Behind the Beat: Energy and Emotion

Behind the Beat: Energy and Emotion

by | May 7, 2013 | Music

“Like a lot of bands, we were initially a pack of friends before even playing one note together,” says Dennis Crommett, guitarist and vocalist for Spanish For Hitchhiking. “Max Germer [bass], Dave Hower [drums] and I started playing my songs under...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | May 7, 2013 | Music

Brown Bird Fits of Reason (Supply & Demand Music)   Connecting the dots between folk, blues and Eastern music, the latest record from this Rhode Island duo is a refreshing update of old sounds. Trading in his trusty acoustic guitar for an electric,...

The Ultimate Sex Playlist

by | May 7, 2013 | Leisure, The V-Spot

Music is one of the best ways to get in the mood—and this goes for all things sexy and otherwise. Listening to some good tunes motivates you at the gym, makes work go by faster and sets the tone for sex—in ways both good and evil. Not just anyone can DJ an...

Cinemadope: Change of Venue

by | May 7, 2013 | Film

  I suppose people still go to the movies, don’t they? There must be a market for the mindless matinee, given how many Hollywood turns out every year, and one assumes they do make money—although much of it these days may come not from the initial box...

Certain Words

by | May 7, 2013 | Arts

Poets seldom reach consensus on aesthetic matters, but few indeed are the poets who don’t offer praise for the work of Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin, widely acknowledged as a master of American poetry. His work spans decades and...