ESTHETICS (Free subscription) | 30/06/2009
80% Dame Elizabeth TAYLOR is superb as the archetypal woman who desires men's desire somewhat more than the men themselves. She completely inhabits her role as a woman whose sense of her own femininity lies in fierce, passionate loyalty to one man. (Seeing this excellent [& beautiful] performer makes you wonder what went wrong in her later, less interesting, acting years). Paul NEWMAN is also very...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Alan Lomax was born on January 15, in 1915 and he passed away on July 19, in 2002. He was an American folklorist and musicologist who did a great deal to help popularize blues music. He was one of the great and best known field collectors of folk music of the 20th century. He and his father John Lomax, recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, the West Indies, Italy,...
Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 22/06/2009
In the national discussion that we have undertaken once again about health care, the word “rationing” is going to be tossed about a good deal. It’s a scare word; whenever someone applies it to some proposed coping method, he means to say that such method is a bad one. You are supposed to hear the word “rationing” and run, screaming, in the opposite direction.
Unusual Historicals (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
By Elizabeth Lane Oh the buzzin' of the bees In the cigarette trees Near the soda water fountain At the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings On the Big Rock Candy mountain If you're anywhere near as old as I am, you may recognize this chorus from the folk song, attributed to Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock and made famous in a 1950s recording by Burl Ives. Not long after the release of...
news from me (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
Speaking of Burl Ives — and I was speaking of Burl Ives — Greg Ehrbar sent me this link to a half-hour BBC radio program about his life and times. If you want to listen, hurry because it'll only...
Ron Olesko's Folk Music Notebook (Free subscription) | 14/06/2009
Note: The following schedules are subject to change. Please be sure to check with the individual venuefor confirmation of time and appearance. Sunday, June 14, 2009 Birthdays and Anniversaries: Burl Ives (1909), Jerry Rasmussen (1935), Andy Irvine (1942), John Whelan (1959) Susan McKeown at Barbès
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Legendary voice of Sam the Snowman would have turned a holly, jolly 100 on Sunday Many people under 40 likely know little about the man whose life will be celebrated next week at a Downstate festival.
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
It was 60 years ago -June 8, 1949- that the FBI named a slew of celebrities as members of the Communist Party. They may have been right to suspect some, and others were just completely ridiculous, but either way, here are 10 people who were accused at some point during the Red Scare. 1. Helen [...]
incarnatus est (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Just a little list I put together ( with a tiny bit of help) . 1. "3:10 To Yuma" by Sandy Denny 2. "45th of May" 3. "49 Tons" by Fred Eaglesmith 4. "5.15" by Chris Isaak 5. "5:15" by The Who A 1. "Absolutely Sweet Marie" by Bob Dylan 2. "AC/DC" by Josie Aiello 3. "Across the Tracks Blues" by Duke Ellington 4. "Ain't...
SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 03/06/2009
Gary Gordon submits: Wasn't it Burl Ives who sang about the b enefits of silver and gold? As a narrating snowman in the animated Christmas classic, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Mr. Ives asks how you measure its worth. Answer? Just by the pleasure it gives here on earth. Complete Story »
Strollerderby (Free subscription) | 30/05/2009
There are certain things every child needs to know. Chief among them: at least one song that will drive their parents absolutely bonkers (or their grandparents if you prefer). And considering today is " My Bucket's Got a Hole In It Day," we're happy to oblige. Because if Pete Seeger at 90 can get up onstage and inspire a rendition of There's a Hole in the Bucket (out of Kris Kristofferson...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 23/05/2009
When we last met former mailman Shawn McBride, son and grandson of Holmesburg mailmen, a court officer at the Criminal Justice Center, he had just published his first novel, Green Grass Grace.
What About Clients? (Free subscription) | 16/05/2009
It the title of a 1960 movie with Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Jean Seberg and Burl Ives (playing a kindly and boozy Irish-American judge). It was based on a 1958 novel by Willard Motley. But the words came from...
The Northern Light (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
My new favourite illustrator is Jon Klassen, an LA-based Canadian who has recently worked on Coraline, the new stop-motion (ie not digital) animation based on a novella by Neil Gaiman. Klassen worked on the film’s visual development and did some drawings for the sets and props. You can see more of his work on his [...]
Cinema de Merde (Free subscription) | 28/04/2009
Woman inherits a dog that has been trained to attack blacks.
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