by Downtown Magazine | Jul 20, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Sheppard has the sort of accolades as a band that are amazing, yet are only possible in this day and age. The band’s breakthrough single “Geronimo” is RIAA-certified at the Platinum level (over one million units sold), yet it has over 140 million streams on...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 19, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
If you were featured on network television for over 40 weeks a year for nearly three decades, that alone would make you a legend. If you played with the likes of Madonna, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan – to name a few – in your downtime from your Late Show With David...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 18, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Imagine being the drummer in one of the most successful bands of the 1990s. Your hits not only still play around the world 20-plus years later, yet they are synonymous with a particular era. Rather than sitting back and relying on these prior accomplishments, Spin...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 17, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, News
Are you a big fan of music? Do you like to write? Is it your goal to be a published author? If your answer to all three of these questions is “yes,” then there is an opportunity from Bloomsbury Books deserving your immediate attention. Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 is a beloved...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 17, 2015 | Movies
Few things in this world are more universal than coffee, and this is why Caffeinated makes for such an interesting documentary. It not only explores the evolution of coffee’s cultural and culinary roles, but where it comes from. Let’s just say that there are quite a...