Rob Miller and the Making of Bloodshot Records

Rob Miller and the Making of Bloodshot Records

The beleaguered lead singer of Whiskeytown once crooned “So I started this damn country band/’cause punk rock was too hard to sing” which is an apt description of what was going on in the newly-named “insurgent country” movement in the Midwest in the early ’90s. Punk ethos met the hard-drinking and rough living sad sack…

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When Did Film Get So Boring?

When Did Film Get So Boring?

Why is nothing new happening in film? You’ve noticed. Sequel after sequel, unmemorable plots, films you don’t care about discussing the next day. Yeah, it didn’t use to be like this.  Filmgoers in the 20th century had a bonanza of new genres or styles of film. Every decade birthed two or more. Film started in…

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