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The Walking Dead is Ending…My Mixed Emotions
I have MAYBE 25% as much interest as I once did in the Walking Dead, and it kind of saddens me. The first two seasons were as great as almost any in the history of television, heel Negan may be the greatest villain in the annals of TV, yet it almost feels like a responsibility […]
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Concert Review- The Fred Hintze Experience at the Red Pipes Cafe 9/25/22
He has a repertoire of over 500 songs- both covers and originals.He seamlessly moves from Folk to Rock to Pop to Country and sneaks in some old-school R&B.“Do you know any Johnny Cash?” one listener in attendance hopefully spouted mid-second set.But of course, Fred Hintze did. He proudly displayed a Johnny Cash decal on his […]
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Concert Review- Van Morrison & Tom Jones Forest Hills Stadium 9/10/22-
It was ageing icons night at Forest Hills Stadium.When 82-year-old legend Tom Jones limped to the stage, sat in a chair, and sang songs about old age, death, and what a wonderful life he’s had, this wasn’t Las Vegas era Tom Jones, but it certainly packed a punch. In excellent voice, he plugged his upcoming […]
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Sister Funk Releases This American Life- An Anthem For Our Troubled Times
By: Evan Ginzburg for the New England Music Hall of Fame Sister Funk, interestingly enough, is not a funk band.They are a wonderfully talented all-female lesbian band out of Connecticut that is twenty-two years strong.Having shared stages with such legends as ZZ Top, Foreigner, Melissa Etheridge, and the B-52s, they are a mix of Rock-Country, […]
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The Dirty Dozen or The Good, The Bad and the Ugly- One Dozen Mini Movie Reviews By Evan Ginzburg
Fall (2022)- Thrill-seeking Millenial besties climb to the very top of a TV tower halfway to Asgard. When the stairs behind them break, hilarity ensues. Whether it’s vertigo-inducing falls, fighting off attacking vultures, or using their Magyver-like skills at multiple attempted escapes, there’s always something going on in this wacky popcorn flick. And depending on […]
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Ginzburg’s Gab 8/16/22- On the Immigrant Experience and Apple TV Plus’ Little America
My grandparents came to America a hundred or so years ago. Grandma was a beautiful Polish actress who performed on New York City’s Yiddish stage, while my burly Russian grandfather was a butcher in a shop in Brooklyn. They escaped the Pogroms to start a new life here, found each other, and together pursued the […]
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But Are They All That Funny? A Comedy Fan’s Take On Today’s Stand-Ups
Earlier this summer, I went to see Eddie Griffin perform live at Sony Hall in New York City.To say he “killed” would be an understatement.Coming out like a Rock Star or Rap Star, if you will, as that’s what he played upon walking on stage, he owned that joint for a good 90 minutes.Laugh out […]
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The Night I Chose To See Don Bryant over Santana AND Earth, Wind and Fire.
“Hey, Evan…you want to go see Santana and Earth, Wind & Fire on August 13th?” my concert-loving buddy Howie asked.Now those are two of my all-time favorite acts. They’re music gods to me. And on any given night, I’d leap at the chance to see either. And together, that was an almost unbeatable package.But it […]
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That “There’s Been No Good Wrestling Since The Territories” Nonsense
The dinosaurs aren’t extinct.They’re alive and spewing venom on old-school wrestling pages.“There’s been no good wrestling since the territories” is a wearisome myth that’s been perpetuated for 30-plus years ad nauseum by angry old men raging against change.I’ve been watching wrestling for 50 years now, discovering that UHF dial in 1972 and have attended for […]
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Ginzburg’s Gab 8/12/22- Those Darned Critics- A Blog on Film Criticism
On Steven Soderbergh’s Bubble (2005): The script is boring, the acting atrocious, the direction is poor…what the hell happened here?– Eric Lurio Greenwich Village Gazette A haunting film, made all the more intriguing by the use of ordinary people, not actors, in all the roles.– Claudia Puig USA Today Wow, those are two quite different […]