OK, good comments first. The voice acting was great—no, awesome. The animation was impressive. Even though the "songs" were actually fun for a musical, they were better left out. And, for the most part, it does seem faithful to the book...

Book Review: Dirty Little Secrets of the Record Business - Why So Much Music You Hear Sucks by Hank Bordowitz...

"Sleuth" to Get Revealed at the 2007 Venice Film Fest by Obtaining a prestigious venue to introduce "Sleuth", filmmakers of the flick have successfully got their cinematic work a slot at the 64th annual Venice Film Festival set to spin this year from Aug...

One of the most fascinating and enigmatic -- if not the most successful -- singer/songwriters of the late '60s, Leonard Cohen has retained an audience across four decades of music-making interrupted by various digressions into personal and creative explo...

Regular visitors who really wish I'd stop talking about "The New World" (and I know you're out there, because you e-mail me to say things like, "For God's sake, please shut up about that movie") might as well come back tomorrow...

Bronx born singer/actress/dancer Jennifer Lopez, a “Nuyorican,” has been banned from the nation’s largest chain of Latin music stores. Ritmo Latino banned all J.Lo CDs from its 50 stores, charging that J. Lo has forgotten her Puerto Rican roots...

A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. Wed, 23 May 2007 20:51:45 EDT Al Barger p Looks pretty thin this week in new album releases...