Books

The Birth of Loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock ‘N’ Roll by Ian S. Port (Scribner, $37)

“They must have amused each other – so similar were they, yet so different. If not for their overlapping fascination with amplification and musical instruments, they might not have become friends.” -from The Birth of Loud by Ian S. Port (page 34) For my fourteenth birthday my father drove me to a music store on […]

Books Film/TV

You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman by Mike Thomas (St. Martin’s Press, $32.50)

By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! “Phil has done more work that’s touched greatness than probably anybody else who’s been here.” -Lorne Michaels Are you familiar with these phrases? “Fire bad!” “I’m just a caveman….” “Hello, I’m Troy McClure.  You may remember me from such movies as…” If you recognize any of the above, then […]