Pop Culture Nomad

Nothing perplexed me more in the world of music this year than the reaction to the new Wu-Tang Clan album, 8 Diagrams . 2007 has been undoub...

When it comes to music, I've been out of the loop for a while. I didn't even realize there was a new Rogue Wave album and it took m...

The two-hour season three finale of Lost was absolutely incredible. Twists, turns, promises fulfilled, great acting, some absurdly pleasin...

Walking down a deserted (but perpetually shimmering) Michigan Avenue in Chicago the other night, listening to The National's fourth full...

When I first heard about new Moon , the "new" double-disc, posthumous Elliott Smith release titled, I was extremely apprehensive. ...

A recent spin of the new Young Buck album got me thinking about the downfall of G Unit. Then, while I was thinking about that, my wife Jen ...

It was a monster November/December combo for hip-hop, with leaked albums springing up everywhere, the Game emerging triumphantly from his Af...

Jay-Z’s comeback album has been out for almost a full month now – even longer if you count the “Internet Release” (also know as album leak)....

Brooklyn rapper Papoose is a bit of an enigma. One the one hand, he has a pretty good pedigree which includes the 2005 Justo mixtape artist...

Just about every “year in review” article and recap has already been turned in, which means you won’t find Nas on many top 10 lists for 2006...

I took a look at the Golden Globe nominations today and couldn't help but notice that there is a glaring omission from the category of ...

Granted, "A Special Box" was more of a Justin Timberlake skit than anything, but give Sandberg credit for coming through with anot...