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In Memory of Philip Seymour Hoffman

It happens more often than perhaps it should: a celebrity, be it rock star, movie icon, or stud athlete, is upheld on a pedestal for many years during his or her career, only to come crashing down at some shocking revelation that leaves fans disappointed and disenchanted. Sunday, February 4th left me with a similar feeling, when it was proclaimed over various social media outlets that Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his New York apartment with a needle in his arm and significant amounts of heroin in the vicinity.

by Tom Markham on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014

Madness!

Summer cinema in summary.

by Tom Markham on September 26, 2012March 22, 2013

They’re Just A Band

“Dude, I think I just saw Julian Casablancas.”

by Tom Markham on April 11, 2013April 13, 2013

Beyond the Pines

Blue Valentine writer and director Derek Cianfrance’s latest film The Place Beyond the Pines is, if anything, a study in what Robert Penn Warren, legendary 1940s author of All the King’s Men, calls “the awful responsibility of Time.” We begin with Ryan Gosling’s character Luke Glanton, a reckless circus-performing motorcyclist. Seemingly out of nowhere, Luke has great responsibility thrust upon him when an old flame from an upstate New York carnival stop steps back into his life with his infant son.

by Tom Markham on May 9, 2013May 11, 2013

Eternal Cool

Every self-respecting college student music snob wants to be that guy who listens to the really cool, trendy music. From the obscure, underground bands from your hometown to any hipster-ish band with the word “Crystal” in its title, there is … Read More

by Tom Markham on October 5, 2011March 22, 2013

Macbook Virtuosos

First it was Guitar Hero. Then came Rock Band. They even had DJ Hero.

by Tom Markham on October 19, 2011March 22, 2013

Monkey Business

This is not the first time I’ve written about Arctic Monkeys. There’s a good chance that this will not be the last time I write about Arctic Monkeys. And there’s good reason for that.

by Tom Markham on November 7, 2013November 10, 2013

Tame Impala and the Art of Lonerism

This article began as something simple: write a nice review of Tame Impala’s critically acclaimed sophomore album, Lonerism. But then something struck me.

by Tom Markham on November 28, 2012March 22, 2013

Bye Bye Blumberg

The first time I saw the band Yuck perform live, I had never heard of them. They were simply the group warming up for Smith Westerns on a Friday night at a hole in the wall in downtown Nashville. I saw their name on the marquee above the venue and thought “Yuck” sounded weird and off-putting. When they took forever to set up on stage, I went from skeptical to hostile: “Who do these guys think they are? They’re just the warm-up act!”

by Tom Markham on May 2, 2013May 6, 2013

Thomas Farrell Markham

As the firstborn in my family, I was a unique challenge for my parents. Of course there were all the new issues of how to raise a child, but first and foremost, what would they call me?

by Tom Markham on March 28, 2013March 31, 2013

Tyler, the Creator

I got 99 problems, and all of ’em’s being happy,” bursts out Tyler Okonma—better known by his stage name Tyler, the Creator—on “Pigs,” one of the many disturbing looks inside the mind of this 22 year-old rapper on his new album Wolf. The pop-culture riff with a demented personal twist is Tyler’s signature move, and one that somehow keeps the listeners coming back for more.

by Tom Markham on April 18, 2013April 27, 2013

The Web Generation’s Poet Laureate

The Many Faces of Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner.

by Tom Markham on April 11, 2012March 22, 2013


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