Movie review: 'Transformers' A movie about giant toy robots shouldn't be anywhere near this much fun, really. I mean, c'mon...

Random notes: Antony sings; the Surfer … surfs? Listening to Antony and the Johnsons' "I Am A Bird Now," in near-constant ro...

Peter and the hedgehog Some days, you just wake up and say, man , do I have a cute kid! (End parental bragging)

More writing about music, drugs, dead people, etc. Head on over to BlogCritics for a few recent pieces by me: • A look back at Lou Reed...

Dalai Lama-rama So I went with friends Daniel and Suzie down to the brand-new Vector Arena Sunday to see none other than his holiness The Da...

My three favorite bookstores Peter is inching oh-so-close to learning to read, which I figure is pretty good for 3 1/2. He knows all his let...

I like him, but I don't like like him I found my hits spiking this morning and realized that yours truly is the #6 top Google hit for ...

Public service announcement McSweeney's is in trouble. Facing severe financial troubles due to their distributor going bankrupt, one of...

Music review: The Traveling Wilburys Collection Pound for pound, the Traveling Wilburys contained more sheer musical genius than a Lollapalo...

Kibbles and bits, kibbles and bits Auckland is the centre (not "center") of the universe – not only am I going to see Bob Dylan i...