Things even repeated viewers of The Breakfast Club did not – like how janitor character Carl (John Kapelos) – is seen in a high school graduate photo at the beginning, implying that this Shakespearean clown figure, the guy who sweeps the halls and fixes the leaks, knows everything that go...
Our music, our movies, our media was dominating the marketplace with no signs of slowing. But as always on those clear summer days and warm summer nights you often miss the storm clouds gathered in the distance. But at the time t hey did feel distant to me. I was having the time of...
Late October, “The Fly” was released. I didn’t so much hear it as see the tail end of the video on Much Music when I got home from school. It was a good 30 seconds before I realized it was even U2. Bono was wearing these goofy wrap-around shades; The Edge was wearing his s...
Our taste-making head music buyer at Amoeba Hollywood has put the finishing touches on his Top 50 Albums of 2024 list, and it's as awesome as ever. Read on to discover some new sounds or something already loved. #50 SPRINTS - Letter To Self (City Slang) I am starting my top 50 ...
(Now if only I discovered I could also emulate his mathematical genius.) In any case, the show went off very well, with the TAC Teatro actors demonstrating more than ever their diversity of talents, as the show is full of music, magic and illusion, along with some beautiful songs. My ...
“The Hollow.” All in all, it was a very successful debut that rose all the way to No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and resulted in a platinum-selling record. More importantly, Howerdel found an outlet for his music, fielded a band that would extend beyond their debut disc and gave ...
James Cathedral, the building was nearly completed when construction stopped in mid-1855 due to a lack of funds. The grandiose design, which included a library, a two-floor amphitheatre-style lecture hall, and a grand music hall topped with paintings of the Muses, cost more than the money ...
Johnston credits Overton with spearheading the album. Overton is a long time fan. His first live concert was a Doobie Brothers show in Phoenix in 1972. “Their iconic rock has spanned generations as the Doobies carved out their own unique place in American music,”...
but the singer calls the short hours with his baby girl "the highlight of my life." Watson took a break from music following Julia's death, but he eventually started writing again, and he released a new album the day after what would have been her first birthday. Watson's song "Blue...
Which is where we came in. (Oh, wait, something I forgot to mention: There’s meaning in the fact that Tim was, against all expectations, in an Expos uniform in that photo. The Expos are now the Nationals.) Anyway, that’s a small taste of what baseball means to American life. My...