sound like they could have been written in the 1920's.
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Theater Review (NYC): Lovesong of the Electric Bear
A highly intelligent, half-fantastical trip through the life of Alan Turing, the father of artificial intelligence.
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Walt Whitman said it would be "utterly forgotten," and it pretty much was.
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This tale of violence and a church cover-up offers a disturbing glimpse into the worst depths of human possibility.
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Good feelings all around—that's the spirit of this uneven but overall quite worthwhile disc.
Read More »Book Review: Neil Young: Long May You Run by Daniel Durchhortz and Gary Graff
No book can convey the sounds that made Neil Young an icon, but this one does an excellent job of documenting his career visually.
Read More »RIP Ford Crown Victoria
It seems only yesterday the last Checker Cab retired. Now the Crown Victoria is headed for the same graveyard.
Read More »The Driving Dutchman
The new license plates bring us back to the 1960s and '70s of my youth, and the 1630s and '40s of New York City's.
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An old landfill leaches vintage 1950s bottles onto the bone-studded beach.
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This original vampire tale only partly realizes its potential.
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