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Fab Fourteeners of 2014: Peak Musical Performers of the Year
Colorado is known for its fourteeners, the term for mountains that equal or exceed 14,000 feet in elevation. You can't really get any higher in the lower 48 states, especially after Colorado legalized...
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5 New Year's Eve Home Party Tips From One of LA's Biggest Event Planners
Superbowl Party by AOO Events -- New Orleans I had the good fortune to speak with David Merrell this weekend, who's just coming off two immense functions run by his company AOO Events, one of which...
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Discussion with Sub Pop Founder Bruce Pavitt
Eleven years before the release of Nirvana's juggernaut Nevermind during the apex of glam metal, Sub Pop Records was a fledgling Xerox-and-X-Acto-knife-produced fanzine that championed local music...
View Article60 and Going On Timeless: Happy Birthday Annie Lennox
Not many recording artists who debuted on the American pop charts in 1983 can say they graced the Top 10 in 2014, but Annie Lennox can. In the past 30-plus years, the Scottish born singer/songwriter...
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In Conversation With Jazz Drummer and Composer Antonio Sánchez
Mexican drummer and composer and four time Grammy Award winner, Antonio Sánchez is considered by many critics and musicians alike as one of the most prominent drummers, bandleaders and composers of his...
View ArticleHow You Can Keep Your Whole Family Happy and Healthy This Holiday
The holiday season is one my favorite times of year, because it means spending quality time with my close friends and family. But, like many moms, I am often so worried about wrapping presents,...
View ArticleRush Limbaugh Saving the World From a Black James Bond
Rush Limbaugh thinks the next James Bond should be played by a white actor. It's not fair. White people get all the good roles -- like the actor who currently plays the comical Rush Limbaugh character....
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The MovieFilm Podcast: Interrogating The Interview
Between last episode and this one, The Interview went from a planned wide release to a cancelled release to a limited release to an online release. Phew! We attempt to sort through the whirlpool of...
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A Most Violent Year
A Most Violent Year A Film Review by Dr. Lloyd Sederer In 1981, there were 1,841 homicides in New York City. The rate proceeded to escalate to a record high of 2,245 in 1991. In 2013, there were 333...
View ArticleThe True Hero of Selma
How should we judge former President Lyndon Johnson based on the newly released and widely acclaimed movie Selma? Was he a reluctant, foot-dragging politician, or one of its heroes? Some close to the...
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Sorry, Slednecks Fans: Alaska MTV Reality Show Appears to Be Canceled
The cast of the MTV reality TV show Slednecks had bad news for its fans Tuesday: It appears the network did not renew the Matanuska Valley-based reality show for a second season. The show followed a...
View Article'Guerrilla' Filmmaking is Inherently Risky
"Guerilla" filmmaking is inherently risky. First of all, what is "Guerrilla" filmmaking? The dictionary defines it as "activities of an impromptu nature attempted without official authorization." The...
View Article35 Ways Mindy Kaling Won the Internet in 2014
People often say they love Mindy Kaling because she is "relatable," but we're going to avoid that word because we think it's kind of a backhanded compliment. We can imagine the Underminer saying it....
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The Top 15 Family Films About Adoption
Co-authored by Addison Cooper, LCSW, who is a licensed clinical social worker with a decade of practice in foster care and adoptions. He's the founder of the adoption movie review website "Adoption at...
View ArticleTop 10 PR Blunders of 2014
This has been a raucous year in the public arena, expressed perfectly by a parade of PR blunders that is as impressive in scope as it is in sheer absurdity. There were numerous knuckle-headed goofs --...
View ArticleWhat a 60-Year-Old Rock Legend Can Teach Young People About Crafting A...
When Chrissie Hynde wanted to get into the world of rock 'n' roll, moving from Akron, Ohio to London, England was only the beginning. In 1973, rock was a young man's game, and Hynde was an adult woman...
View ArticleInto the Woods Gets Lost in the Woods
Into the Woods is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year. The Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical has long been an audience favorite and its adaptation to the screen had theater lovers...
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Film Review: Two Mothers or 'How Do Lesbian Birds Make Babies?'
"How do lesbian birds make babies?" "They don't." "Are you sure?" Such is the conversation between Katja (Sabine Wolf) and Isa (Karina Plachetka), two middleclass German women in their late 30s who...
View ArticleFACE IT: What it May Take To Win an Oscar
Does anyone else think it's odd that our American heroes are portrayed by foreigners? Daniel Day Lewis won an Oscar for bringing to cinematic life the American president who won a war and ended...
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Snoop Dogg's Got a Taste for Brazil This New Years
Recently I caught up with Snoop Dogg to find out how he likes to celebrate New Years Eve. I fully expected his reply to be "Gin and Juice" and perhaps with a twist. He completely surprised me. Snoop...
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