The Last Ramone Gone

from The LA Times Tommy Ramone created an essential punk rock beat The Ramones are shown in 1978, from left: Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy and Joey. Tommy, the last remaining original member of the seminal punk band, died on Friday. (Los Angeles Times) By RANDALL ROBERTS If...

Cheadle Plays The Prince Of Darkness

from Entertainment Weekly First Look: Don Cheadle as Miles Davis in biopic ‘Miles Ahead’ By Nina Terrero Image Credit: Brian Douglas Actor Don Cheadle’s obsession with Miles Davis began as a child with the jazz trumpeter’s album Porgy and Bess, a beloved...

Happy Independence Day

from artnet Giacomo Balla, Fireworks (sketch) (1915).Photo: Wikipedia Commons.   [ click to view more fine fireworks at artnet.com ]

Scenius

from The New Yorker AMBIENT GENIUS The working life of Brian Eno. BY SASHA FRERE-JONES In January, 1975, the musician Brian Eno and the painter Peter Schmidt released a set of flash cards they called “Oblique Strategies.” Friends since meeting at art school, in the...