While many of these 11 songs roam well beyond the traditional sounds of New Orleans R&B, they're bathed in the spirit of that most musically magical of cities.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Iphigenia Among the Taurians’ Adapted from Euripides
The text of this well-staged new adaptation strikes a smile-inducing, attention-grabbing, and surprisingly believable balance between literary authenticity – this is indeed Euripides' play in all its essentials – and contemporary informality and even snark.
Read More »Party Game Review: ‘Deer Lord!’
Loud, outrageous challenges and subtle, secret missions make for a captivating game.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Suicide Squad’ – DC Finally Outshines Marvel
'Suicide Squad' is like a cinematic wink to an audience that gets it much better than the critics ever will.
Read More »Theater Review (Off-Broadway NYC): Jack London’s ‘The Iron Heel’ Adapted and Directed by Edward Einhorn
Where do you stand: with the oligarchy or with the common man? This well-acted, cleverly executed production is a mind-bending tour de force of ideas, with darkly twisting humor and swaths of realism thrown in to perplex.
Read More »Movie Review: The Award-Winning ‘Parched’ by Leena Yadav
Above all misogyny destroys the misogynist in the Award-Winning 'Parched' by Leena Yadav.
Read More »Trump and the Empty-Self Syndrome
Donald Trump has lost touch with his inner self. He has what Parker J. Palmer refers to as “the empty-self syndrome.” This empty self is constantly and chronically hungry but the host lacks utter awareness of his own hunger. This is what makes Trump, and so many other bullies utterly dangerous.
Read More »Filmmaker Interview: Gillian Armstrong, Director of ‘Women He’s Undressed’
Director Gillian Armstrong discusses her new documentary about the legendary Hollywood costume designer and gives her opinion about the state of the film industry today.
Read More »Concert Review: Martin McQuade at Gulf Coast Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY, August 7, 2016
Vocalist Martin McQuade and pianist/background vocalist Pete Sokolow present a jazz-inspired repertoire live at Gulf Coast restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian’
This Akashic Books release offers a compelling, and sometimes graphic view of an amazing person and successful swimmer named Anthony Ervin. It is definitely a recommended read for anyone with a deep passion for life searching for refinement.
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