Mitch Easter, The Caropop Interview
This dates me, but I first saw Mitch Easter when his band, Let’s Active, was opening for R.E.M. in the fall of 1983 on my college campus....
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Mark Caro
Nov 1, 20211 min read
Another restaurant quandary: Eat or send back?
Two women were seated next to each other at separate tables along a banquette. A food runner delivered what appeared to be a fried...
Mark Caro
Oct 29, 20212 min read
Costello, Spoon bringing the rock
Elvis Costello and Spoon have released new songs over the past couple of days, and both boast a throwback rock energy. The new Elvis...
Mark Caro
Oct 28, 20213 min read
Riccardo Muti and the death and rebirth (we hope) of culture
Sitting in the Symphony Center lower balcony on the evening of Sept. 23 was a surprisingly emotional experience for me and, I assume,...
Mark Jacob
Oct 26, 20214 min read
Marlon Brando as the Sundance Kid and other casting near-misses
Movie casting remains a popular spectator sport, as evidenced by the reaction to Deadline's report yesterday that Brendan Fraser will...
Mark Caro
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Python seduces 'SNL'
A couple walks into a meeting with a man who seduces the wife, much to the husband’s chagrin. Is this an original idea or a standard...
Mark Caro
Oct 21, 20213 min read
Digging into War with founding member Lonnie Jordan
War is one of those bands that I always liked more than I knew. I’d enjoyed the sing-along choruses and laugh-along verses of “Why Can’t...
Mark Caro
Oct 19, 20215 min read
'Love, Charlie' captures the compelling complexity of Chef Trotter
I’d never seen my head so big. That wasn’t my main takeaway from the Chicago International Film Festival world premiere of Rebecca...
Mark Caro
Oct 15, 20213 min read
Kathy Valentine: Going to the Rock Hall with the Go-Go's but not done pushing the beat
Kathy Valentine and the Go-Go’s made me do something I didn’t want to do. I think the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, as a concept, is stupid....
Mark Caro
Oct 13, 20213 min read
Will ABBA hold the record for the longest gap between albums? And what are the best 70+ songs?
Forty years passed between the release of Glenn Miller’s “In the Mood” and that of the Clash’s “London Calling.” Forty years also will...
Mark Caro
Oct 12, 20213 min read
If a restaurant no-shows, does it owe you anything?
I made the reservations Monday on Resy for a late-summer Sunday brunch at 12:15 p.m. on the patio. There would be four of us, two coming...
Mark Caro
Oct 11, 20216 min read
5 thoughts about 'Ted Lasso'
1. The reason viewers are exerting so much effort to analyze Ted Lasso is that the Apple TV+ show has done a remarkable job of making us...
Mark Caro
Oct 8, 20211 min read
Your Friday Cage Match
"Rock and Roll" vs. "Rock & Roll" vs. "Rock 'n' Roll." Discuss.
Mark Caro
Oct 7, 20213 min read
Bruce Thomas: The Caropop interview
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a huge Beatles fan, but I went nuts for them in retrospect, imagining what it would have been like to hear,...
Mark Caro
Oct 6, 20214 min read
Why most prequels don't work, including 'Many Saints of Newark'
Years ago I was in a novel-writing workshop in which the professor counseled us to follow our characters to their natural destinations...
Mark Caro
Oct 4, 20215 min read
Listen, Listen: Diving back into vinyl
My high-school age daughter enjoys asking me, “What did you like to do when you were my age?” “I’d go in my room and listen to records,”...
Mark Caro
Sep 28, 20214 min read
At long last: R. Kelly officially guilty
“Chicago singer and songwriter R. Kelly used his position of fame and influence as a pop superstar to meet girls as young as 15 and have...
Mark Caro
Sep 27, 20212 min read
Can Jennifer be a ‘Natural’ Aretha?
Casting Hudson as Franklin is a no-brainer, but can she make you think she’s Aretha Franklin while reminding you that she’s Jennifer Hudson?
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