Archive of Tony Shea ( Editor-in-Chief, New York)

Tony Shea is based in New York, having recently moved from Los Angeles after more than a decade on the sunny coast. His short films have won numerous awards and screened at major festivals around the world including Comic-Con. As a musician, he is the lead singer for Los Angeles rock n’ roll band Candygram For Mongo (C4M) candygramformongo.com who has been a featured artist on Clear Channel Radio’s Discover New Music Program and whose songs have been heard on Battlestar Gallactica (Syfy Channel) and Unhitched (Fox) among other shows and films.

Tony has contributed 236 brilliant piece(s).


Frank Sinatra’s First [Song] of the Day – Our Love – 1939

by Tony Shea March 18, 2014

Today marks the anniversary of the recording of Frank Sinatra’s first song, “Our Love,” back in 1939 along with the Frank Mane Orchestra. However, I would suggest that a better song from the same time period is “Our Love Affair” that Ole’ Blue Eyes recorded with the superior Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1940 – the […]

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On the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Charles Bukowski – 1994 (POEM)

by Tony Shea March 9, 2014

image via I was 23 when Charles Bukowski died. I was in New York City,

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My Oscar Picks 2014

by Tony Shea March 2, 2014

The Oscars are once again upon us. Below are my picks. BEST PICTURE “12 Years a Slave” WINNER “American Hustle” “Captain Phillips” “Dallas Buyers Club” “Gravity” “Her” “Nebraska” “Philomena” “The Wolf of Wall Street”

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Why Gravity Should Win Best Picture – But Probably Won’t

by Tony Shea February 28, 2014

A friend of mine whose opinion on matters of taste in films and books very closely mirrors my own told me, before I had seen the film, that Gravity would blow my mind.

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The Best of Harold Ramis – RIP

by Tony Shea February 24, 2014

image via The great Harold Ramis died today at the age of 69 from complications related to an autoimmune disease. I’m sorry too see him go, since he helped make a number of my absolutely favorite films that delighted me as child and continue to have resonance with me through the years. A multi-talented writer, […]

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Pure Gonzo (The Life of Hunter S. Thompson)

by Tony Shea February 20, 2014

HUNTER S. THOMPSON DIED ON THIS DAY BACK IN 2005. THIS PIECE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 18, 2013 TO COMMEMORATE HIS BIRTHDAY. The Edge…there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. Hunter S. Thompson By all accounts, […]

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Bob Casale – Devo Guitarist Dead at 61 – RIP

by Tony Shea February 18, 2014

  Devo were one of a kind – an oddball, art house, new wave band that didn’t so much make songs as deconstruct them with their highbrow mix of surrealistic humor and social commentary. Bob Casale, one of Devo’s founding members and guitarist,  died today from heart failure at the age of 61. RIP. Above, […]

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Tongue and Groove Founder Talks Lit – Conrad Romo Interview

by Tony Shea February 14, 2014

Conrad Romo is a second generation L.A. native. He grew up on the other side of the tracks (N.E.L.A.) short, stocky and swarthy. The first album that he bought was the soundtrack to the movie Bonnie and Clyde. The first concert he attended was ’68 for The Cream. He has been the subject of artwork […]

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Burbank Bids Bon Voyage to Jay Leno and the Tonight Show

by Tony Shea February 6, 2014

Today marks the end of an era in Burbank not only for Jay Leno but for the Tonight Show itself, which will be moving to New York for its new host, Jimmy Fallon.

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Matthew McConaughey Caps Outstanding Year with True Detective

by Tony Shea February 5, 2014

Matthew McConaughey has always been an actor who never quite seemed to resonate with me. I suppose I liked him in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused, but that was before he was “Matthew McConaughey” the brand name, constantly pictured on the cover of US weekly with his ripped abs surfing in Malibu, the “Matthew McConaughey” […]

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THE BEST OF PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN – RIP

by Tony Shea February 2, 2014

Sometimes I’m working on a film and someone will ask me if I’m having fun. And I’m tempted to tell them the truth: No, absolutely not. Having no fun here at all. You know what’s going to be fun? When it’s done, and I’ve done a fuckin’ good job, and I know people are getting […]

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Zero Theorem – Terry Gilliam Closes the Loop of his Dystopian Trilogy (Trailer)

by Tony Shea January 29, 2014

The Zero Theorem is Terry Gilliam’s  final chapter in the trilogy of satirically dystopian films that began with 1985’s Brazil and continued ten years later with 12 Monkeys. Now, nearly twenty after that film, comes The Zero Theorem, which is the story of  a computer genius, played by Christophe Waltz, who seeks to unravel a […]

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Tongue and Groove – LA’s Monthly Reading Series (NSFW)

by Tony Shea January 23, 2014

video clips via Dan O’Day McClellan Tongue and Groove has been featuring the best in short fiction, personal essays, poetry and music for more than ten years now. Founded and produced by Conrad Romo, one of the founders of Lit Crawl, which has produced large events in San Francisco and most recently here in LA […]

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