Fascinating History Before we get to our report on a remarkable funeral held in Alabama last week, I wanted to mention a few quick things about our speaking tour of the U.K. While Dr. Menton, Mally, and I were in Glasgow (Scotland), we had the opportunity to visit the actual hospital where Joseph Li...

I met Jason Fladien at a recent seminar. He sat with Sylvie and me during lunch one day, where we had a chance to chat. One of the topics of conversation was Sylvie’s breast cancer. And there’s a reason why… You see, recently Jason lost his brother Ryan to brain cancer. Now, having...

“Prime Minister” March 1st, 2009 There are two stories in “Prime Minister,” and each of them is absolutely perfect for this surrealist world we’ve created. The show has leaned heavily this season on the humour to be found in New Zealand’s low level of cultural awa...

It’s a sad and rare day when I get to write here about a significant figure in British music with a direct and personal influence on my life. For this reason, I’m not going to write too much about Ian Carr’s career and body of work. There are already some excellent obituaries online (to which ...

Director : Stephen Herek Release Date : 7 September 2001 (USA) Genre : Comedy, Drama, Music Cast : Mark Wahlberg as Chris ‘Izzy’ Cole, Jennifer Aniston as Emily Poule, Jason Bonham as A.C., Steel Dragon Drummer, Dominic West as Kirk Cuddy, Steel Dragon Guitarist, Jeff Pilson as Jorgen, S...

Science fiction Grandmaster Philip Jose Farmer died today at the age of ninety one. Farmer is one of my forgotten influences. When people ask, I always site Bradbury, Burroughs, Niven… but I can’t discount how many times I re-read “Dark is the Sun,” (with its remarkable agele...

Covers art . 01 - This Holiday Season & Christmas Sucks [Tom Waits, Peter Murphy & Porn Orchard] 02 - Lowdown Monkey Blues [Tom Waits & The Mats] 03 - Metropolitan Glide (Live 2008) 04 - Old Blonde Gal-Big & Ol' Moon [Tom Waits, C-Side & Petit Mal] 05 - Dirt In The Ground (Live 2...

Rabbi Gil Student writes: To the great sadness of Jews around the world, R. Noah Weinberg passed away last week (link). There are many moving tributes on Aish.com.* One thing about R. Weinberg was that he was passionate. You couldn’t speak to him for more than 5 seconds without seeing his devo...

Britney Spears, in her newest incarnation as a pop superstar, is being honored again at Madam Tussaud’s Wax Museum in London with a brand new wax statue unveiled in her fabulous likeness. Madam Tussaud’s first immortalized Britney in her Dream Within A Dream Tour garb (particularly, her ...

Covers art . 01 - Chocolate Jesus02 - Black Market Baby03 - Clap Hands04 - Dirt In The Ground05 - Romeo Is Bleeding06 - Temptation . DOWNLOAD...