The audience was on their feet before the stage was lit. Jeff Mangum (vocals-guitar) walked out to the mic, slung on his old acoustic guitar, and strummed the first chords of “King of Carrot Flowers.” The audience roared as the lights went up, let the hoedown stomp begin. It’s been …

Neutral Milk Hotel shows are sold out almost everywhere. The Orpheum Theatre in Boston was no exception. I was lucky enough to take in the second show on January 17th, 2014. Elf Power opened for NMH, and within a few songs Andrew Reiger (guitar-vocals) engaged the audience. When someone jokingly …

It is all on the shady side – from small crooks in Mean Streets over to mafia bosses in Goodfellas straight to the bankers of Wall Street. Nominated for five Oscars, Martin Scorsese’s latest film The Wolf of Wall Street took seven years to be made and is considered to …

Daft Punk’s crowd-mover “Get Lucky,” performed by future-clad French duo in a space-age recording booth with vocalist Pharrell Williams and special guest Stevie Wonder, guitarist Nile Rodger and a Le Chic “Freak Out” homage? How cool is this?! I spy Yoko in the audience grooving too! Daft Punk took home …

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