Harvey Kubernik, the author of this beautifully produced opus just published by Sterling Publishing, has resided in Laurel Canyon all his life. Kubernik is a music historian and pop culture archivist as well as a respected veteran music writer with credits in, to name a few, Melody Maker, Musician, The...

If you saw those big liquid eyes and heard that perfect rock and roll voice in 1979 singing "Stillsane," you never forgot it. "Stillsane" was a rollicking, sax-driven, joyful tune about holding onto one's sanity in the face of adversity. Without the benefit of MTV (which started a few years...

This week's challenge is delivered by the seaside by a smiling Tim Gunn wearing...yes...flip-flops. The assignment is to create a "fun and fashionable surfwear look" and pair it with the perfect beachy hairstyle working with our friends at Garnier. It's also the first team challenge and the team leaders (Shirin,...

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Nancy Botwin's dark little world has seriously gone all to hell in a Mexican hand-woven handbasket. Dios mio!, it seems another lifetime that Mrs. Botwin was just your run of the mill soccer mom with an illegal side business. Those days look positively Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm...

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It's almost like we've never left, already, n'est-ce pas? Except for relocating the show to L.A. and adding on a half hour spin-off that follows each week's episode to focus on the models (more on that in a minute), we're already back in the Project...

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This episode was a head turner for sure in an uneven season, to say the least. One week Weeds was jumping the shark, the next it was harpooning it. If you recall, Nancy's short lived marital bliss was upended by Esteban being dragged away...

As part of Lifetime's Project Runwaymania, we now have a completely new spin-off show that gives us a peek inside the lives of the models who work with the show's designers. It's the usual reality show mix of cameras recording every move and giving us the highlights; plus the winning...

It should come as no surprise to any of us that Lifetime, after having paid an amount that would probably feed a small country to wrest Project Runway from Bravo, presented a Project Runway-Fest that ran three and a half hours long on its heavily promoted opening night, Thursday, August...

Designers, may I ask you to gather 'round? Ah yes, it's the familiar words and soothing voice of Tim Gunn resonating once more from my television screen. Once again we open our homes and our hearts to a new season of Project Runway; nearly indistinguishable from former seasons in spite...

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As we begin the march towards the end of the season (only two more shows after this episode), the formidable Jenji Kohan and her kohorts (sorry, kouldn't resist) have stacked the deck with interesting new characters and wily new situations for our favorite dreamy-eyed gangsta...

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Ay yi yi, Nancita. You've gone and done it now, you're officially living la vida loca. But I digress...

We rejoin the wacky world of the Botwin clan as Shane sits bleeding in the back of a cushy town car with Cesar attending to the...

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Well, color me unsurprised that the self-absorbed, self-motivated, self-obsessed Nancy B. has gone back to her regular selfish ways this week. Apparently Episode 8 was a break in the clouds, but we're back to the usual stormy weather in the life of Lady Botwin. As...

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Nancy wakes from a post-partum hospital room snooze to find Pilar, Esteban's political advisor and who knows what all else, cooing over the baby in his crib. In perfect English, Pilar tells Nancy that she's never had children because they are extraordinarily inconvenient. "This little...

Since Twitter has been officially crowned the latest thing we can't live without that we never knew we needed -- in the grand tradition of other such recent items as Facebook and the iPhone - I'd like to propose a number of Twitter spin-offs that I think could possibly have...

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In Episode 6 we had accelerated ahead six months to Nancy dreamily wandering around Chez Esteban with her big baby belly, looking radiant - if more than a tad vacant. Esteban decided to make an honest woman of her, but his plans were foiled...

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We rejoin Nancy B. six months later (ah, teevee time) as she's living la buena vida in Esteban's mansion, a few short miles (yet a veritable world away) from her house in Ren-Mar. As the curtain goes up on her life once again, she's...

Here's an equation for you. Take one aging celebrity, mix in a hefty scoop of childhood abuse, add a few dozen helpings of bad publicity for pedophilia charges and just plain bizarre behavior, mix in a lethal cocktail of dangerous prescription drugs, plus the loss of billions of dollars due...

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If you'll recall, last week Nancy Botwin's world began to show marked signs of wear and tear. She was seemingly adrift in the crazy world that she herself created back when she first started transacting the evil weed. This episode starts with more of same,...

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It's clear by now that Nancy's world has spun so far out of control that all she can do is wander in a daze through it. She's gone from someone that made things happen, to someone that things happen to. And she doesn't seem to...

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We rejoin Lady Botwin in her kitchen as she attempts to stare down Cesar, the "minder" thoughtfully provided by baby daddy Esteban. The animosity between them is palpable. Suddenly, Cesar is relieved by the staunch, silent, smelly Sucio. It's clear that Nancy's firmly entrenched in...