Year of the Month: FANTASIA
The Walt Disney Studio is responsible for some of the greatest films of all time,…
The Friday Article Roundup Knows All the Secrets
Video store stashes previously known only to Chicago’s oddest cinephiles. The behind-the-scenes battles of music…
Year of the Month: SUPER FLY — The Album
For soul music, the sixties began in the seventies. Make no mistake, the genre was…
Year of the Month: Miller on King Curtis’ “Games People Play”
Back when I was smoking, I had three rules: no smoking in front of my…
Loser’s Debut: Persia on CAN’T BUY A THRILL
Believe it or not, I’ve never smoked pot. I didn’t have a cool stoner uncle…
Fear and Loathing, Art and Hope, Rock and Roll: Miller on MASKED & ANONYMOUS
“One great rock show can change the world” — Dewey Finn, School of Rock “The…
SONIC ROUTE: “All I Really Want”, Alanis Morissette.
My read of this song clicked in when I realised the title is ironic* –…
50,000 Didgeridoos: Miller on The Exaggerated Reality of WALK HARD
Is there any kind of movie more inherently dull than the biopic? Every genre has…
Year of the Month: ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
It’s easy to forget with movies like Bohemian Rhapsody going through the paces so exactly…
Year of the Month: Persia on “Blue Moon”
Once upon a time, I was one of Those Kids. The ones who wore their…