A Christmas Gift For You from Phil Spector [Digitally Remastered By Phil Spector]
Merry Swankster (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Four albums in, and there’s no easy move for Times New Viking to make. Mopping up the murk of their previous three releases for a crisper, more mature sound might actually be the most ordinary, clichéd path available. “Noiseniks go symphonic pop!” is a story that’s been told at least since The Ramones were trading skin- and hair-care tips with Phil Spector. That said,...
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | yesterday
As the adverts always have it - NEW! IMPROVED! VIM! And, no doubt, ZIP A DEE DOO-DAH! too So, Vim is a concept that can mean many things to many people. Over on the Mothership, some people seem to have objected to the idea that up tempo songs automatically means vimminess, but I don't know about that, one woman's Vim is another woman's Cillit Bang. Personally, a toe-tapping quality switches on my vim...
Switched (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Filed under: Audio/Video If Stanley Kubrick and the Beastie Boys ever got together and decided to design an iPod dock, it would probably look a lot like the latest monolithic, instant-party machine to hit the market. Brothers' new ' Wall of Sound ' iPod speaker (sharing the name of Phil Spector's legendary production technique heard on classics like the Crystals' 'Da Doo Ron Ron') is the perfect way...
Blogcritics: Music (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
The reissue of producer Phil Spector's Christmas album is a must for anyone's holiday music library.
Libertylondongirl (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
My parents' divorce gets nastier by the second, and this extract from a letter Phil Spector once sent his friend, celebrity lawyer Marvin Mitchelson, listing his romantic version of how a pre-nup should read, resonated rather strongly. Those of you who know me can guess to which parent I am referring.1. If I like it, it's mine.2. If it's in my hands, it's mine.3. If I can take it from you, it's
SoundsXP (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Slow Club Slow Club have announced details of a Christmas single plus a new London headline date. Dropping down our musical chimneys on 14th December, ‘Christmas, Thanks For Nothing’ is released on Moshi Moshi Records. A couple of days later, Slow Club will headline the Union Chapel on the 17th December. Rebecca and Charles take turns recreating two Darlene Love Christmas classics. Charles...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Yesterday would have been Dominick Dunne 's 84th birthday. Friends of the recently deceased journalist gathered last night at the at the Chateau Marmont to celebrate his remarkable life. Steven Mikulan was in attendance, and writes about the memorial on his blog L.A. Noir : Thursday night's toast to Dunne was attended by a mix of the people he knew from Hollywood and the courts, and also by the street...
The AIR Users Blog :: The Number 1 Source for AIR... (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The last in our set of vintage bass guitars, today a great 1960s vintage bass, perfect for those trying to get anything from a Phil Spector sound or 1960s Britpop, enjoy! Vintage 60's Bass MP3 Please think about donating and keep us FREE forever
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
"I HAVE A bad heart so I turn off the TV in close games," said Phil Spector, 71, a lifelong Phillies fan who walked to 40 games at Connie Mack Stadium during his childhood in Strawberry Mansion.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Phil Spector wants the Phillies to play the Yankees in the World Series. As a 12-year-old kid, he suffered through the heartbreaking 1950 Series in which the defending champion Yankees of Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra swept the Phillies "Whiz Kids" of Richie Ashburn and Robin Roberts
The Kill Zone (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
John Ramsey Miller Recently I listened to, “Breaking Through The Wall Of Sound,” an audiobook about Phil Spector, and it was a very sad listen. I’m sure most people are familiar with Spector, if not for his unprecedented unbroken string of number one hits in the fifties that lasted through the eighties, then because he was convicted of murdering actress Lana Clarkson. Spector produced...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
Stuck in the house on a Friday evening stocked up with Veno's and Ibuprofen I thought it was time to dust off the old chestnut (ooh missus!) that is The Fantasy Dinner Party . You can have four guests from the history of popular music, not letting a minor setback like death limit your choice. Who would you choose and why? I'll kick off (and it probably would) with : Phil Spector Lee Perry Joe Meek...
Phawker (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
DEAR PHAWKER: Leonard Cohen is not a great man. He appears to have committed criminal tax fraud that I reported to the IRS, probably perjured himself in Phil Spector’s grand jury, defrauded me of millions, and seems to think it’s acceptable to lie in every courtroom he shows up in. There is nothing great about a [...]
Dubious Quality (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
After The White Album, The Beatles decided to record their next album as simply as possible, playing together as a band instead of using advances in recording technology to (in some cases) isolate themselves from each other. At the same time, it was decided to film the recording sessions. The film was to document the recording of the album, but instead, it wound up documenting a group of people who...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Film Reviews: Vet BBC documaker Vikram Jayanti tackles legendary record producer and convicted killer.
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