Coming October 29 from Universal Pictures is Taylor Hackford’s highly anticipated biopic on the life of Ray Charles, Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as the legend. Check out a touching, exciting trailer for the film here or here. Jamie Foxx would appear to give a remarkable performance. The soundtrack to the …

I am always very happy to have the considered opinions of our crack staff after the debate (or speech, or other major event) is over, but I would also very much like to see real-time thoughts as the debate occurs – some live blogging as it were. And since we …

A couple of days ago I was in the car and did something I rarely do anymore – flip through the radio dial just to see what was on – and as I hit a Top 40 station the DJ announced the new Eminem, so I stuck around to hear …

I don’t know where I’ve been, but I just ran into Boudreaux’s Butt Paste for the first time. I have no idea how effective it is, but if amusement can heal, then it’s the AMA in a jar (or tube). The website seems quite keen on letting us know that …

This is funny but the point is serious: With just three weeks to go until Election Day, the Federal Election Commission stunned the political world today by announcing that the election would be cancelled and that a focus group of nine voters in Ohio would pick the nation’s next president …

We mentioned the “Ridden Driven” photographic tribute to dancehall reggae at the Eyejammie Gallery in NYC back in September. Now there is a fine review of the show up on New York Art World.com: Another photograph by Ajamu Myrie of a performance by the musical group, Elephant Man, in New …

All Blogcritics, regardless of political affiliation, should be proud of the job Al Barger is doing running a near-vertically uphill campaign for the U.S. Senate as the Libertarian candidate from Indiana. You don’t have to agree with a single one of his policy positions to see that he is doing …

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Last week HeadCount auctioned off a Jerry Garcia print in the first of a weekly auction series to help raise money for their get-out-the-vote effort. This week’s item is an autographed version of the HeadCount limited edition print signed by all the members of Phish, The Dead and Dave Matthews …

In a story of international intrigue, the FBI confiscated hard drives from a pair of servers in England hosting Indymedia (the self-described “democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of truth”) websites, owned by the Texas-based company Rackspace Managed Hosting. Got it so far? Okay, …