J.B. Spins

Which could produce a higher body count, a potential zombie apocalypse or Whitey Bulger? Massachusetts gets it hard either way to judge f...

Bob Weir never had an ice cream named after him. He always played second banana to Jerry Garcia, but he got a disproportionate share of t...

Honestly, Bushwick hipsters are horrifying enough. Adding a few vampires is almost redundant. There are all just life-sucking parasites. ...

They are part of the Hunter S. Thompson mafia. That means they get together from time to time to sign limited collectibles, as good non-c...

This almost goes without saying, but good golly, did the American cycling establishment ever pick the wrong athlete to put all their PR c...

Overpopulation is an issue that can turn an ostensive philanthropist into an evangelist for draconian controls on the unwashed masses. Sh...

Unfortunately, the physician in question is not Albert Schweitzer. It is the monstrous Josef Mengele who has ingratiated himself with you...

We do not read short story writer Richard Connell very much anymore, except for his constantly anthologized “The Most Dangerous Game.” Ye...

Clark Terry’s distinctive personal sound has been justly hailed as the “happiest” in all jazzdom. Nobody could lift your spirits in live ...

Love rarely works out for early Twentieth Century Russian doctors with a taste for lyric poetry. Sadly, Nicolai Borodinski will be no exc...

In the near-ish future, hyperinflation, Gresham’s Law, and even central banking as we know it might become relics of the past. We are not...

Seven is an auspicious number. There are the Wonders of the World and Deadly Sins. It also only takes seven hardnosed mercenaries to rall...

He is not exactly a budding Walter White. His partner is more daring, but her willingness to sample their goods does not bode well. Thank...

China’s working poor are regularly ignored and exploited, but from their ranks will emerge an unlikely black widow that even James Cain w...

Driving is the American way to commute. It suddenly does not look so bad for a handful of Brits trapped on a runaway train. The end of th...

Pilgrimages are supposed to be slow and arduous. That also seems to be the case for experimental cinema. Xuanzang, the iconic monk protag...

They were like an adult version of the Bad News Bears. The Portland Mavericks were the last independent team to compete in Major League B...

Anna Li is a lady who lunches. She is not Marie Antoinette. She simply is unprepared for the speed at which fortunes can reverse in Hong ...

Matthew Sweet is the Grunge version of Eddie Wilson from Eddie and the Cruisers . He only cut one classic album, but many fans still beli...