Music - Jan. 7, 2010
Shift Switch: Used record shop clerk
Spending an afternoon at Bull's Eye Records, working alongside owner Luke Lavin as a clerk, I'd come full circle back to my first job ... in a record store. And, no, its nothing like "High Fidelity."
Tags: Bull's Eye Records, Luke Lavin, High Fidelity, Nick Hornby, John Cusack, Jack Black, Shift Switch

Movies & TV - Aug. 1, 2009
Metcalf's DVD Screening Room: Aug. 1, 2009
In this edition of the Screening Room, OnMilwaukee.com movie expert Mark Metcalf weighs in on the Ben Stiller-directed comedy "Tropic Thunder," which features a brilliant performance by Tom Cruise (pictured) and the HBO series "Rome," which captures a good deal of the culture and the custom of Rome but creates suspicion that it is fabricated to make the show more appealing rather than actually researched and historically accurate.
Tags: tom cruise, tropic thunder, rome, hbo, ben stiller, robert downey, jr., jack black

Marketplace - Oct. 12, 2007
My $19 stick of antiperspirant
The other day, I bought a $19 stick of antiperspirant. Believe me, it's even harder for me to admit this than it is for you to read it.
Tags: antiperspirant, jack black, deodorant, mitchum, humane society

Movies & TV - Nov. 22, 2006
Tenacious D movie reigns supreme, mostly, finally
While Jack Black spent the last five years making crappy movies, the wave of momentum built up from release of the debut album from Tenacious D all but died out. So for fans of the D, "The Pick of Destiny" arrives with great anticipation and surprise that it actually got made.
Tags: tenacious d, jack black, kyle gass, pick of destiny

Movies & TV - June 16, 2006
“Nacho Libre” reveals a constrained Jack Black
If anyone -- writer, director, actor -- can be said to be an auteur as long as they leave a distinctive signature on all their films, then writer/director Jared Hess has emerged as Hollywood’s newest auteur with “Nacho Libre,” only his second film in wide release.
Tags: Nacho Libre, Jack Black, Jared Hess