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Ah 1980s Music: The Rainmakers’ Let My People Go-Go

admin — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:40:15 +0000

Always loved how this song started: “Father, son, holy cow.”

Recalling Battle of the Network Stars: Melissa Gilbert

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:43:04 +0000

Kudos to Archive of American Television for juxtaposing two events at its blog today. Before there was Dancing with the Stars, current day contestant Melissa Gilbert recalls Battle of the Network Stars.

Tumblr Fun: Charlie Watts is Bored

admin — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:22:55 +0000

Tumblr is another form of social media that educates me. The Carousel is a tumblr site that does not just post music videos, but also points out nuances to the videos. Take for example, this post on the Rolling Stone’s Angie.

I love that the author advises viewers to check out the 50-second mark on this video (for Charlie Watts’ reaction while playing in a song that he has very little to perform).

Then there is this video, at the 2-minute mark, where Charlie clearly does not want the documentary maker filming him as he is seeemingly disengaged.

Please check out the whole Tumblr site, if for nothing else this Rick Moranis as Michael McDonald bit.

Archive of American Television: The Shows That Proved ‘em Wrong

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 04:41:51 +0000

Courtesy of the Archive of American Television, a snippet of folks talking about “The Shows That Proved ‘em Wrong”. Enjoy.

Live Rosanne Cash…From Her Living Room

admin — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:36:15 +0000

Rosanne Cash is a songwriter/musician/writer and (as far as I am concerned) an overall genius. She loves Twitter and loves to interact with her followers. So it was in this case, where she took musical requests via Twitter for a few songs to record in her living room with husband/producer John Leventhal, in a series called “Live From Zone C” for AOL’s The Boot. Below watch one of the videos, Black Cadillac.

Man, the audio production on the video is just exquisite.

Lyle Lovett Performs Step Inside This House

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:06:23 +0000

Here’s the thing that surprises me about Guy Clark’s song, Step Inside This House. Clark has never recorded it (as noted by Wikipedia). Here is the great Lyle Lovett performing it, at the White House for a songwriting/educational workshop for local kids, connected to the recent In Performance at The White House special.

Watch Educational Workshop: Lyle Lovett on PBS. See more from In Performance at The White House.

Bittersweet Moments: TCM’s Remembers (Those We Lost) in 2011

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:45:31 +0000

There’s two levels to my enjoyment of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Remembers (acknowledging those who died) 2011: seeing some of my favorite actors/directors/screenwriters/what-have-you being remembered (I love that TCM picked a clip of Wenders’ Wings of Desire to honor Peter Falk, as well as The Princess Bride) and being introduced to great talents I had never known about it.

I respect the fact that TCM tries to update the clips for people who die late in the year, also. Thanks to Bill Brioux’s TV Feeds My Family for the tip.

Discovered: George Carlin on His Persona

admin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:01:20 +0000

This Archive of American TV interview (the full version can be found at the Archive’s website) was conducted in late 2007, about six months before his death. In this excerpt, Carlin does a hilarious imitation of Ed Sullivan around the 4 minute mark.

It’s bittersweet to hear him be critical of his Sullivan appearances, lamenting that he cannot watch them…but admitting he intended to watch them someday. I hope he got the chance. Or hopefully heaven has a great cable package.

The term comic genius is an understatement with this fellow. His influence on comedy can be felt everyday. Hell, his influence permeates throughout The Daily Show.

Forgotten Favorites: Lou Reed’s Dirty Blvd.

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:07:11 +0000

No matter how many Spotify/Pandora accounts, iPods, CDs, cassettes and vinyl albums I may have, there are always songs that enter my musical memory…only to be forgotten. Such was the fate of Lou Reed’s great late 1980s song, Dirty Blvd., until tonight when I was listening to my car satellite radio. Man, that is one good song. See for yourself.

Added bonus? I grew a mullet like Reed’s in the late 1980s, ask my friends from that era. I looked just as goofy as Reed.

David Lynch on His Films

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:23:27 +0000

An interesting series of clips (courtesy of AFI) featuring David Lynch, as well as some of the actors (Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern) that have worked with him, discussing his approach to creating his films.

“The idea of handcuffing yourself to a genre is … pretty absurd.” is a great core approach, and one that can be applied to non-film creative pursuits as well.