In Defense of Hollywood’s Fourth Wall
Sometimes a cheeky wink from the screen works; other times it just ruins the movie experience. Thoughts on breaking the “Fourth Wall.”
Vassar Clements: “Fire on the mountain…”
Vassar Clements brought the fiddle into pop music — and stretched both its boundaries and its presence. But his curious life held much more.
Delia Derbyshire, the Mother of Electronica
Her knack for both mathematics and music, plus her willingness to experiment, made Delia Derbyshire a true musical pioneer.
The Enduring Mystery of “Magic Alex”
“Magic Alex” drifted into the Beatle orbit proclaiming to be a genius. Was he a con man? Crazy? Both? His story remains one of the strangest in Beatle lore.
