The Chronicles of Michael Christopher
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Getting to this a bit late as the annual jaunt to Iceland bugged up the end of October going into November. We'll be back on schedule - hopefully - come the end of this month. But who knows! Between the horrific shooting in Las Vegas and the death of Tom Petty, it hasn't been a... Continue Reading →
September allegedly kicks off the fall around these parts, so I decided to deliver my first "MC News Repository." This is where I'll provide links to articles of note for each particular month. It'll be a good place to catch up on what I've been working on for a variety of publications. This was a... Continue Reading →
Chris Cornell died. I didn't know him...but it still hurt.
I've long been into by New Order, mainly because they have two things I find attractive in a band; they make engrossing music which happens to span and combine wildly different genres (at the time of their release), and they have a fascinating backstory. The incredibly abbreviated history is: Three guys who were in a... Continue Reading →
You've no doubt seen the glut of end-of-year lists in recent weeks, and here's one more for to check out. Over at Vanyaland, we all threw our favorites of the year into a massive mixing bowl, drew them out one by one and voted on them and this is what we ended up with, whittling... Continue Reading →
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is one of the more divisive institutions out there. Many are critical of its nominating committee, the artists who have been unfairly left out as the years have gone on, and, the opposite, acts getting in who don't deserve to be there. This year is no different, and... Continue Reading →
I can say with all certainty that some of the best times I've had was when the Philadelphia Film Festival was at it's peak in the early-aughts. A week of trying to see as many films as humanly possible along with a handful of friends doing the same was a blast. 2002 through 2005 were... Continue Reading →
Since my first year of college, I've had this weird love affair with Local H. It's rooted in the fact that they were the first band I ever interviewed in person, on a tour bus, for an assigned story to discuss their breakthrough effort As Good As Dead. The high of sitting with drummer Joe... Continue Reading →
There's been more than a dozen high profile covers of the song "Purple Rain" since Prince was found dead last week. There's been hundreds more around the world. It's time to stop. Dearly beloved...the man had more songs than the epic ballad that you're probably butchering anyway. Check out an article I did about the... Continue Reading →
The Chronicles of Michael Christopher 