Rumspringa: Not just for the Amish anymore

I spent most of my musical time at  SXSW '1o  enjoying old favorites and just wandering up and down 6th St. with friends old and new. You can actually almost get by just doing the latter given the event's coincidence with St. Patrick's Day, the NCAA basketball tournament, and the weekend. But hell man. It's a …

Summer Movies 2009

It's popcorn movie season again.  You know that time of year when special effects and explosions take the place of actual plot and dialogue. I'm not complaining.  I like summer movies.  I don't have to think.  I get to visit old friends.  Generally, I get to be enterained. I perused the month-by-month movie listing over …

2008 Summer Movies

After yesterday's carpet bombing of the "Star Wars" franchise I thought I should try to make amends to Hollywood. Summer movie time is quickly approaching.  It's that special time of year where Hollywood depletes most of its budget for the year in hopes that we'll all line up at the neighborhood googleplex to see the …