If Neil Diamond had had his druthers, <I>Sweet Caroline</I> would never have been born 40 years ago.<p/> Decades before the cast of TV's <I>Glee</I> discovered the wonders of <I>Caroline</I>, Diamond was at New York University on the way to finding the cure for cancer.
MODERN TONIC The editors of Modern Tonic present a weekly music update here on Towleroad. The rest of the week, they scan the pop culture landscape for movie, TV, book and Web recommendations in their daily email. NEW HOLIDAY RELEASES:...
I am not Jewish but I have an uncle who is so I know the inferiority complex one may have celebrating Chanukah over Christmas. That all changed in 1996 when even the good Christian children around the world wanted to celebrate the eight crazy nights thanks to Adam Sandler who proceeded to run down a who’s who of Jew (and one famous non-Jew: O.J. Simpson) on The Chanukah Song part 1 . And apparently...
Kind of similar to yesterday, eh? I thought I'd take that look and make it even more casual. I've been feeling anti-color lately. I like the simplicity of black. As I'm sure you all know, I have no qualms with wearing overloads of color . Today I miss my friends. I have zero friends in this town. Zero. I'm dead serious, too. Sometimes people say that for hyperbolic effect. The only people I know here...
Wikipedia states, " 9 ( nine ) is the natural number following 8 and preceding 10 . The ordinal adjective is ninth. " Oddly, no mention on that site about the number of days before I'm in Vegas. What a garbage site, no utility whatsoever. I'm wearing a hefty pair of lollerskates thinking about how much work I'll get done between now and then. Here are some things I am thinking about: Number...
Among the many great song writers that burst into out lives via the radio and our black and white TV sets were the songs of this remarkable woman: Ellie Greenwich. Her CV is one to be proud of and contains the songs of legend. Songs such as: "Be My Baby", "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Leader of the Pack", "Do Wah Diddy Diddy",...
As Neil Diamond said sometime somewhere "Money talks,but it can't sing and dance,and it can't walk." Real Madrid found out that it can't help them to beat Barcelona even when they were down to 10 men for a good bit...
In New York City, Yussel Rabinowitz (Neil Diamond) trains to be a cantor. Although his father (Laurence Olivier) and wife, Rivka (Catlin Adams), don't approve, he also sings and writes songs for a black soul group under the name Jess Robin. When the group gets an opportunity in California, their leader, Bubba (Franklyn Ajaye), asks Jess to join them. Reluctantly, Rivka and his father let him go. In...
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...
PHOTO: (Left to Right) Paul Dainty – Chairman, Dainty Consolidated Entertainment; David Humphreys – General Manager, Acer Arena; Britney Spears; Don Elford – Business Development Manager, Acer Arena Britney Spears has broken the record for concert ticket sales at Sydney’s Acer Arena with a total of 66,247 tickets sold across 4 nights. Britney Spears ticket sales exceed the previous...
Attention Gleeks: If you haven't already picked up the first soundtrack or pre-ordered Volume 2, do it now, because there’s gonna be a lot less Glee in your life for awhile. After the December 9 episode, the beloved Fox series ain't coming back on the air till April 2010, says Entertainment Weekly . What’s worse—it’s switching nights from Wednesday to Tuesday, where it'll be...
Women of Switzerland, lock up your daughters. Roman Polanski has been granted bail . Okay, good parents of Switzerland, maybe there's no need to lock up your daughters; Polanski is under house arrest. Just don't let your girls anywhere near his ski chalet in Gstaad. We suspect that ATL readers are displeased by this development. In a reader poll from September, almost three quarters of you expressed...
The London Times has a list of the top 100 albums. I actually found ten that I either like or that I might be interested enough to listen to...Rick Rubin has a couple, Bruuuuuucccceeee has a couple, and the highest...
I had intended only to write about musical matters, a film about the life of Celine Dion and the 1950’s Hollywood production of the Jazz Singer sandwiched between the original Al Jolson version and that of Neil Diamond half a century later. There is also the Rock Concert for children and the X Factor. Then there is I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana. There has also been an excellent England...