I am unsure what surprises me more-that Jim Caviezel, the star of CBS’ Person of Interest, is pals with the band Chicago, or that he does a great Christopher Walken imitation.
Watch and enjoy.
Monthly Archives: August 2012
New Show This Fall-CBS: Elementary
I always love seeing sneak previews of the new fall shows. Now thanks to official network YouTube channels, I can share some of the previews, plus their official description. Next: CBS’ Elementary.
“Go behind the scenes of ‘Elementary’ starring Jonny Lee Miller as detective Sherlock Holmes and Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a modern-day drama with a crime solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s toughest cases. Watch Thursday Sept 27, 10/9c only CBS!”
NBC: The New Normal (New Show Preview)
I always love seeing sneak previews of the new fall shows. Now thanks to official network YouTube channels, I can share some of the previews, plus their official description. First up: NBC’s The New Normal.
“Get an in-depth look at The New Normal, a new series from Ryan Murphy, coming this fall to NBC.
Tuesdays 9:30/8:30c This Fall on NBC.
Get more
The New Normal: http://NBC.com/The-New-Normal/
Like The New Normal: https://Facebook.com/NBCTheNewNormal
Follow The New Normal: https://Twitter.com/NBCTheNewNormal
The New Normal Tumblr: http://nbcTheNewNormal.Tumblr.com/
The New Normal Pinterest: http://Pinterest.com/TheNewNormal/”
Wendy Crowe on Her Music
In late 2011, I was watching BBB Channel 12/Oak Ridge’s Ciderville Farm and Home Show. It’s a weekly show that airs every Saturday at 7:30 PM with live local music and old-fashioned comedy. On this particular night, one of the show’s guests was Wendy Crowe, a singer/songwriter who also plays in the duo, Westwend, with Jonathan Maness. In this interview we discuss her upcoming solo CD, as well as her work with Westwend. Westwend is playing a few dates in North Carolina this weekend-on Friday at Twigs in Blowing Rock, NC and on Saturday at Banner Elk Cafe in Banner Elk, NC.
Tim O’Shea: How young were you when you first realized you wanted to be a singer/songwriter?
Wendy Crowe: I’ve always loved to sing, and I would pretend I was on stage every chance I got. However, it was about 6th grade that I really started practicing my writing. I had this teacher, Mrs. Morgan, who loved the arts as much as I did, so we were always singing and doing musicals. She helped me realize that you have to do what you loved.
Groucho Marx Roasts Johnny Carson
To mark the anniversary of Groucho Marx’s death (August 19, 1977), I ran across this clip from 1968 of Marx roasting Johnny Carson. At one point (around 4:20), he makes a joke about the mayor of New York. The guy laughing next to Carson is then New York City Mayor John Lindsay.
Slate Covers Prog Rock
So apparently, once a year, “Slate requires its staff writers and editors to take a month each year, walk away from their usual beats, and write long-form pieces about topics they’d never otherwise cover. ” And that’s how David Weigel arrived at covering prog rock for a week-long series. As a longtime Peter Gabriel fan, I was fascinated to learn the following:
In September 1972, when Genesis was touring the Foxtrot album, singer Peter Gabriel took a powder during the second (of two) solos in “The Musical Box.” He returned wearing a red dress and fox head, approximating the anthropomorphic beast on the band’s album cover, singing out the mantra that ends the song: “Why don’t you touch me, touch me, now, now, now, now!” From then, until Gabriel left the band, it wasn’t a Genesis show unless the singer put on a mask.