JacoBlog - Jacobs Media's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
When it comes to the holiday season, the music that would make most radio operators happy is the ringing of the cash register (with all due respect to Brenda Lee, Elmo & Patsy, and Bing Crosby). And as we have suggested to these very same cluster managers, station owners, and...
MakeUseOf.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Halloween is over and Thanksgiving is coming up. Then comes Christmas. Yes, it’s that time of year again: weekends are spent baking cookies, tempting Xmas treats, seasonal decorations in every store and cheesy songs on the radio. If you want to get into the mood with music you enjoy or accompany your Christmas celebrations with a quality [...]
Jazz Lives (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jon-Erik Kellso already has a deep repertoire of songs, as listeners know. I was especially delighted when he decided to add Ralph Rainger’s PLEASE to his list, which he did last Sunday night (November 22, 2009) at the Ear Inn. The EarRegulars were an especially compatible quartet: Jon-Erik on trumpet, Matt Munisteri on guitar, Scott [...]
Miss604's Canuck Life :: A Vancouve (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Copyright © 2009 Miss604. Visit the original article at http://www.miss604.com/2009/11/vancouver-archival-films-at-vancity-theatre.html.The City of Vancouver Archives are opening up their film vault this Sunday with a historic showcase of some fascinating moments in our City’s history. Where: Vancity Theatre (Vancouver International Film Centre on Seymour) When: Sunday, November 29th at...
MTV UK (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
VH1 and VIVA have teamed up with 95.8 Capital FM to find out what YOU think is the Greatest Christmas Song Ever. So whether you favour the old classics from the likes of Cliff Richard, Slade and...
Craftroom Creations (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
or at least one Pink Elephant anyway and this week Ella has a recipe for us ... Plaid - Brads and NO Ribbon (oh my not using ribbon was a real toughie!) Our sponsors this week are Wild Flower Kids Rubber Stamps and the design team were lucky enough to work with fantastic images from the 'Tis the Season' digi image range. For my first card I used the digi Christmas Tree and the oh so cute Elf Lilly....
Plurter Article Sharing (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Can chestnuts roast on the open fire if it’s 55 degrees and tiffany jewellery rainy? WJRZ-FM wants to find out. The station, 100.1 FM based in Stafford, is getting a jump on its competition by switching to an all-Christmas music format seven weeks before Christmas. Listeners had a mixed reaction. Some thought the switch was [...]
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
HE WAS the Scots musical maestro whose career saw him work with stars such as Petula Clark, Adam Faith, Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett and Sammy Davis Jnr.
Film School Rejects (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Who cares about Thanksgiving? Just like Corporate America, we'll be skipping right over it in favor of starting our whirlwind Christmas coverage. Cross your fingers for snow.
BestCovery (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
A bright splash of holiday cheer, Irving Berlin's White Christmas is a stage version of the classic 1954 Bing Crosby film. The plot is basically the same: two GIs (Brian D'Arcy James and Jeffry Denman in the Bing and Danny Kaye roles) become a song-and-dance team after World War II, run into a couple of dames (Anastasia Barzee and Meredith Patterson in the Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen roles), then...
Thoughts from an Evil Overlord (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Every year a few new Christmas movies hit theaters, some I want to see and others just don't appeal to me. This year I'd like to see the Disney Christmas Carol in 3-D. Sadly for me I'm not allowed to go to movie theaters because of germs, and I know it won't be the same on TV next year. We've all got our favorites, maybe even more than one. I've got a bunch, from the sentimental 1947 Miracle on 34th...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
No. 75: Shirley Temple 1928- The daughter of a bank clerk, she was born in Santa Monica, a bus ride from Hollywood, and thrust into the movies at the age of three by a fanatically ambitious mother. In her sixth year, she went from supporting to starring roles, had two hit songs ("Baby Take a Bow", "The Good Ship Lollipop"), and was the eighth biggest box-office attraction in America....
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
‘Tis the season … for leather? OK, so this is a weird one. Heavy metal icon and Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has released a Christmas album. I am confused. Aren’t Judas Priest the very same band who back in the 80s were put on trial for allegedly putting hidden satanic messages into their albums [...] Related posts: Concert Review – The Dears [April 30th, 2009 Mod Club]...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
"Like buried treasure reclaimed from the past, this remarkable set is like no other Bing Crosby collection ever released. Here is the great crooner and a quartet led by his longtime accompanist Buddy Cole, occasionally augmented by a few wind instruments, in a thesaurus of 160 songs recorded in the most informal of circumstances at 16 sessions, during a period (1954-56) when Bing was in exceptionally...
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