Lost and Found

by Ziggy Merritt There is not another band quite like The Cocteau Twins. I mean this literally and without much pretension. At best you could occasionally compare the indecipherable vocals of Elizabeth Fraser to the high-pitched warble of Kate Bush but aside from having a Read More

by Geno Thackara It was 45 years ago next week that the former Reg Dwight brought a couple friends into a New York City radio station for a small studio gig, later to be partly compiled into a WABC broadcast. His record company hadn’t even been planning a live album after Read More

by Ziggy Merritt Ah, nostalgia. It’s this one immutable concept that has driven many of us to fantasize about the good ol’ days of Nick at Night, Animaniacs, and Baby Bottle Pops. Nostalgia crystallizes these memories into something much loftier than they are in plain reality, Read More

by Jane Roser When American teens and 20-somethings became obsessed with vampires in the late 80s and early 90s, I was right there with them attending author Anne Rice’s annual Coven party in New Orleans at St. Elizabeth’s, the old orphanage Rice restored and made her Read More

by Jane Roser Movie soundtracks. To some, a way to intensify emotion in a film scene; to others, something to listen to while doing the dishes. A film’s score and/or soundtrack provides an essential element to a movie. What would Saturday Night Fever be without Read More

by Geno Thackara There’s music you love right away. There’s some that takes time to grow with a little familiarity. Then there’s the kind of thing that, for no discernible reason, might lurk in the back of your mind for ages before someday nudging you again and Read More