by Nick Muldoon | Nov 13, 2015 | Screened Plays
James Bond is inarguably one of the most famous characters in the history of cinema. And while each entry into the well-known franchise has given us a new tale in the classic spy series, it’s also provided us with a new definitive pop theme. It’s...
by Cory Perla | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: Each week, Cory Perla of The Public asks a local musician to tell us why they love their favorite piece of gear. wZa is hip-hop producer and member of the Buffalo-based hip-hop groups Radarada and Death Picnic. His solo debut full length, AzN CHiKz,...
by Nick Muldoon | Oct 29, 2015 | Screened Plays
Annnnd we’re back. After a long hiatus, we’ve returned with the latest installment of Screened Plays, the place where cinema and pop music collide. And just in time for Halloween, our good friends at North Park Theatre are showing one of my all-time...
by Matt Cox | Sep 8, 2015 | Chicken Noodle Coffee
Edward Easton — ultimate founder of Columbia Records — did not establish the foundations of his extensive success through jean jackets and an inability to say no to people. It was a careful ear and his unprecedented ambition to support what he believed in. Cash and...
by Joe Cardina | Sep 1, 2015 | buffaBLOG Sessions
M.A.G.S. is the main project of Elliott Douglas, the multi-faceted Buffalo musician who has been a member of, by his count, about 14 different bands in the area over the years. Somehow distantly related to Jimi Hendrix, through marriage or something like that (you can...
by Matt Cox | Aug 31, 2015 | Chicken Noodle Coffee
Popular opinion has confirmed that all cool and hippest creative efforts are born out of a city setting as all talented, accomplished individuals are garrison to that particular community. Viciously false — come on, you’re better than that and have every...
by Matt Cox | Aug 24, 2015 | Chicken Noodle Coffee
Virginia Beach’s Turnover, whom just gigged Waiting Room roughly a week and a half ago with a tour package including The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die, Pianos Become The Teeth, and Take One Car, constructed their native identity on a...
by Joe Cardina | Aug 18, 2015 | buffaBLOG Sessions
Planet Three is a band best described by drummer Nathan Zak in a craftily worded Facebook message to us: “From a farm laden land known as Marilla, three musicians lived less than a mile from each other for nearly a decade until they formed the lizard rock outfit...
by Matt Cox | Aug 17, 2015 | Chicken Noodle Coffee
In my dog days of boyhood, I shared the warmth of the summer months with pure bread Polish grandparents who proudly prepared authentic dinners on a daily basis. Unfortunately, I despise Polish cuisine, therefor stubbornly maintaining a diet of strictly saltine...
by Joe Cardina | Aug 4, 2015 | buffaBLOG Sessions
We have a new project for you, and it’s called buffaBLOG Sessions. The aim of this project is to take up-and-coming artists, whether they’re Buffalo born and raised or just passing through the area, and feature them in intimate locations around the city. Each...
by Nick Muldoon | Jul 16, 2015 | Screened Plays
When the news came of the death of Amy Winehouse on July 23rd, 2012, it should have come as a shock, but sadly, it felt expected. The young soul singer’s life had long been the subject for tabloid headlines, her well-known addictions and downward spiral a...
by Cliff Parks | Jul 1, 2015 | Screened Plays
Simply put, Love & Mercy, Bill Pohlad’s loving tribute to the genius and struggles of Brian Wilson, is an effecting film and a rousing victory. Featuring two different actors in the role and chronicling the former Beach Boys mastermind’s life at two...
by Nick Muldoon | May 13, 2015 | Screened Plays
While the summer movie season has just begun with the box office wrecking ball of The Avengers, I thought it was worth taking one last look back at the spring. Spring is often the dump season, where studios get rid of whatever excess cargo they deemed not prestigious...
by Nick Muldoon | Apr 24, 2015 | Screened Plays
Tomorrow at the Amherst Theatre, will be the grand cinematic debut of one of Buffalo’s most exciting new voices, Rick Masi. His first feature-length film, On the Level, is a thrilling neo-noir about a teenage boy investigating the death of his brother and those...
by Nick Muldoon | Apr 3, 2015 | Screened Plays
As the 1970s came to a close, pop music found itself at a crossroads, Power rock bands like AC/DC and Led Zeppelin had ruled the back end of the decade, inspiring a generation of cartoon-ish imitators that would produce the Hair Metal of the 80s. But meanwhile, the...
