My Favorite Record of 2014: “Shmyvesant” by Stuyvesant

My Favorite Record of 2014: “Shmyvesant” by Stuyvesant

These Hoboken/NYC area music scene vets serve up a power pop meets old school Cali-punk plate of goodness with some serious musicianship and a love for giant hooks, razor-sharp stop-starts, and soaring melodies replete with glorious backing oohs and ahhs. They are one of those bands you sing along to after the second spin of their record, gleefully infectious and exhilarating.

Daniel Day-Lewis Almost Kills Man to Prepare for Role

Daniel Day-Lewis Almost Kills Man to Prepare for Role

“Correct me if I am wrong, but I am almost certain Tony Hopkins did not actually bite into the sweet flesh of a screaming human being when he portrayed that saucy bloke Hannibal Lecter, now did he?” said brooding British method actor Daniel Day-Lewis, speaking on the set of his new movie City of Butcherly Love. “Tony’s a decent bloke, but a complete fraud of an actor.”