“Paul Simon has a history of building musical song-cycles around grand, over-arching themes (such as his famous “Songs From The Cape-Man” Broadway show/Album hybrid or his immersion in African rhythms for his groundbreaking “Graceland” release). The new album, devoted in its entirety to a musical depiction of humanity’s struggle with occupying Cylons (and the compelling […]

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From the Horrorthon Archives (circa 1957): “‘ Terrifying,’ according to the New York Herald Tribune, although opinions vary. The titular monster is indeed menacing, thanks in large measure to its obvious untrustworthiness, leading to set-piece scenes of violence like that depicted on the cover. ‘Not for the faint of heart,’ insist the publishers.”

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I have to interrupt the proceedings to make a simple point. Here is The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Fifth Avenue in New York: The above image depicts is a portion of the four-block-long facade along Fifth Avenue, constructed directly in front of the original building by Calvert Vaux and J. Wrey Mould (1880), which […]

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