Backbone

Sitting on a temporary stage against the backdrop of a wall-painting of Japan's well-known symbol Mt. Fuji, American musician Jim O'Rourke is playing his guitar and singing softly. Read More

This year, the front pages of The Beachcomber had more stories than we would have liked about Islanders struggling in hard times. Read More

Prior to the album's release I remember listening to a raw demo of "Song For The Dead," which was essentially Dave Grohl's drum-intro looped on repeat for six minutes. Read More

That cry heralded one of Conan O'Brien's recurring late-night gags in the '90s, in which he listed ludicrous predictions of how the world would change in the new millennium. Read More

In a year that crisis-crisis was the topic of discussions everywhere (perhaps except the Chinese who took advantage with the slogan: Opportunity! Let's go for it) the Ghanaians community in Italy took a severe hit in 2009. Read More

Much of the past decade unfolded in the shadow of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and our leaders' reaction to it. Read More

The '00s are such an ineffable decade we can't even agree on a name for them. Read More

Courtesy "He was always there, ready to play," says Ross "R.B. Suave" Barkey of Flint drummer Mike "Boom Boom" Wilson, shown in photo. Read More

The 2000s were an exciting decade for pop music. Read More

The John Lennon-Paul McCartney songwriting team broke up 40 years ago but their influence lives on in music, pop culture and now in two prominent new books about music. Read More