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I have never seen Widespread Panic live. I have a couple of their CDs and I freely admit I didn’t “get” those. But now, having read Joshua Hyatt’s observations in – of all places – Fortune Small business – I have an understanding of their appeal. Maybe I’ll see them …

Greatness and fall from grace.

Our favorite blogger-law professor-record producer-space afficionado-dude Glenn Reynolds has a very heartfelt and evocative discussion with Bob Walkenhorst of the Rainmakers on his GlennReynolds.com site: Back when I was practicing law in Washington, I went to see a show at the 930 Club, a little place that held a couple …

Jack Valenti and the seven dwarfs just don’t get it, and still the revolt escalates. Let them eat cake until your head rolls down the hill. Rarely in recent Hollywood history has there been an uprising of this magnitude over such an apparently trivial matter. But ever since the Motion …

The 80's girl group reunion finally gets its domestic release.

As Dawn mentioned, a lot of Cubs fans are blaming the 26-year-old fan who went after the foul ball for the team’s misfortune in Game 6 of the NLCS. Face it: your team collapsed, choked, screwed the pooch, flushed itself down the toilet. The Gonzalez error, the freaking EIGHT RUNS …

Now that the final game of the playoff series between the Chicago Cubs and the Florida Marlins is over, we can all seek retribution against the fan who INTENTIONALLY interfered with the game by seeking to catch a foul ball. Wow, that is a searing indictment on a person. Call …

Honestly, I haven’t given American Idol a whole lot of thought since the second season ended, but it would appear I am in the minority among Idol fans – check out the reception Clay’s new album received: Clay Aiken’s RCA debut, Measure of a Man is just plain huge – …

Although I was disappointed with the Chicago blues segment of Martin Scorsese’s The Blues series, two great moments in the film were brief snippets of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band rocking at home in Chicago, and backing Bob Dylan at the fateful Newport Folk Festival of 1965. A lot of …

Actors, writers, directors, indie producers all oppose “screener” ban – who exactly supports it, Jack, you desiccated ancient freak? Several prominent actors, including Sean Penn, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Willem Dafoe, have joined the opposition to a recent ban on sending special DVDs and videos to Academy Award voters. …