Thursday, April 23



A relationship built from music and love

It is an unspoken rule in acting that if a couple portrays a romantic couple on-screen, they typically will not have any chemistry. Take the failed "Gigli," staring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, or even "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," featuring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The actors may have been in some state of happy coupledom in real life at the time of filming, but unfortunately this didn't translate to the screen. Read more...


Hip-hop sampling declines as artists get lazy

I've almost driven off the 405 twice. Once was because I blinked for a really long time. The other time was because of a song on the radio. It was a hip-hop song driven by a sample. The sample was "Baby Come Back," by Player. Read more...



Soundbite: “Working on a Dream”

It almost hurts to criticize the Boss when I recall the heights he has reached in popular music over the last four decades, but unfortunately, "Working on a Dream" marks one of the lowest points in the Springsteen catalogue. Read more...