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Corinna Hasofferett (“hasofferett” means “woman writer” in Hebrew) is a fascinating, thoughtful, even playful Israeli writer of Hebrew literary fiction and nonfiction. Born in Romania, she has lived through more than most of us can even imagine, yet her humanity seems untarnished. Her work is translated on her site into …

Bill Sherman has a loving review of Love and Rockets #6 comic here. It’s such a good review even I am interested, and I haven’t read a comic in about 25 years. Coincidentally (or not), the Comics Journal has an audio interview with L&R author Jaime Hernandez here, described thusly …

One of the reasons there wasn’t open rebellion against the music industry and its price gouging ($15-$20 for a new CD using a process that costs LESS than vinyl to manufacture) until MP3s and P2P came along is that there was always the alternate outlet of used records and CDs …

I didn’t post all weekend because a) I am trying to cut down on my site-management addiction, and, primarily for financial reasons, b) I had my first mobile DJ job in some time on Saturday night – a holiday party on the 21st floor in downtown Cleveland for a bunch …

Music is virtually universal in human society: it serves many crucial social, cultural, and emotional purposes, it even has its own place in the brain. Researchers at Dartmouth have mapped the area: The study by Petr Janata, Research Assistant Professor at Dartmouth’s Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and his colleagues is …

The segregationist senator would do well to listen to the new Freedom: Songs From the Heart of America collection to understand the full implications of his philosophy.

This week when I saw the cover to Love and Rockets, vol. 2, #6 (Fantagraphics) on the racks of our local comics shoppe I immediately felt a fannish glow. Most of us have artists or musicians who do this to us: just the sight of fresh work by ’em lifts …

Koch will release Songs From the Material World: A Tribute to George Harrison in February, which will include contributions from former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman, the late Who bassist John Entwistle, Todd Rundgren, the Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, the Kinks’ Dave Davies, and former members of the MC5 and the …

A REALLY avid American Harry Potter fan bid $45 large for a handwritten card from J.K. Rowling which reveals answers to the forthcoming book number five: The unidentified buyer made the winning bid Thursday for the card, handwritten by author J.K. Rowling as a charity fund-raiser. The money will be …

As she would have been even if she shouldn't have been. What are they going to do, dump their biggest star and the symbol of the show?