From the Archive From the Archive: Prince, Emancipated 1996-1997 A "lost" piece on Prince releases from 1996, originally published by Discogs.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: The Sighs of Skywalker An overview of the novelization to STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER, originally published in March 2020.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Spy Hard An overview of the novelization to GOLDENEYE, originally published in March 2019.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Gremlin Stew An overview of the novelization to GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH, originally published in March 2023.
From the Archive From the Archive: How Prince Partied When It Was Actually 1999 A "lost" piece on Prince's 1999 album 'Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic,' originally written for Discogs.
Music Music's Physical Crisis is Taking Notes Why is it this hard to get a full album, with liner notes, on a disc?
From the Archive From the Archive: The Rebirth of Prince 2004-2007 A "lost" piece on Prince's mid-'00s "comeback," originally written for Discogs.
Movies The Ghostbusters Guy They can't stop making these movies. Are people like me to blame - or is it actually my fault?
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Darkest Knight, Part III An overview of the novelization to THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, originally published in March 2021.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 3/24/2007 Four hits re-enter the Hot 100 and a major player appears.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Darkest Knight, Part II An overview of the novelization to THE DARK KNIGHT, originally published in March 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Darkest Knight, Part I An overview of the novelization to BATMAN BEGINS, originally published in March 2021.
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Eighth Wonder An overview of the novelization to KING KONG, originally published in March 2020.
Movies A Memoriam Memorandum Why are In Memoriam segments so bad lately, and what does it say about our relationship to death?
From the Archive From the Archive: Sometimes a Fantasy is All You Need A 2020 essay reflecting on the 40th anniversary of Billy Joel's 'Glass Houses.'
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Hooked An overview of the novelization to Steven Spielberg's HOOK, originally published in March 2019.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/29/1964 Sixty years ago, there was Beatlemania - even on the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100
Hollywood & Spine Hollywood & Spine Archive: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, il libro An overview of the novelization to THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, originally published in February 2023.
Started from the Bottom Started from the Bottom: Week of 2/22/1969 A late '60s soul revue and much more.