From 2014: Photographer Deborah Feingold has collected her work in a new collection, "Music." Pick up her book and you’ll instantly recognize countless images ranging from Madonna (and lollipop) to barefoot Keith Richards, as well as from big jacketed David Byrne to Kid Creole and the Coconuts. If you’re not a music fan, you probably know a certain book cover Deborah shot featuring a future leader of the free world: "The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama."

From 2014: Featured in the documentary "I Am Road Comic" are funny people such as Nikki Glaser, Alonzo Bodden, Doug Benson from “Doug Loves Movies,” Maria Bamford, W. Kamau Bell, Jim Norton from “Opie and Anthony,” Judah Friedlander from “30 Rock,” TJ Miller from “Silicon Valley,” and Jen Kirkman from “Chelsea Lately.” Director Jordan Brady, himself a former comic, appears on screen this time around, going on the road and performing with comedian Wayne Federman.

From 2014: one gets the distinct sense from John Coates’ new biography, Don Heck: A Work of Art, that the late Mr. Heck would have been just as happy—maybe even happier—drawing commercial illustrations rather than superheroes. I think it’s a credit to Coates, in fact, that we get so much evidence through actual Heck interviews during his career that could sum up the artist’s opinion of being present at Creation the way my grandmother often reacted to a variety of issues: Feh! Not Brand Feh! You sa

From 1983: I love rock 'n' roll. And I still love Joan Jett. Earlier today I saw that it was Joan Jett's 56th birthday. I believe it is her day, but I don't believe the black-haired sprite will ever be a day over 26, which is roughly the age she was when I conducted this telephone interview with her on December 23, 1983.

From 2014: If you watch only one Tony Award-winning video that encompasses the history of ventriloquism this year... make it Jay Johnson: “The Two and Only. Now, I know what some of you are thinking—ventriloquism? Blecch! But hear me out.

From 2014: In the third and final novel of the "Ashwood" trilogy, "Leaving Ashwood," Cynthia Kraack doesn’t disappoint. She takes her main and supporting characters in some surprising yet natural directions. More details about their era and the world around them is revealed. The politics are ugly. But Anne Hartford never loses the essence of what makes her so compelling.

From 2014: A good day in my business is one in which I learn that a favorite author has released a new book. That means good reading ahead and, more than likely, a good interview in my immediate future. Today is one of those days, as one of the Great Lakes’ favorite sons of modern literature, William Kent Krueger, is joining me to talk about his latest Cork O’Connor mystery, Windigo Island.

From 2014: Where Sherlock Holmes has his Watson – often to put the reader off track – Bernie has his Chet. Their latest adventure takes the pair across the country to Washington, D.C., ostensibly to reunite with Bernie’s girlfriend, Suzie, now a reporter at the Washington Post. But it doesn’t take long for a dead body to appear and the Little Detective Agency is on the scent. And so, with profound apologies for my previous approach,

From 2014: Cowabunga, dudes! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles never really go away, they just slip into the nearest pizza joint for a couple of pies, wait for another shining moment, then reappear for a fresh demonstration of Kung Fu fighting and superheroics aimed at a new generation. That’s one of the messages I took away from reading Andrew Farago’s enormous and loving coffee table book dedicated to the “heroes in a half-shell.” Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Donatello are forever unbowed.

From 2014: Joining me today to talk about his book, "Make ‘Em Laugh: 35 Years of the Comic Strip, the Greatest Comedy Club of All Time!" is co-author Jeffrey Gurian. Gurian is a man of many hats, including comedian and host of “Comedy Matters” on Sirius/XM. He also is a regular every Monday with Sirius/XM’s “Ron & Fez,” talking about the world of comedy.