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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
He could be warm and witty... or cruel and obnoxious. But there was never any doubt he was a true artist. We recall the life and times of Ian Dury, now the subject of both a new film and biography In Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll , the new Ian Dury biopic, there is a scene that faithfully records the first time Dury met his songwriting partner, Chaz Jankel. It is May 1976 and the singer has...
CD Reviews by C60Crew (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Bob Burnett: I saw this video and drew a parallel to R. Crumb and Bow Wow Wow. Gee--I wonder why? See for yourself: Keep It Goin ' Louder Video by Major Lazer - MySpace Video Kim Kirkpatrick: Straight Sexy Indeed, Stars n Stripes bikinis, " USA USA"... wow!
lakewood daily snap (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Instead of a snap of one of the dogs of Lakewood, I'm wrapping up this week's celebration of canines with a portrait of one of the champions of Lakewood's canines, Karen Karp. I recently met Karen at The Dog House, quite fitting, wouldn't you say! Karen is active in the fight to keep the Lakewood Dog Park open. Unfortunately, this wonderful regional resource is once more at risk. To read a good account...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Filed under: News No strangers to charitable works, digital distribution pioneers Radiohead , Mercury Prize winners Elbow and former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne are just some of the big names who have donated items and other memorabilia for auction to raise much needed funds for the Music Beats Mines project. Run by the Mines Advisory Group , the charity aims to clear landmines, unexploded...
SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Controversially excluded from the 1984 Polydor release of Ian Dury & the Music Students' " 4,000 Weeks Holiday ", the executive decision to derail the project as the result of craven faint-heartedness prompted two years of bitter sparring between Dury and his financiers. Fearing legal action from the estate of Enid Blyton, the label insisted on maintaining a finger wagging censorial stance....
Best Movies 2008 (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Directed John Lasseter, Pixar's co-founder and director of Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug's Life and Cars (along with co-director Rob Gibbs), Unidentified Flying Mater is the fifth in a series of Cars short films (originally titled "Cars-toons"). The computer animated short premiered on The Disney Channel on Friday, November 20th 2009. Mater tells a tall tale about the time he met a UFO and saved...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Here are the first of two offerings of some current inspirations for cheer. If you've been laid off, Madeoff-ed, or you just plain need a lift during a tough holiday season, check these out.
Celebrity VIP Lounge (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Actress Scarlett Johannson is 25. Actor Robert Vaughn (”The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”) is 77. Actor Michael Callan is 74. Comedian-director Terry Gilliam (Monty Python) is 69. Actor Tom Conti is 68. Singer Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) is 68. Guitarist-actor Little Steven (The E Street Band, “The Sopranos”) is 59. Bassist Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads [...]
Today's Review (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
News and opinion about US politics from a liberal perspective.
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
With Thanksgiving in a few days, it seemed to fit. What are you thankful for this year or at least cheerful about?
sOmEThiNg foR thE wEEkenD, SIR? (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Sad to learn that Chas and Dave have split up. I think Dave Peacock has retired but Chas Hodges still goes out on the road with his own band. (or is it the other way around') Anyway, a great rockney band who made some great music in the 80's but success spoiled them and they churned out loads of party records full of singalong hits which is a shame as they were fantastic early on. Wrote some catchy...
Diggingalot (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
You know that moment when a band you have liked for years release an album? That slight fluttering feeling that you get: will it be any good or will it be a ‘conservatory album’ ( album released for no other reason…
{ feuilleton } (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Poster by Barney Bubbles for Elvis Costello’s Get Happy!! (1980). Adelita, the publishers of Reasons To Be Cheerful: the life and work of Barney Bubbles, announced this week that Paul Gorman’s essential collection of BB graphics has been named Book of the Year in Mojo magazine: Reasons To Be Cheerful – the acclaimed study of the life [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Hitch a ride with former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne as he bikes around Detroit, Istanbul, London, San Francisco, Manila, New York — you name it. He cycles through cities bike-friendly and bike-hostile, musing on the myriad advantages of getting around on two wheels.
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
— DIANE CLEHANE You never know who you're going to meet on any given Wednesday at Michael's. I've chatted with former presidents, Oscar winners, and tabloid targets who have made the usually unflappable crowd turn and stare, but it's those unexpected, below the radar moments that are often the most fun. When GM Steve Millington introduced me to Jerry Casale of Devo, one of my favorite ‘80s...
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