The Oscars Project: Belated Week 15 — The Godfather

For 82 years, the Academy Awards have purported to choose the year’s best film. For the next year, with the help of the fine folks at Casablanca Video and the Calgary Public Library, I’ll be watching one best picture winner per week, starting 52 years ago and working up to tonight’s winner. Some of the … Continue reading

Label Me: (weewerk)

(Written for ffwdweekly.com) Though the potential sources of new music are multiplying every day, few have managed to top the old-fashioned record label for pure reliability. These independent labels put their time, energy and creative financing into artists that the world should hear, and if you find yourself agreeing with them, there’s no better pipeline … Continue reading