by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Arts, Music
Robert Plant Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar (Nonesuch) Many are the long-haired rockers of yesteryear cashing in on playing tired versions of their long-haired hits of yesteryear. But Robert Plant, the iconic voice of Led Zeppelin, is hardly content to drag out “Black...
by Advocate staff | Jan 28, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Featured
Amherst Live is an every-so-often “live magazine show.” In it, host and executive director Oliver Broudy, an author and former Paris Review managing editor, presents a series of interviews, talks, and performances. The idea is to look more closely at the big ideas...
by Jack Brown | Jan 28, 2015 | Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, News
As a young and nerdish boy, I was obsessed with words. I collected them the way a lepidopterist might collect moths, catching them on the wing and pinning them down to puzzle out their origins, oddities, and family ties to other words. It all felt like a marvelously...
by Michael Cimaomo | Jan 28, 2015 | Northeast Underground
In 1976, the Ramones charged out of New York City proclaiming, “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement.” “There’s something down there,” sang lead singer Joey, with a delivery that illustrated his reluctance and dread. Now almost 40 years later, Greenfield band...