Kurt Wagner

According to the fine folks at Box Office Mojo, and I quote , " Transylmania captured the record for the lowest-grossing opening for a movie playing at over 1,000 sites. Read More

Tipping is a really complicated issue in the US. Read More

From 'It Takes a Thief,' 'Switch' and 'Hart to Hart' to memorable, more recent stints on 'Seinfeld,' 'Boston Legal' and 'Two and a Half Men,' big-screen Hollywood legend Robert Wagner has, for decades, also made a big impact on TV land. Read More

"Heard Lambchop's Up With People advertising something on the BBC" says the awesome Superman Revenge Squad on his uncharacteristically cheery This Is A Happy Song. And he's on to something, because there's little that's as upliftiting as the first minute or so of Up With People, from the gentle whoosh and chatter amongst the band as it opens right up to the whoop of joy someone lets out before Kurt Wagner's vocals start; truly, to listen to the first minute or so of Up With People is to be reassured for a few precious moments that everything is going to be all right somehow. Read More

Eventually, "Give It" blooms into a lively, pulsing dance with synthesized horns and a choir of backing vocals. Read More

This is the last in my series of posts about bands on Merge Records (thank you for indulging me) and I planned on yesterday's being the final one, but I need to write about the single best moment of my week in Chapel Hill. I anticipated that Superchunk would be awesome and they didn't disappoint. Read More