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Ron Clements and John Musker talk about their fairy tale 'valentine' to New Orleans. The Disney animation team of Ron Clements and John Musker wrote and directed the 1989 blockbuster musical fairy tale "The Little Mermaid," and followed that up with 1992's "Aladdin" and 1997's "Hercules." Seven years after their last Disney film, 2002's "Treasure Planet," the...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
it's friday neet and you're drunk as a skunk. well, i am. your missus has gone to bed and after 2 pints of Stella and 2 bottles of Aldi wine you're paralytic/mortal what dus youse lissen to in that period of drunken abandon and regret? 1: God loves a drunk/Richard Thompson 2:Severn meadows/Ivor Gurney/but must be sung by Ian Partridge 3:Some fool's mess/Gallon drunk 4:Peggy Gordon/The Clancy brothers...
Song, by Toad (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Well thirty-four seems little different to thirty-three, apart from the fact that it seems to involve a severe headache and an aversion to bright lights. What I need is a lunch and the King’s Wark and a couple of pints and I’ll be right as rain. Hopefully. You’ll be blindly indifferent to know that after [...]
Moistworks: An MP3 Boombox (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
TWILIGHT ZONE Dr. John Babylon Atco : 1969 [Buy It] Back in my teens, if you had asked me to dream up the ideal musician, I would have imagined an unholy combination of Sly Stone, Randy Newman, and Roky Erickson, and I wouldn't have known that the thing I was dreaming already existed, and that it was named Dr. John. There's an occasion for this post, a birthday, and as a result it isn't a post where...
Voices of New Orleans (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
And Randy Newman does (most of) the music: Dr. John sings the opening number, "Down in New Orleans," which Newman hesitates to describe except to agree that "it sounds of the place and of the period. Bessie Smith could have done something like it. "I thought they'd ask me to do it," Newman adds about the vocals, "but they wanted Dr. John's voice. They had us doing a part,...
Hotfile Megaupload Rapidshare links (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Princess And The Frog-OST-2009-DOH Track list: 1. Ne-Yo – Never Knew I Needed 3:38 2. Anika Noni Rose – Down in New Orleans (Prologue) 0:27 3. Dr John – Down in New Orleans 2:26 4. Anika Noni Rose – Almost There 2:24 5. Keith David – Friends on the Other Side 3:35 6. Michael Leon-Wooley, Bruno Campos & Anika Noni 2:22 Rose featuring Terence Blanchard on Trumpet...
this is sippey.typepad.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Sure, Joe Cocker doing *You Can Leave Your Hat On* is creepy in an "Adrian Lyne softcore porn creepy" kinda way. Randy Newman, on the other hand, doing *You Can Leave Your Hat On* (which he wrote, by the way),...
The 'Spill (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
I think "Albatross Songs" is worthy of its own post, as started in the Jazz Club comments, so here it is... So far we have: "Shiny Happy People" - REM "Creep" - Radiohead "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor "The King Of Rock & Roll" - Prefab Sprout "Born In The USA" - Teh Boss "Rip It Up" - Orange Juice "Hi Ho Silver...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Good news: the longest-serving Senator in US history isn't unreconstructed racist asshole Strom Thurmond anymore. Bad news: it is now a former Klansman. Robert Byrd, our US Senator from the great...
TAG Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Linked bits of Animationland, just for you. Mr. Newman admits it's just not the same. [ Princess and the Frog ] composer Randy Newman ... said writing for traditional animation was a little different from writing for Pixar's GC toons. "The music has a diifferent movement. You can't really play too long because the mood will change ..." ("GC toons". It is the french "Graphique...
The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Political Science By Randy Newman WARNING! Some images may be objectionable. And a helmet tip to Norman Rockwell.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The legend of Faust has found many a place in the world of modern music, from Robert Johnson's mythical trip to the Crossroads to Randy Newman's musical "Faust." It's a theme worth exploring, especially in these hyper-marketing days: How much would you compromise your art for a taste of wealth and fame? Friday night at the Off Center Theater in Crown Center, Alacartoona addressed that theme...
captains dead (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
looking at the list of artists, and committed artists, this is very tempting and ten bucks for a year is pretty much a steal. to top it all off, gord downie and the sadies are the featured artist of the month offering up a cover of randy newman’s “louisiana, 1927.” here’s the info, taken straight [...]
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
a covers album? some I'd like to hear (Randy Newman) most I have no interest in Peter Gabriel has revealed the tracklist for his forthcoming ‘Scratch My Back’ covers album. The 12 track album is released on 25 January and features the former Genesis man tackling tracks by artists such as Radiohead, Neil Young, Lou Reed and David Bowie. The album is the first in an expected series of covers...
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
I know there are a fair few fans amongst the Massive ... Tickets now on sale for the following gigs - Gateshead Sage 16/5/10 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall 17/5/10 London Royal Festival Hall 19/5/10 Hurry , hurry.....
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