February 27, 2009
Be great. Be beautiful. Ride a horse. Get married. Get divorced. Act like a total diva. Wear something spectacularly sexy, preferrably white. Make people want more. Befriend Michael Jackson. Watch Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? again. Watch National Velvet . Watch A Place in the Sun . Be highly quo...
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Nathaniel R
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February 24, 2009
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simonstudio@alumni.cmu.edu (Noah David Simon)
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February 16, 2009
There’s no hot-looking babe covered with a mound whipped cream (or refritos and guacamole either for that matter) on the album cover, and that would be the only idea Richard Davis and the Tequila Brass did NOT borrow from Herb Alpert. But hey, it’s 1966 and a guy’s gotta make a living, right? ...
Schadenfreudian Therapy
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baikinange
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February 11, 2009
Damn. Now I wish I hadn't sold my set of Matador brand gold glitter bongo drums so I could play along. The slow tunes are pretty strange, with the bongo beat thrown in as an afterthought--but the version of "I Got Rhythm" is truly a unique arrangement of the old standby. And the liner notes are gold...
Schadenfreudian Therapy
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February 10, 2009
After a weeklong series of events, parties, and celebrations, the 51st GRAMMY® Awards were handed out Sunday night, followed by more parties and fun, and now on this fine Tuesday morning everyone is back where they belong. And I am already hard at work for my next venture, as well as trying to catc...
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February 04, 2009
By John Dacapias The recent passing of Patrick McGoohan leads my mind back to a time when I was in my early teens, a tall-for-my-age, shy-around-everyone 14-year-old geek. Yes, The Prisoner, the mod but mind-bending TV series, which came at the very end of the '60s spy genre (1967), led to the matur...
Edward Copeland on Film
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January 30, 2009
It was forty years ago today when Paul McCartney told the band to play. The Beatles were on the roof of Apple Corp., their record company's building, gearing up to play and record the songs from their stalled "Get Back" sessions. It was freezing as hell and they hadn't...
Nerve Scanner
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Brian Fairbanks
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January 27, 2009
Screw pilates. If you really want to lose weight, try the Rita Pavone workout: The tune is "Il Geghegè" from an Italian TV show in 1966. [via The World of Kane.]...
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January 26, 2009
A while ago, someone pointed out to us that ever list of the best cover songs of all-time includes cuts like "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" by Guns 'N Roses or hits by-- gulp-- Cher. Hopefully, this will be at least a step in the right direction... 10. Step Into a World (Rapture&#...
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Brian Fairbanks
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January 23, 2009
Top Tracks of 2008, Part Two 5. Allá - Es Tiempo - (2008) Es Tiempo One of the highlights of my free time has been a podcast that a friend and I have created. Discovering music through friends is infinitely better than being assaulted with It-Girl fads from mass media. Allá is just one artist I di...
HALFWAY TO CONCORD
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