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Wumbo is a word coined on SpongeBob SquarePants. It is also an indie-rcok band that The Advocate recently included in their list of 10 bands to check out in Baton Rouge. The band has played at most of Baton Rouge's esteemed music venues including The … [Read more]
Filmmaker Joshua Overbay's first film, As It Is in Heaven, was a Critics' Pick in The New York Times and favorably reviewed on rogerebert.com. Luke & Jo is Josh's third film, and it continues the tradition of exploring big questions while telling … [Read more]
Michael Berry is the writer-director of Stuck, an original character-driven musical set in a New York subway that stars Giancarlo Esposito, whom Breaking Bad fans might recognize as the cunning owner of Los Pollos Hermanos. Giancarlo plays a very … [Read more]
Some songwriters would kill for the chance to work with just one multi-platinum artist. Songwriter Brent Baxter has worked with a handful of them. One of his songs even made it onto Rolling Stone's list of the 40 Saddest Country Songs of All Time. … [Read more]
This year, I had the chance to interview several filmmakers screening films at the Louisiana International Film Festival. On this episode, I recap some of those interviews and share some of my experiences and takeaways from LIFF2018. Here are … [Read more]
My coverage of LIFF2018 continues with Tinker producer Tom Bhramayana. Tinker is a sci-fi film that started as Kickstarter campaign which brought in over $100,000. A few year later, it has won 19 best-of awards at festivals around the country, and … [Read more]