Bob Mould is the Ben Franklin of indie pop. Founding member and driving force of ’80s punk trio Hüsker Dü (whose influence resonates today through Foo Fighters and Ryan Adams), Mould has succeeded at everything he’s tried, and he’s tried a lot. Credits include the post-Hüsker band Sugar (classic record Copper Blue), solo hits including Read More
Monday: 13 Going on 30
Though we try to recommend a classic straightaway, this week we’re going with a bubblegum hit. A 13-year-old girl, Jenna, makes a wish on her birthday to bypass adolescence and just be 30, which of course happens. (It’s Big, gone girly!) She wakes up to discover that she’s got an Read More
Though the traditional notion of New York society has become an increasingly quaint concept in this age of branding and classless celebrity, it has clung to life in the pages of The Social Register , that 115-year-old semi-annual compilation of America’s ruling class that, since the late 70′s, has been published by the Forbes family. Read More
Who’s Afraid Of Kevin Bacon?
“Power corrupts” is a tired theme that is not necessarily restricted to political yawns in Philadelphia. It’s kept scriptwriters burning the midnight oil for decades, and here it is again in Hollow Man , a poundingly violent though flatly familiar science-fiction yarn derived from the Invisible Man flicks of a Read More
