Rocker Daniel Gallagher Does His Best to Keep Alive Uncle Rory Gallagher’s Blues Music Legacy

Rocker Daniel Gallagher Does His Best to Keep Alive Uncle Rory Gallagher’s Blues Music Legacy

Interview by Brad Balfour & Paddy McCarthy Hard-core blues is rarely associated with Ireland. But if anyone did the job in making the blues a crucial genre for an Irish musician to adopt it was the late Rory Gallagher. Donegal-born,...
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The Night To Make All Americans Count, And This Time, All Votes Matter

The Night To Make All Americans Count, And This Time, All Votes Matter

Reflections by Brad Balfour Tonight’s the night. And this will only be the start of another set of anxieties as the vote gets counted. But I am relieved about one thing: my 34 year-old Denver-based daughter finally voted. After years...
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Celebrate Halloween With A Night For Horror Masked By Cinema

Celebrate Halloween With A Night For Horror Masked By Cinema

Overview by Brad Balfour [photo: Glenn Hughes] When I recently found a new edition of Irish author Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” it led me back into one of the greatest stories ever told. It’s a classic tome about a legendary character...
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“Tenet” Is The Timeless Word That Propels Christopher Nolan’s Latest Film

“Tenet” Is The Timeless Word That Propels Christopher Nolan’s Latest Film

Review by Brad Balfour Director: Christopher Nolan Cast: John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Dimple Kapadia, Michael Caine, and Kenneth Branagh As cited by Wikipedia, a tenet is one of the principles on which a belief or theory is...
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Doing The Binge This Labor Day — A Way to Visit Other Worlds and Save a Mind In Lock-down


Doing The Binge This Labor Day — A Way to Visit Other Worlds and Save a Mind In Lock-down


Essay by Brad Balfour Yes I did. I let a lot of things go when the pandemic shut-down kicked in. My hair grew out; I ceased emailing and texting with a lot of good and great people; since I was...
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Celebrating Legendary Cartoonist Charles Addams and his Addams Family Through an Upcoming Animated Film Due This October

Celebrating Legendary Cartoonist Charles Addams and his Addams Family Through an Upcoming Animated Film Due This October

A day spent in Westfield, New Jersey provided a unique look into Charles Addams — the creator of the Addams Family — a pop culture phenomenon which thankfully didn’t slip away from the public consciousness. Long before The Addams Family...
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NY International Auto Show Is Parked at the Jacob Javits Center This April

NY International Auto Show Is Parked at the Jacob Javits Center This April

New York International Auto Show 2019 Jacob Javits Center April 19 – 28, 2019 Running from April 19th to the 28th, 2019, the New York International Auto Show, held at the Jacob Javits Center, is a perennial favorite for both...
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Artificial Intelligence Featured at A Key Conference Scheduled in New York

Artificial Intelligence Featured at A Key Conference Scheduled in New York

            This week from Monday, March, 18th (for preliminary workshops) through Wednesday March 20th, the Metropolitan Pavilion will be the site of one of the most intriguing and complex business conferences to hit Manhattan’...
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The 21st Annual All-Star Irish Rock Revue Concert Hits City Winery Wednesday, March 13th

The 21st Annual All-Star Irish Rock Revue Concert Hits City Winery Wednesday, March 13th

              The All-Star Irish Rock Revue Concert Wednesday, March 13th City Winery NYC 155 Varick St NYC 10013 (212) 608-0555 Doors 6p – Show 8p TIX: https://tinyurl.com/y5gstwmt For 21 years, The All-Star Irish Rock...
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VinExpo New York 2019 Means It’s Wine Time at the Javits Center

VinExpo New York 2019 Means It’s Wine Time at the Javits Center

VinExpo New York March 4 – 5, 2019 Jacob Javits Center 655 W 34th St. New York, NY 10001 For connoisseurs of great grapes, restaurateurs, and general enthusiasts alike, the VinExpo at the Jacob Javits Center is an event for...
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