Miracle 3 and R.E.M. collaborate to baseball album
Baseball has fueled great works of theater, literature and even dance. But the moment of the perfect baseball-related collaboration is almost upon us, as North Carolina’s own Yep Roc Records prepares the release of an album by The Baseball Project entitled Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsNeil Gaiman's Coraline to hit off-Broadway, on-screen
In Coraline, the 2002 young adult novella by acclaimed fantasy author Neil Gaiman, the young title character discovers an alternate universe populated by the mysterious doppelgangers of her loving but distant parents, and must scrape by on her own wits to escape. Often compared to Alice In Wonderland, it’s a compelling story—and sturdy enough, one hopes, to be retold in three different way throughout the next year. ... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsJohn Cusack, Jason Reitman, more guest DJ for KCRW
Ahhh, radio. There once was a time when you informed us, made us smarter and introduced us to new music. However, times change, leaves fall and once-great mediums devolve into vapid versions of their former selves, dominated by crappy '90s alternative rock stations and yelly AM blowhards like Neil Boortz and Michael Savage.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Real World heads to Brooklyn
Perhaps you’ve heard of Brooklyn? It’s notable for its bridge, its pizza, and its famous Olympiad, which calls upon the nation’s best and brightest to compete in challenging competitions. But what happens when Brooklyn stops being polite, and starts getting real? Our friends at the New York Observer tell us that this happens.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsDance your cares away: Fraggle Rock movie in the works
Just when the children of the '80s think they're safe, Hollywood throws another banana peel on the trash heap. The one and only, all-knowing, talking trash heap! As unbelievable as it may sound, Variety reported on Monday that the Weinstein Co. is turning Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock into a live-action flick—and a musical, to boot.... read more
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Where Have All The Weird Girls Gone?…
