Tag Archives: eds-pick

Rewind has jazz singer Elizabeth Shepherd putting new faces on some classic tunes.

Fine first novel about the drug trade circa 1992.

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra’s new rendition of the Lawrence of Arabia score is impressive and essential listening for film buffs.

Maple syrup is so good thieves steal it.

Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald looks at how the author's life affected his literature.

Don't tell anyone, but Peter Gabriel actually smiles on this DVD. A lot.

Erikson should be considered a genre master unto himself, because nobody else is quite like him.

In a discussion I had once with a rabbi about Jesus, the man observed, "Jesus was a good Jewish boy." In retrospect that comment may have been on target more than the rabbi realized.

3 DVD set offers a delightful if sloppy assortment of television shows of the 1950s.

The remastered album, a disc of outtakes and rarities, and a full 1988 concert on CD and DVD.