SHEESH And I thought the VV was supposed to carry criticism: Nick Sylvester on Spitz. AS IF IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN THERE Beatlephoto Blog MAKES YOU MISS GEORGE Inexplicable how this story still gets play. The subtext here is: Nigel, push HARDER. (Is "I'll Get You" the first Lennon-mostly … [Read more...]

COLUMN OF THE WEEK Ron Rosenbaum on blog neurology: [Truth] is more often elusive, hazy, a shape in the fog of possibilities that may not be glimpsed except through examining facts, theories, rumors and conjectures from (at least) 360 degrees of perspective and investigation. In other words, we … [Read more...]

JAN HERMAN BLOGS IF AMERICA WERE A MUSICAL SCORE … [Read more...]

SCORSESE'S DYLAN No Direction Home DVD and CD sountrack (Apple/Sony Legacy) dunno if this will get posted as an mp3, they were in the middle of fundraising. Check this page. WAIT 35 YEARS FOR JUDAS And then three show up: CP Lee (QT) … [Read more...]

I've read a lot of commentary, And Editor and Publisher's Greg Mitchell called the NYTimes Sunday spread "the gift that keeps on giving..." But I still think this is the most vexing piece of the Judy Miller saga: Although she told friends that she was feeling isolated and frustrated, Ms. Miller said … [Read more...]

More Republicans speaking out, if late. Heard financier John Bogle on NPR this morning, talking about the inherent bias in late capitalism towards the haves. ("My disenchantment came when the Republican Party did something I couldn't believe it would do, which was take George H.W. Bush and then, in … [Read more...]

EVERYBODY LOVES A LOSER Morcheeba, THE ANTIDOTE (Echo) On this triphop crossover move pitched squarely at the mainstream, the lyrics consistently upstage the music: "If you don't believe that you owe it to yourself/You can owe it to me...." Which is rare, and almost makes up for the lack of … [Read more...]

LET US NOW PRAISE THE RETURN OF Annabella Sciorra, on the revamped CRIMINAL INTENT, opposite Chris Noth, relieving D'Onofrio and Erbe every other week. D'Onofrio's always worth watching, but his character swallows most plot finales with his confrontations. SWEET HOME CHICAGO ER's web site still … [Read more...]

ESPECIALLY IF YOU RESENTED JOCKS ALL YOUR LIFE Don't know what it looks like to insiders, but to us plebes this past week felt like Bush went off the rails for real. OK, first: name your personal legal counsel to the Supreme Court, and make it an EARLY MORNING announcement to upstage the signing in … [Read more...]

QUOTE OF THE MONTH From Rob Sheffield's Pop Life column in Rolling Stone (not worth visiting since you can't search by byline) on Tara Reid's E! series, her "reality" show: "Somewhere in the sky, Ernest hemingway is trying to piece his face back together so he can shoot it off again..." … [Read more...]

From WNYC's Soundcheck here. Honk if you're oriental. SCORSESE'S DYLAN This is from Monday; if you missed this, pick it up. I coulda been harder on it, the Tom Paine Award speech is pretty much fudged over, as are all the drugs. But this is inspired filmmaking, great use of source material, every … [Read more...]

My No Direction Home review will go live from this page at app. 12:50 pm today, watch this space for the link later this week. Don't miss Scorsese's Dylan tonight and tomorrow. TOMORROW Beatle roundup on WNYC's Soundcheck 2-3 pm. TOMORROW NIGHT TUESDAY, SEPT 27, 7:00pm (NOT 7:30!) with Rolling … [Read more...]

Yglesias on Roberts: Say what you will about Roberts, but he clearly wasn't very forthcoming in his testimony before the committee. Judiciary Democrats repeatedly objected to that, but they -- and especially their ranking member -- turn around and vote for him anyway, then those objections lose all … [Read more...]

"An antiwar speech by Cindy Sheehan, the mother of an American soldier killed in Iraq, was cut short yesterday after the organizer of the event was arrested and police officers confiscated his audio equipment. The claps and cheers that had greeted Ms. Sheehan's arrival at the rally in Union Square … [Read more...]

Judge Roberts, Meet Our Expansive Senators Honestly if the Dems can't do any better than this... what a sham. I liked the word the Slate commentator used: Roberts was running a "clinic" on how to avoid questions. Read Garry Wills in the NYRB on Fringe Government, and don't say he didn't tell us. … [Read more...]