Actor Bruce Dern's characters often give the impression that they were in the middle of something before the movie itself barged into the moment. They have private histories, unfinished business and personal reasons for looking at everyone else sideways. ... See more
Some might say that Democracy has a seating problem. Besides the game of musical chairs that naturally arrives with an election year, there's the prevailing sense that the average citizen doesn't have a seat at the table when billionaire donors have bough... See more
Listen, top to bottom, I've gotta get 430 words into this space within the next hour to fulfill my professional obligations. Sure, I could turn it over to AI, but my carefully constructed Daedalbot has apparently gone rogue and is now writing romantasy fo... See more
Apparently, the fastest way to radicalize a teenager is to make him trek through his own high school in search of functioning plumbing. Whereas most teens would gripe, graduate and never look back, Mike McGuire ran for the school board. He was 19. 'I'll n... See more
There are promoters who book shows, and then there are musicians who know exactly what it means to haul gear, build a bill and hope the room fills with more than the band’s paramours before the first chord is played. Brody Bass—aka Da DrunkMonk—is coming ... See more
