The nature of print media is strange these days. Pages shrivel and shrink, then disappear altogether, while paid positions dry up like teens on Proactiv, resulting in a frenzied scramble toward writers and editors doing more with less, pissed off at their frozen salaries yet unable to bitch about it for fear of further noose-tightening. And always, always the mad dash to the web. Because if it's the web that's killing the paper, why not keep the enemy closer?
It was a wise man indeed who told
This year, we've wrapped our roundup of holiday albums a bit differently. Instead of delivering it to you in one big lump (like coal), we're parceling out the reviews online, with a blog each weekday through December 24 devoted to recordings in a different category. Part two features "Reissues and Retreads," which spotlights a re-release from (yippee) New Kids on the Block, as well as discs by Tony Bennett, Harry Connick Jr., Natalie Cole and Brian McKnight, all of whom have done this Christma
A number of shows were announced this week, including New Kids on the Block (Wednesday, July 15, Fiddler's Green), Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald (Monday, July 6, Paramount Theatre), Loretta Lynn (Wednesday, June 10, Paramount Theatre) and Reggae on the Rocks featuring Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Fishbone, the English Beat, Israel Vibration, Lee "Scratch" Perry and Steel Pulse (Saturday, August 29, Red Rocks). For a complete rundown of the shows going on sale this weekend -- including this
