It's not that I'm still bitter at Joel and Ethan Coen for stealing a Best Picture Oscar from a more deserving, P.T. Anderson, the director Esquire just profiled as America's most distinctive and important filmmaker for the 21st Century, and one whose epic There Will Be Blood may tower over the nihilistic Tex Mex jibberish found in No Country for Old Men for the rest of my lifetime, it is really that Burn After Reading, a film I was desperate to like beforehand, simply doesn't work. More...

This evening (Sept. 24), the Metro Council votes on an amendment to Title 14 that would prohibit the sale of live animals in public places, commercial and retail areas. While the language is lackluster, the impact is immense for animals, pet owners, rescue groups and the city. More...

I am a huge music lover, from Broadway to karaoke. If a beat is involved, you can generally count me in. However, I have to admit that while toddlers marching and banging on pots and pans puts a smile on my face, some of the musicians that are "all the rage" make me cringe at the lack of pure music talent. More...

There many reasons I consider Drive-By Truckers to be the best band in operation. They write songs depicting life with staggering sorrow and slipshod hilarity woven together like the nylon strips of a cheap lawnchair: strong enough to hold you up, but still with enough frayed edges to remind you that you can fall right through if you get too comfortable. More...

You know what hacks me off? People who demand everything for free, get everything for free, and then have the nerve to complain about what they've gotten.
And yes, I'm talking about the sacred cow of the underprivileged -- the New Orleans storm evacuees. Not all of them, but some of them. More...