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“Ah, Jesus! I wish you could see this. The light’s coming up. I’ve never seen a painting that captures the beauty of the ocean at a moment like this.” – Gordon Gekko If you remember the scene from Oliver Stone’s…
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The ’70s are arguably the greatest decade for movies, but the ’80s have always deserved more credit than they’re given for providing us with plenty of classics that get better with age. While I love highbrow cinema as much as…
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The year began with 4,000 tons of toxic waste being dumped in Haiti and ended with Pan Am Flight 103 being blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, but not everything that happened in 1988 was negative. America was transitioning out of…
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Like St. Augustine of Hippo’s friend who became inebriated by the carnage of the gladiatorial arena, all of us inside The Riviera Theatre on Tuesday night had no choice but to be swept away by the brilliance of what Jon…
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I woke up on the morning of May 18, 2017 expecting to finally see Soundgarden live in Columbus, OH, but the news of Chris Cornell’s suicide made that an impossibility. While I still went on the trip, his absence cast…
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In honor of Mother’s Day on May 14, this week’s list zeroes in on my favorite mothers from the small screen. The question of whether or not the quality of their parenting should factor into their placement on this list…
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If you live in the Buffalo Niagara Region and have ever considered yourself a fan of Barenaked Ladies (BNL), I hope that you found yourself inside The Riviera Theatre on Saturday night to bear witness to the finest show I’ve…
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When you’ve been writing and recording music for as long as Metallica has, you know the drill. The album comes out, the public consumes it, and then the expulsion of vitriol about how the band should have dissolved back in…
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When Barenaked Ladies (BNL) released “Rock Spectacle” in 1996, I was hooked. I enjoyed the three studio albums that came before, but Steven Page’s vocal performance on the live versions of “Brian Wilson,” “Break Your Heart,” and “What a Good…
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Colin James has 17 studio albums to his credit, but only one Top 10 hit. As someone for whom songs such as “Five Long Years,” “Why’d You Lie,” and “Voodoo Thing” are essential, I’ve always found the lack of chart…
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