J.B. Spins

Jazz and classical musicians probably have more in common than many people realize.   That is particularly true when it comes to piano prefe...

Sometimes you wake up and just don’t feel like saving the world. That is basically what happened to Paul W.R. The problem is, he is schedule...

Given the runaway rate of inflation, it now hardly seems worth an armored car crew’s efforts to steal a $42 million shipment of cash from th...

It is a pre-war building with a battle-tested doorman. Sgt. Ali Orski was decorated for valor, but the ambassador she was protecting was sti...

Writing holocaust-themed novels for the young adult market is a tricky proposition. Adapting them for the big screen is even trickier....

Movies make terrible doctors. If you ever find yourself pierced by a foreign object, dislodging it could be fatal, but that is usually th...

Det. Vogel’s weapon of choice is particularly dangerous. He wields the media. A well-timed feeding frenzy will cause many hardened seria...

Evidently, French prisons are so hot at rehabilitation either. To be fair, this Hong Kong jewel thief was primed for recidivism. He was c...

Conveniently, the infamous Winter Velodrome no longer stands in Paris.  Yet, perversely, cycling races were still held in the venue as l...