Hip-Hop has historically existed as a male-dominated industry. Being a reflection of urban life and struggle, past Hip-Hop artists have been forced to maintain a certain level of masculinity in order to be accepted by their urban communities. Old school rappers who talked about love were ...

What does it mean when a DVD is described as being Anamorphically Enhanced. Basically this means that the picture is stretched vertically on the disk. When the disk is played the picture is resized by the DVD player depending on the shape or format of your TV set. For example if a film ...

Fear not, the decline of Christian America did not come to pass with the 2 hour debut of NBCs The Book of Daniel on Friday. After watching the well produced and written premiere, Im certain that the show will become my newest Friday night obsession. A cross between Desperate Housewives ...

In the late nineteen sixties Roy Orbison, on a concert tour of Australia, arrived in Adelaide on the same flight as the Walker Brothers. I recall watching on television the airport interview in which Roy, always the nice guy, explained how much he loved the music of Scott Walker and his ...

It's a hot sultry night on the Mississippi delta. The full moon casts it's translucent light on the fields and swamp oak trees. The lingering smell of barbecue and wisteria mix with honeysuckle and tobacco smoke. Folks are sitting on the front porch trying to beat the heat. Someone picks ...

It's a combination that just doesn't mix, but it always happens. Start with 1 part enthusiastic beginning guitar player, 1 part beautiful new guitar, and 1 part confusing "Learn guitar" chord book. The result is rarely pretty -- it usually results in 1 confused and frustrated not-so-en ...

I wanted to see it, but I didn't want to see it. I'm talking about the "gay cowboy" movie called Brokeback Mountain (even though I read Jake Gyllenhaal, one of the two major actors - Jack Twist.", wants it to mean much more than that to its audience). I didn't want to see Brokeback Moun ...

Today, music is one of the biggest entertainment industries in the world. This market is hotter for many reasons. First of all, customers demands and tastes are higher and more diversified than ever. Second, the number of people and companies working in this field are increasing at such ...

Every time I go to the supermarket and stand in line to check out I see dozens of magazines or tabloids about celebrities. My question to anyone that buys these magazines or cares what is inside is, why do you care I can understand going to a movie because you are a fan of the star. I p ...

Everywhere I go there seems to be some sophisticated discussion or debate about whats wrong with the music industry and what needs to be done to fix it. The conversation takes place in offices among professionals who have been around long enough to know that things are indeed different ...

Going out every time you want a DVD rental can be a gigantic pain in the butt, thank goodness that there are now amazing direct to you services like Netflix. These guys take all of the hassle out of DVD rental, I will never go to the movie store again. The most annoying thing about bric ...

Commitment is an independent filmmakers most valuable resource. Without a lot of money to grease the wheels of production, a low budget film producer must rely on creativity and determination to get their films made. If a person wants to get their film made badly enough, there is not muc ...

If you are looking for cheap electric guitars there is a lot of choice out there. You can buy a cheap electric guitar from as little as 70 and there are a number of brands making cheap guitars. Dont spend under 90 on a guitar If you are buying your first electric guitar, I wouldnt rec ...

Way back in the year 2000 when Big Brother first exploded onto our screens, it was a brand new concept. An interesting Game show where all you had to do was live in a house with a bunch of strangers for 3 months and at the end of it you could win 70,000. The whole country was gripped. W ...

One of the great children's classics by C.S. Lewis, is brought to the screen in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Set in wartime England, its plot has the four Pevensie children sent out of London for their safety. They end up in the country house of the eccentric Prof. Digory Kirke, ...

Divine music, when you experience it, brings with it intense and lasting bliss. Anyone who attempts to describe it would have to use pale analogies. If we think of the most beautiful music we have ever heard in this world, it still does not compare with the music known as the Voice of Go ...

Years ago, upon my first-ever arrival in Paris, there was no doubt as to where I would begin my itinerary ... I went immediately to the Père Lachaise cemetery. That's the final resting place of such luminaries as Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Sarah Berhhardt and Chopin. If I had been there du ...

Have you ever been lost in the fog Not only is it hard to see something, but when you do see, it is too late. The remake of The Fog was well done and it had some scary moments. Are you ready to watch a bunch of dead lepers come back for revenge As the mist creeps into Antonio Bay, so ...

Whats the deal with so many white music artists singing black music Why do white artists who sing black music get better promotion than black artists Why is R&B music now synonymous with Hip-Hop These are some of the hot topics that often come up in private conversations with my industr ...

What exactly is the X factor You hear professionals in the entertainment industry referring to it. You hear artists alluding to it, but you rarely hear anyone defining It. If you are an aspiring music artist or an entertainer, its important that you know what It is because in the mind o ...