Phillyist (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Photo by Flickr user Helena P. When watching a concert, there are many thoughts that may pop into one's head. "Oh, this is pretty cool, maybe I'll buy their album." Or, "This is putting me to sleep." When I saw Shonen Knife live at Johnny Brenda's on Monday, the thought that immediately popped into my head was, "I wish I could bake this band in to a cake so I could eat them!"...
thus spake drake (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
We're headlong into gift-giving season, so feel free to make your year-end list, as it's no mans land as far as quality releases. That being said, there are a couple albums that provide more than stocking fodder. The Led Zep/Queens of the Stone Age/Foo Fighters supergroup Them Crooked Vultures doesn't disappoint, and Macca's got a live album that aims to please. Elsewhere, it's mostly meh in new releases...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In the year that saw the ambitious remastering and re-release of the entire Beatles catalogue, the Cute Beatle is still going strong. Paul McCartney was always the Beatle that most enjoyed live performance and that enthusiasm has never dimmed throughout his long and storied career. Good Evening New York City captures the excitement from McCartney's most recent tour with two CDs and a DVD packed with...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The US Library of Congress will present Sir Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song for his body of work from the Beatles to Wings and his solo songbook.
The Music Digest (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
When you think of Paul McCartney, you think love songs or The Beatles and now you can think Lullabyes. Yes, Sir Paul (as the Brits like to call him) can now put your little ones to sleep with lullabyes.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Filed under: Video , Exclusive On July 17, 18 and 21, Paul McCartney christened New York's Citi Field with three nights of live music. McCartney -- who had performed with John Lennon , George Harrison and Ringo Starr on the same site in 1965 when it was home to Shea Stadium -- played many Beatles classics, songs from the Wings era and solo material at the venue's first concert. Included with the Beatles...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Playlist King Crimson – Live in Warsaw 2000 Brand New – Your Favourite Weapon Brand New – Deja Entendu Wings – London Town Paul McCartney – Wingspan Various – 1972 Singles Chris Rea – The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Blue Notes Deep Purple – Made in Europe Deep Purple -Stormbringer A much welcomed lie in until gone nine o’clock... It was bitterly...
My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
In the 1970s, after leaving The Beatles, Paul McCartney created Wings and enjoyed a string of international hits. Wings was Paul, wife Linda and Denny Laine, who used to play with The Moody Blues. (There were others who came in and out during the decade) Wings released over 20 singles and several albums. Paul went solo in 1980 and stayed solo to this day. Many Novembers ago, Paul McCartney recorded...
Philosophers' Playground (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
I was listening to an NPR show this weekend where a guest argued that the age of stadium rock shows was ending. He said that when big room filling acts hang it up, they aren't being replaced. There's U2 and maybe Metallica from the late 80s/early 90s, but beyond them there isn't a Rolling Stones waiting in the wings. It is an interesting claim. I starting thinking about the time frame. What happened...
The Orstrahyun (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
I Read Twitter, So You Don't Have To Paul McCartney joins Twitter , and is immediately beset by questions. Some very funny, very entertaining questions. Highlights from the #AskPaul thread , before it got nasty : Does marijuana grow in Scotland, or is there not enough light? Are you really the Walrus or was John full of shit? Do you know any cheats for The Beatles Rock Band? If you put a chameleon...
Guitar Gear News (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Rickenbacker 4001C64 C Series Electric Bass Guitar (Mapleglo) The Rickenbacker 4001C64 is a faithful re-creation of the other bass played by Paul McCartney during The Beatles era. With neck-through construction, it offers great sustain and tone. The neck has a striped headstock, runs the entire length of the body, and is narrow, fast, and eminently playable. The reversed headstock features walnut wings...
The Life of Sam Buddery (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
I have known about Scotland's penis for a long time but I thought now that I am stinking ill and had to take half the day off work I would demonstrate the extent of Scotland's penis. The picture shows it all really but here are some "facts" I happen to know about this natural cock. Firstly, the longer bellend shaped island is called Kintyre and the bottom of that Island is called the Mull...
An Ordinary Life (Free subscription) | 17/10/2009
Time will tell, but I'm going to go on record and say that Paul McCartney's Memory Almost Full is the greatest record of his post-Wings, solo career. I just wish he would have saved this one, to be 'discovered' and released as his post-humous work. Can he ever top this one? As a swansong record, as a book-end to a brilliant body of work? This is a great review of Memory Almost Full, I wish I had written...
BounceFM (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
PAUL McCARTNEY GOOD EVENING NEW YORK CITY Multi-Disc CD/DVD Special Package Features Dazzling Performances of Beatles, Wings and Solo Classics From Citi Field, Formerly Shea Stadium, Historic Site of The Beatles’ Landmark 1965 Concert “It was three great nights for the band and for me personally it was very exciting to be back opening a new stadium on the site of the old Shea Stadium where...
Haystak Music (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Personally, I think this is probably the best solo album that McCartney did and probably even the best of any of the ex-Beatles solo efforts. After the success of Red Rose Speedway and "Live And Let Die"—the new James Bond theme song—Wings began contemplating its next album. Paul and Linda McCartney, bored with recording in the UK, wanted to go to an exotic locale. After asking...
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