TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
With news this week that the grandfathers of rock, Aerosmith, are searching for a new singer we can sensationally reveal some of the names that have been linked to them. Steven Tyler has been seemingly ousted from the band amid rumours of his wild...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
And now for my favorite post of the day when I can stop reading and writing about politics and other dismal stuff and focus on beauty and glamor. To me Angie Dickinson is one of the most under-rated beauties. Maybe it's just my personal tastes but I think she was one of the most stunningly sexy women in Hollywood ever. Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) : She appeared in more than 50 films and...
icWales (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
American vocal star Jack Jones talks to Gavin Allen about swapping impressions with Rob Brydon and his own Welsh heritage
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The whispers in the morning Of lovers sleeeeping tight Are rolling like thunder now As I look in your eyes I hold on to your body And feel each...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
> > Awesome Orson British actor Christian McKay is a revelation in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles , which opens next month. McKay (below) seizes the chance of his first film to give a brilliant performance as young Orson, staging his legendary production of Julius Caesar at New York's Mercury Theatre in 1937. Awards surely await. McKay comes from Bury (Caesar, not to praise him...?)...
POPSURFING.COM (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Here's the playlist for my latest Popsurfing radio show. It airs weekly on WEFT Champaign 90.1 fm on Thursday night/Friday morning from 1 am to 3 am. You can stream it live online at weft.org. You can download the episode on iTunes. Enjoy! Wanna make a request? Here are some potential themes for upcoming shows. Feel free to email me with a request for one of your favorite songs that fits the theme...
KID SHIRT (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
What an unexpected pleasure this was: Nah, not the Bartok - that's fucking wonderful , like mainlining some strange dark sour red wine n feeling it cruise round yr brain (his string quartets - particularly the odd-numbered ones: 1, 3, 5 - finally won me over; it took a while, but I'm now a convert to the cause) - nah, I'm talking about the Milhaud , innit. It's very, errrrm, Jewish -sounding, that...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
My I Pod came over all non PC today. First of all it chose Gene Pitney's "24 hours from Tulsa", one of those songs I have heard countless times without really listening to the words. I was struck by the non PC quality of the story. The male protagonist thwarted in his attempts to get back to the woman he loves by the attentions of a femme fatale. But it isn't his fault. As he points out...
Blazing Minds (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Ever popular than ever I’m proud to bring you another interview in my series of “Who’s the Band” and this week I bring you an interview with HealeyIsland, so I’m going to stop rambling on and get on with the interview.. Q: So how did you come upon the name of your band? Is it the [...] Who’s the Band – HealeyIsland is a post from Blazing Minds - This, that...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Legit Reviews: Bio tuner specialists Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux have honed a musically compelling but thematically awkward journey with "Baby It's You."
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The description of the performers included on the jazzy album I’m Glad There Is You reads something like the program for an off-Broadway musical revue. There’s an Academy Award nominee and the daughter of an Academy Award nominee, among others, along with extensive lists of previous accomplishments (musical and otherwise) for each artist. The leader [...]
Hair Balls (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
November brings with it Thanksgiving, which in turn brings with it the annual Houston Press accounting of the Turkeys of the Year here in Houston.Last year was easy, of course: any year that incl...
The Hits Just Keep On Comin' (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
At this blog, I pride myself on offering not merely entertainment, but anything else you, the esteemed blog reader, might need. I have limits, however. Here’s a short list of six things I’ll do, and four things I won’t. “I’ll Make Love to You Anytime”/Eric Clapton. From Backless, an album that many critics consider lifeless to [...]
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Had Brian Boitano had his way, his Food Network show would also feature him on the ice.
Pasadena Events Calendar (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Erica Ash, Paulette Ivory, Berlando Drake and Crystal Starr Knighton Wrapped in the sensational songs of the 60s, Baby It’s You! is the new musical about the groundbreaking girl group, The Shirelles and Florence Greenberg, the New Jersey housewife who discovered them. With the help of African-American songwriter, producer Luther Dixon, who became her lover, Florence [...]
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