Yearning to go back to the vinyl days? Here are the six rules of record collecting
So you want to get into records but you don't know where to start. And your motives are pure, not merely a nostalgic pining for a weathered copy of "Mothership...
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Philip Johnson, profile of a violin thief
He is dying, Q-tip elbows poking through a baggy shirt. Friends visit, spooning him ice cream and playing music. His daughters are around as well, stopping in after school, too...
Standing on the Oscars red carpet is way more boring than you’d think
Sometimes I groan when I tell people I'm working the red carpet. That often confuses them. My wife says it makes me sound whiny. After all, it's glamorous, exciting, a...
David Bowie and the sad, inspiring history of making art while dying
So how could we be so stupid? David Bowie has barely been seen in public, doesn't do interviews, and then he puts out the video for a new song, "Lazarus,"...
Sorry, Bob Hope – Pee-wee Herman’s got you beat for the best Christmas special
You've got 18 Bob Hope Christmas specials, 19 of Bing Crosby's and 20-plus from Perry Como. But the best ever? We'll hang our mistletoe on "Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special," the...
A bobblehead museum! Wait, you’re shaking your head?
On a bitterly cold night, fans line up outside the United Center almost two hours before the puck drops. They come for more than the Blackhawks game. This is bobblehead...
Basketball legend Bill Walton vows, with love, to stop Grateful Dead’s farewell
This summer's toughest concert ticket isn't Taylor Swift or the Rolling Stones. It's the Grateful Dead — or, depending on how you see things 20 years after the death of...