Late last year a friend of mine who's been playing in rock bands since he was a kid (and now has kids of his own), made a startling confession. He said, "I think some of the Jonas Brothers songs actually rock."

I found this disclosure mildly depressing. If my...

You're sitting in a conference room with a table full of coworkers. As you're discussing a pressing issue, everyone is simultaneously typing on a laptop, subtly checking their email, Facebook and Twitter accounts, pounding their thumbs on a blackberry, or reading a text message on their vibrating cell phone --...

If you've grown weary and cynical about Hollywood's non-stop attempts to remake anything -- and remake it poorly -- then you're in for a rare treat with Star Trek, which beams into theaters Friday.

Please check out my feature cartoon in this week's Village Voice, which reviews...

"You won't catch me crying over Kurt Cobain," he told me 15 years ago this week, lingering on the words "Kurt Cobain," his voice dripping with a disdain for anyone who might feel sympathy for the emotionally tortured rocker who had just killed himself. His coldness took me aback.