I honestly don’t remember how I met Richie Scarlet, but I do remember the opening notes of “Race With The Devil” off of his 2006 release, Revelation Supreme. Standing there, I was blown away as he crunched into his early ‘70s Les Paul black beauty, eliciting a wall of…

“Defense wins championships” is an old saying that gets thrown around a lot. So long as the defense is doing its job, the offense should eventually generate enough points to win the game. It makes sense in theory. But in 2013, that adage should be thrown out the window.…

Locals, we meet again for our one-on-one chat. Wednesdays are definitely my favorite day of the week, for more reasons than one! I hope you are all sticking to your New Year’s resolutions and getting out to some shows. In fact, some of you even sent me messages letting…

37 years after their I Don’t Want To Go Home debut album, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes are still the band to see when it comes to hard-drivin’ rhythm ‘n’ blues-based rockin’ and rollin’ juke joint shuffles and horned-up craziness that delivers a whomp straight to your head,…

Gangster Squad

Warner Brothers

Rated R for profanity and graphic violence

Sean Penn Shines In Crime Saga About Legendary Mobster

Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) was born and raised in Brooklyn where he started out as a prizefighter before moving to Chicago during Prohibition to become an enforcer for…

The Following

Monday, 9 p.m. (Fox)

I’ve always argued that a Kevin Bacon performance is never without merit, no matter the production. But I’ve finally lost the argument with the premiere of The Following, a horror series from Kevin Williamson of Scream fame. It’s written so badly that even…

I own a home, but I don’t have to tell you where it is.

I have a kitchen with stainless steel appliances in it, but I don’t have to share pictures of them with you.

I have a backyard and a too-small bathroom and a second floor laundry room and…

We got bills, y’all.

These bills are already accumulated, due to acts of Congress and of war. But, as has been endlessly dissected and discussed over the past several decades, our nation’s obligations exceed its income—and this has been the case for some time.

The nation pays these bills with…

“We should dispense with the aspiration to ‘be liked’ or to be regarded as the repository of a high-minded international altruism. We should stop putting ourselves in the position of being our brothers’ keeper and refrain from offering moral and ideological advice. We should cease to talk about vague and…

I was managing to hold it together pretty well, sitting in the lobby of the vet’s office next to my mother, until I flashed back to being in the same office at age 18, waiting to have the last of my childhood dogs put to sleep. I wore an A…