Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The sound of a lonesome fiddle ringing out from the stage of Nashville's venerable Ryman Auditorium just before the curtain rises is nothing unusual. But it was also no indication of what was to come when John Fogerty and his nine-piece band ripped into 'Hey Tonight,' and nearly a dozen other Creedence Clearwater Revival swamp-rock classics. Sprinkled throughout...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Calif. needs to change its thinking, says likely 2010 Democratic gov. candidate. Jerry Brown - California - United States - Society and Culture - Politics
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I'm sure the title refers to a James Bond film; I'm swiping this from SamauraiFrog . List 10 musical artists (or bands) you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below). Really, don’t read the questions below until you pick your ten artists!!! There is something to be said for following the instructions in this case. 1. The Beatles 2. The Beach Boys 3. David Bowie 4....
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
BRANDI CARLILE: GIVE UP THE GHOST *** RCA, £12.72
brett jordan’s blog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Jump Around - House of PainNew Mistake - JellyfishCarbon Monoxide - CakeSpeak Slow - Tegan and SaraMartha - Tom WaitsSomething To Hold On To - Vigilantes Of LoveStanding In The Shadows Of Love - The Four TopsOne Of Us - Martyn JosephGod - Joy ZipperMoment In The Sun - Clem SnideLocomotion (live) - Carole KingSad Arse Strippa - Lady SovereignTruly Something Fine - Nanci GriffithPromise - Black
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Tom Waits Glitter And Doom Live is as thick and murky as Louisiana Gumbo.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
If the entertainment industry were allowed to pick California's next governor, there would be no contest: Jerry Brown would win by a landslide. That was made clear this past week as the 71-year-old attorney general was feted by industry leaders at an event raising more than $1 million and co-chaired by directors Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams, and other movers and shakers. It's also been clear for...
The Blue Voice (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
"First, think clearly; then ask a lot of questions." - CA Gov. Jerry Brown, 1975 This seems like a good time to make use of one of the better brief descriptions I've seen of Jerry Brown's first Governorship of 1975-83. It comes from Neal Peirce and Jerry Hagstrom, The Book of America: Inside 50 States Today (1983). Jerry's second term ended in early 1983, so they were reviewing his whole...
Zada News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
“Somewhere Out There” is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. [1] “Somewhere Out There” (often mistakenly called “Falling Back to Me” and “Gravity”) is a 2002 single by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace from the album Gravity. [2] The song was sung by Phillip Glasser (for the character of the brother [...]
Zada News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
“Somewhere Out There” is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. [1] “Somewhere Out There” (often mistakenly called “Falling Back to Me” and “Gravity”) is a 2002 single by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace from the album Gravity. [2] The song was sung by Phillip Glasser (for the character of the brother [...]
Zada News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
“Somewhere Out There” is a song written by James Horner, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil. [1] “Somewhere Out There” (often mistakenly called “Falling Back to Me” and “Gravity”) is a 2002 single by Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace from the album Gravity. [2] The song was sung by Phillip Glasser (for the character of the brother [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Call it "The Six Degrees of Nashville." Emmylou Harris' web of musical connections is so vast and intricate it shames even Kevin Bacon, whose eponymous "Six Degrees" game unites seemingly disparate Hollywood actors in six short steps.
A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
“Oh skylark Have you seen a valley green with spring? Where my heart can go a journeying Over the shadows and the rain To a blossom-covered lane.”—“Skylark,” lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Hoagy Carmichael (1942) Johnny Mercer , the incomparably lyricist whose centennial we celebrate today, might be the most unique and multi-faceted contributor to the Great American...
Politics (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
By Tim Redmond Hillary Clinton never did this! I think it’s pretty clear now that Jerry Brown’s press office made a huge mistake in secretly recording conversations with reporters. (For starters, why do it in secret? I’ve done plenty of...
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
A friend wrote about enjoying a production of “Pirates of Penzance” at Oregon State. I looked for YouTube versions . . . Oh, my! (Better: Rent one of the movies, either of D’Oyly Carte, or the Linda Ronstadt/Rex Smith/Kevin Kline version.) Posted in Art, Movies, Music Tagged: copyright, General Grievous, Gilbert and Sullivan, Mashups, [...]
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