In the Fall of 1986, Paul Simon returned to the airwaves when “You Can Call Me Al” became a smash hit. He even had a video playing on MTV with Simon clowning around with Chevy Chase. The real star of the song was the funky bass of South African Bakithi Kumalo. The song was part … Read more
The 1970s gave filmmakers a strange kind of freedom. Studios were taking risks, censorship rules had loosened, and directors kept trying to outdo each other with movies that felt more shocking, violent, or uncomfortable than anything audiences had seen before. Some became classics, others were banned outright, and a few
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