Brokedown Palace (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Elvis Costello and Long Island Hero Lou Reed on Elvis’ pretty great new show on Sundance, Spectacle . They performed an awkwardly endearing duet of “Perfect Day”—Costello braying and overcooked, Lou calm and dissonant—during the show.
75 or Less album reviews (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Lou Reed - Berlin Live at St. Ann's Warehouse ( Matador ) [ audio ] This is the soundtrack to the Berlin concert film, recorded over four days in 2006 with Antony, Rob Wassermann and many other guests. Originally released in 1973, Lou Reed's Berlin had the unfortunate timing to be following up the massive arena rock hit Transformer and disappeared quietly before being rediscovered by critics. This...
The Why of the World (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Question: on what list of the 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time would Bob Dylan rate higher than Dusty Springfield ? Why, a list compiled by an American rock magazine, of course. Rolling Stone have weighed in with their portentously titled top 100 of all time but then, if you study the fine print, it turns out they as...
Rock Sellout (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
The Sundance Channel will launch the debut season of the new talk/performance series “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” The official site launched today where you can check out clips, photos and more info. Check it out here - http://www.sundancechannel.com/spectacle “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” fuses the best elements of talk and music television, inviting viewers to enjoy an in-depth [...]
Comics Should Be Good! (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
This is the one-hundred and eighty-fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous one-hundred and eighty-three. Let’s begin! COMIC LEGEND: Neil Gaiman was inspired by the Bob Dylan song “Mr. Tambourine Man” to create the main character in Sandman. [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Elvis Costello, the knock-kneed, gap-toothed Angry Thin Man of mid-'70s pub/punk/new wave rock who once identified his exclusive motivations as revenge and guilt, has settled into friendly middle age as the host of his own music-themed Sundance Channel talk show, "Spectacle: Elvis Costello With . . ."
Sound of the City (Free subscription) | yesterday
L-R: Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, John Cale, Lou Reed's legs. photo by Ted Barron Moe Gets Tied Up Screening at MoMA Saturday, 12/6, 6 pm. It's got a snuff-film-meets- Three-Stooges title ( Moe Gets Tied Up ). It's got a stellar cast (the Velvet Underground in youthful Factory splendor). And it's got mega-ephemeral VU dork-out content (begins with Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison tying Moe Tucker,...
Defamer (Free subscription) | yesterday
Can you smell that in the air? No, it's not Leela Thai's dumpster, it's the backlash to the backlash to the end of Pushing Daisies. In the coming month, we'll start seeing articles arguing that...
Inside the Lakers (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
From today's paper: Given how inarticulate many musicians can be, it's somewhat amazing that a couple of the smartest talk shows I've seen this past decade have primarily featured them. Bravo's too-short-lived "Musicians" featured Rolling Stone writer David Wild in...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Gary Lucas Lucas has played and collaborated with Leonard Bernstein, Captain Beefheart, Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell, Lou Reed, John Cale, Nick Cave, David Johansen. He has also worked with Mary Margaret O'Hara, Onetwo, Peter Stampfel, Fred Schneider (B-52s), Bob Neuwirth,...
PopWreckoning (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By himself, Elvis Costello is a huge deal. Regardless of whether you like his sound or his songs, there is no debating that his influence on both the new wave and punk rock scenes are comparable on a level with The Clash or the Sex Pistols. However, throw him on stage with Elton [...]
Muzzle of Bees (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
1. Though not even five feet tall, Sharon spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank. 2. Sharon played “Lila,” “a jike joint singer” in the 2007 film The Great Debaters, starring Denzel Washington and Forest Whitaker. 3. Video: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings [...]
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
We all know by now that some reality shows are far from spontaneous. But most talk shows are even more staged, especially when it comes to celebrity interviews.By now, the formula is set in stone: The celebrity stops by to plug his or her latest movie/record/rehab stint, and the host magically knows what to ask to elicit a suitably humorous anecdote. Tom Hanks and David Letterman are one duo that can...
prefixmag.com (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
Whether or not there’s any truth to it, a frequently espoused rock myth is that the most drug-addled artists -- Keith Richards, Lou Reed, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan in ‘65/’66 -- create their most visionary and compelling work while locked in the nerve-numbed wasteland of junksick depravity and addiction. And the logical terminus of that myth is that when those artists clean up, the music remains good,...
Slaw (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
♬It’s work, the most important thing is work..♬ Words and Music by Lou Reed and John Cale, recorded by John Cale. I was part of an online email dialogue today on Tablet PC’s. I have long been an admirer of these devices that are closer to a pad of paper than any other computing platform. [...]
