By Jericho McCune Hollywood has been mining World War II for stories since before World War II was over. Through the magic of cinema, all of the major battles are readily available to experience vicariously through film. More often than not, big budgets and exciting explosions dominate the screen. Films like Pearl Harbor and Saving Private Ryan allow us to relieve the most exciting parts of the war from the hero’s perspective, and in the end we can be rest assured we will feel good because regardless of the outcome we know we were fighting the good fight. WW2 was about much more than pop...
It’s hard to know where to start when talking about someone like Joseph Arthur. He’s best known as a musician, thanks to his solo work and the supergroup Fistful of Mercy, but he’s much more than that — including an accomplished songwriter, painter and designer. Arthur was born in Akron, where he lived until he was 18. He graduated from Firestone High School, also the alma mater of Chrissie Hynde, and hung out in Fairlawn before leaving to find his fortune in Atlanta. In the mid-1990s, he was discovered by Peter Gabriel, who flew him to NYC for a live audition. After Gabriel hear...
