My father-in-law Sir Peter Siddell died peacefully Monday, nearly three years after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor , and nea...

Like a lot of people, I heard the news about Steve Jobs dying via my Apple computer – in my case, my iPhone. There’s been quite the reactio...

I do worry about comic books. I’ve been buying them regularly since, oh god, 1982 or so, but the monthly floppy periodical business model ma...

R.E.M. have called it quits , which saddens me -- not as much as it might once have, perhaps, but it's still worth taking a moment to re...

It’s hard to top a peak. The third series of “Angel” was such a taut, exciting ride that season four had a lot to live up to. And while...

In New Zealand, there's only one event right now -- the massive Rugby World Cup . If you're in America, you might not know much abo...

"Max Taming The Furies," Sylvia Siddell , circa 1999 ...My mother-in-law, and a wife, mother, grandmother, artist. She will b...

It may have taken me a week or two, but I’ve finally seen “Captain America: The First Avenger,” the red, white and blue wrap-up to our sum...

Death changes how you listen to an artist. You can't help it. Try putting on Amy Winehouse 's "Rehab" this week and not th...

In “Angel” Season 3 , the vampire-detective show manages to get even darker, if that’s possible. You could measure the torment and angst on ...