The Vinyl Villain — Be it friend or family, the loss of a loved one eventually hits us all. Be it sudden or expected, it makes it no easier.A couple of years ago I went to see Robert Forster, one of my musical idols. It was the first time that he had toured since the de... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Since riding nude on a horse in 'Reflections in a Golden Eye' (playing Sunday at the Aero), the actor's career has had its stops and starts. He'll soon be on 'Alcatraz.'Since riding nude on a horse in 'Reflections in a Golden Eye' (playing Sunday at ... more info

Altsounds — In his book The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll Robert Forster lists 10 truths of rock. Rule number ten states that the three-piece band is the purest form of rock and roll expression and Oakland, California's three-piece Bare Wires evidently know this.... more info

Undercover, Australia — Go-Between, solo artist and writer Robert Forster closes the BIGSOUND conference with a comprehensive walk through his career more info

Guardian Music — The Go-Betweens inspire cult devotion – which could explain why Australia has just named a bridge after them. Fan Alexis Petridis talks to the band's singer about pop, tattoos – and haircareOne day in 2009, Robert Forster took a call from his ma... more info

DrownedInSound — For the most part, You Should Know By Now succeeds, mixing the energetic buzzsaw pop of 'Bloodwell' and 'Oh Girl!'(think The Mighty Lemon Drops with Shin Ei fuzz wahs) with a more plaintive semi-acoustic stroll down Edwyn Collins and Robert Forster's... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Judy Greer, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard and Robert Forster are joining the cast of Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," which begins filming Monday in Hawaii. more info

The Vinyl Villain — FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYSI've been going through hell trying to come up with a subject for my first Sunday posting.Especially after last week's tour de force by Dick van Dyke. How can I entertain you like that?Or how can I communicate even a fraction of... more info

Guardian Music — Lean, ravaged and always with a cigarette dangling from his lips, the Birthday Party's Rowland S Howard pummelled his guitar until it could howl no moreI first saw Rowland S Howard, who died from liver cancer on 30 December, play live when he tore my... more info

The Vinyl Villain — On Tuesday 1st December 2009, TVV published some words and mp3s associated with two tracks that appeared on the CD entitled The Indie Scene 1986.Unfortunately, due to a production error, the song by the band Easterhouse was labeled wrongly. TVV offe... more info