"They came to me and said, 'We don't want to lose Conan O'Brien.' I said, 'Oh, OK, what does that mean?' " The big shocker here: Leno's been host for 11 YEARS already. All CBS has to do is hire Jon Stewart, it's a SLAM DUNK. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2004
GOLDEN GIRLS: Love, Auf Der Maur and Lynn
Punk's Revenge on WBUR's arts page. … [Read more...]
GENDER ROLLS
NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook (from WBUR Boston) Rock 'n Gender Roles Aired: Friday, September 17, 2004 8-9PM ET RA | WMA | QT … [Read more...]
SYNDICATE ANY BOAT YOU ROW
My appearance on today's Here and Now, with Robin Young, promoting Fever. Click here for the direct RA link. … [Read more...]
DISH ON DISH
Owen Gleiberman weighs in on a lot of things at rockcritics.com, including this comment on pop in the movies: I've always lived for those moments in movies that are musical-dramatic epiphanies. The form, if that's what it is, was really born in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising--both Scorsese and … [Read more...]
FISH IN A BARREL
Jeff Jacobi ("Where is the Muslim outrage?"), meet the New York Times ("Massacre Draws Self-Criticism in the Muslim Press"). … [Read more...]
WHO LOVES THE SUN?
Back from another Goshen Fair, rich with carbs. Late into the night after rescreening some BAND OF BROS, which holds up nicely, I listened to the Fiery Furnaces's BLUEBERRY BOAT, which blew my mind instead of lulling me off to sleep. I mean this in a good way. The lyrics veer between offhanded … [Read more...]
I TOLD’EM I DON’T EVEN KNOW ANYBODY IN TORONTO!
David Thomson on Robert Redford. introducing FANTASY COVERS: Max Cleland doing Johnny Paycheck's "It Ain't Over Til the Triple Paraplegic Vet Sings" GLOSSED IN TRANSLATION: "I listened to Richard Nixon... and I decided to be a Republican..." Arnold Schwarzenegger. READ: "That one guy looked richer … [Read more...]