RIAA's new album of mashups and cut-ups is some of the weirdest, wackiest stuff that they've recorded in the last year or two. Spike Jones, Roger Roger, old kiddie records, and rude sound effects mix with Neutral Milk Hotel, James Blunt and the soundtracks to "Psycho" and “Eraserhead” ; '60s garage rock and Latin boogaloo collide with modern funky electro beatz. Whimsical animal...
The longest-running rock band in the city is on a roll again after a period of laying low in the early 2000s, when they remained a staple of outdoor summer shows, but cut back on regular bar gigs.
Thanksgiving is a week away ... hard to believe it's almost here already ... and we're preparing for my Texas sister and her family to join us. The Middle Sister is coming home to Virginia and we'll all gather as we do each year, cooking and playing board games and being thankful that we could all be together for another year. My parents, sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces, and my husband and children...
Arizona will need to turn to outside lenders for the first time ever to deal with the state's constricted cash-flow issues. Treasurer Dean Martin estimates the state will need $700 million.
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote yesterday about Bob Dylan’s Judaism. He is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Bob Dylan’s Christmas album is that it took nearly fifty years for him to make one. There is a long-established tradition of pop [...]
Honor Blackman (born 22 August 1925) : An English actress, who is perhaps best known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and as Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger . Blackman was the first and one of the very few " Bond girls " older than the actor playing James Bond. ... Blackman's films include Quartet and So Long at the Fair with Dirk Bogarde , the 1958 story of the Titanic's...
As many of you have read in this blog previously, I am a big fan of improv comedy. So much that I have had a little training (and I have had a short, traumatic career as an open mike comic - just ask a better, funnier, more talented person than I). So when I received the Twitter call from former co-worker/all around swell guy Mike to allow my Tweets to be used as fodder for improv at the Playground...
Recently, I found myself listening to pal Chuck's podcast, the Related Recap , in which he discussed why he felt Las Vegas should have a Comic-Con. Now, maybe NaBloPoMo fever has taken over, maybe it's the repeated playing of KISS' "God of Thunder" on my mp3 player, or even the fact that I'm attempting to drive traffic to my column when it's published on the 15th....but taking my cue from...
If you like Lainie Kazan, you will love Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! The actress pretty much dominates the film from beginning to end as Shirley Hirsch, who has a difficult time dealing with her son's surprising announcement that he is gay. I've always been a fan of Ms. Kazan, who has previously starred in My Favorite Year (1982), Lust in the Dust (1985), Beaches (1988), and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)....
About 200 people gathered Wednesday on the state Capitol lawn to protest a government they believe has overspent, over-regulated and generally overstepped its bounds.