Author Archives: Bob Hill

Focus groups killed the classic Western … focus groups and the notion that every significant plot point needed to be charted, categorized, cataloged and certified before a project could move forward. And what a tragedy that is, really. I mean, … Read More … Read More

“The young are impatient about change because they cannot grasp the power of time itself; not only as the enemy of flesh, the very germ of death, but as a benign cancer. As the young cannot grasp really that love … Read More

Here’s some summer reading.

Consider this ICP’s State of The Union Address – a triannual installation (or collection of installations) that explores the ongoing evolution of photography. Curators have assembled an extremely progressive line-up this time around, incorporating audio, video, 3-D, digital, photorealism, lightbox, … Read More

“The breed of people that I like the most – ignoring the people I don’t like the most – people I like the most around me, in music, are the ones from whom I get what I would call – … Read More

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“All the early bias against rock n roll started off as a racist bias. And then as rock n roll started to be performed by white people, then that shifted to something else. But at the heart of it is … Read More

The knocking began the same way it always did, a few minutes after I had arrived home from work. It was followed by several seconds of subtle tinkering with the knob, then a call from the other side of the … Read More

Given Warner Brothers is still busy trying to convince everyone (including themselves) that this is the Summer of Gatsby, it seems oddly relevant that it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who once wrote, “New York forgot us and let us stay.” … Read More … Read More

Immediately after entering the Metropolitan’s new Punk Rock exhibit, the eye is drawn to a far-off replica of the original CBGB’s men’s bathroom. And why not, really? I mean, the thing is quite a spectacle, almost like seeing an extinct … Read More