Music - Jan. 21, 2008
Mix tape: January 2008
Here are some of the CDs spinning ‘round my ears these days...
Tags: Subsonica, L'eclisse, Temposhark, Asthmatic Kitty, Rafter, Downtown 81, Basquiat, No Wave, Rephlektor, Cryptacize, Lee Scratch Perry, Ska, Studio One, Coxsone Dodd, Temposhark

Movies & TV - Nov. 1, 2007
Criterion treats Jarmusch works with loving care
Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" -- along with Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It" -- was one of THE landmark independent movies of the 1980s, announcing that its director was, without a doubt, a filmmaker to watch.
Tags: Jarmusch, Spike Lee, Stranger than Paradise, Permanent Vacation, No Wave, Benigni, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Criterion Collection, Down by Law, Ghost Dog, Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, MIFF, Jon Jackson, Cassavetes, Beatrice Dalle, Giancarlo Esposit

Music - Nov. 11, 2003
Milwaukee native Chance returns home
Milwaukee boy James Chance -- nee Siegfried -- left town in 1976 and quickly became an important player in New York's seminal downtown art rock scene. He's back this week for a gig at Onopa Brewing Company.
Tags: CBGB, Contortions, No Wave, James White & the Blacks, James Chance, Basquiat, Warhol, James Siegfried