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Springfield Runnin’ on the Backstreets

Springfield Runnin’ on the Backstreets

As a convenience to readers, this article has been reprinted in its entirety from the Backstreets.com blog (which doesn’t “anchor” it’s  entries, making it impossible to link to a specific item, and making any one story challenging to find once it’s pushed off the home page (which is refreshed every 2 month). If you’d like to activate […]

Streep Rocks the Room in ‘Ricki’

Streep Rocks the Room in ‘Ricki’

Sondheim fans know Meryl Streep can sing — she earned raves for her performance on 2014’s Into the Woods. And in Mama Mia! (2008), “She sings! She dances! She does the splits!”  But who knew she could rock? She can, as everyone is discovering with Ricki and the Flash. Streep is Ricki Rendazzo, a mother of three who refused […]

Blink 182 Bassist Scores Short

Blink 182 Bassist Scores Short

Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus has scored his first film — a short titled I’m Scared, based on the illustrations of Greg “Craola” Simkins.  In the pantheon of rockers who transitioned to film, Hoppus follows in the footsteps of giants Danny Elfman, Trent Reznor and Stuart Copeland, though it remains to be seen if he’ll ascend to […]