Classic Paul Simon: The Simon and Garfunkel Years (Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel)
Design*Sponge (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Graduate really has a lot going for it. Not only does it display knockout acting, a pitch perfect Simon and Garfunkel score and, dare I say it, a dreamy Dustin Hoffman: the movie radiates a sweaty 1960s Los Angeles that has even the most adamant east coaster clamoring for a some poolside sparks. [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Nearly 40 years ago, he promised "I will ease your mind." Now it's time for us to return the favour.
The Aardvark Speaks (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Even though almost everyone has probably heard him play at some point, Emil Richards is still one of the more obscure musicians in jazz history. In fact, Richards contributed to some of the best-known TV soundtracks. The xylophone in The Simpsons theme, the finger snaps in the Addams Family theme, the bongos on the original Mission Impossible theme -- all of them were played by Richards, who, incidentally,...
JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Simon and Garfunkel [and later, The Bangles] had it right. Winter light is hazy - it's more diffuse. The sun is lower in the sky and the sun's rays reach the Earth at an angle, losing much of their power. And of course, there is less sunlight during each 24-hour day of winter than during the rest of the year.
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Grab McLovin, pop in Van Halen, and do donuts.
Music For Kids Who Can't Read Good (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
While it’s fairly common for artists to perform a cover every once in a while, it’s much rarer (and more interesting) for a band to incorporate a cover into one of their own songs. The “song within a song” is cool for a number of reasons. It’s much harder to pull off then just [...]
the cucking stool (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Not the lyric from the Simon and Garfunkel song, but the one being held tonight for DFL gubernatorial candidates at the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. Spot hopes to attend, and he has a question. Although he doubts he’ll get a chance to ask it. But here it is: The Legislative session ended in May in a train wreck and Tim Pawlenty, a/ka/ Governor Gutshot, really deciding on his own what...
Daily Painters Marketplace (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The title comes from an old Simon and Garfunkel song, appropriate, I think, because the photo was taken about the same time the song was popular. The little girl is now a grown woman, and the lovely dog has gone on the heaven, where all good dogs go. I admit to manufacturing the background. It is much more romantic that the background in the old, faded photograph. Innocence and Confidences 16 x 20...
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
You can forgive the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a bit of fuzzy math in calling this their 25th anniversary. First and foremost, any excuse to put on a star-studded concert event like this is going to be accepted. (Just is.) Secondly, they're really splitting the difference, given that it was founded in 1983 but didn't have an induction until three years later. Recorded over two nights (October 29-30)...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
So - James Taylor and Carole King are touring next year. I loved JT in his prime, and couldn't avoid Tapestry even tho I never owned it. But I like Carole. And I've seen James a couple of times - in England in '74 (at a festival with Tony Joe White and Lou Reed no less!) and again in Sydney in '81 - with Bill Payne on keyboards and the usual great bunch of musicians. So why am I resisting going this...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
This was from the first album I ever heard of theirs, Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme. My ears exulted in the sound. Later I backtracked and found Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. but it is this album I think of as first. MP3 File yousendit
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Photograph by Mark Seliger Over two nights at New York’s Madison Square Garden last month, rock history was made again and again: Bono, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and more legends united on one stage to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary with a pair of concerts featuring some of the biggest talents [...]
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
By raising awareness of South Africa's dirty secrets, telling the truth about rampant crime, corruption and black racism, we may bring about change that could help preserve the splendour of this remarkable country and culture.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Photo: Winter/Getty With Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ New York anthem “Empire State of Mind” blasting over stereos worldwide, we asked our readers to tell us what track puts them in a New York groove. Jigga, Nas, the Beastie Boys and some other Gotham natives came close, but in the end it was Long Island’s own [...]
Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Three weeks ago was my 25-year high school reunion. This weekend is Alumni Weekend at my university. I couldn't attend either, but I could put together a school-and-nostalgia oriented Friday Random Ten. 1. Schoolhouse Rock Medley - Lager Rhythms 2. My Old School - Steely Dan 3. School's Out - Alice Cooper 4. Bust ...
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