Dear Jonathan Gould, Whew you got a great agent, serialized in USA TODAY, man that's EXPOSURE. Congratulations on all this, very handsomely produced and marketed product. But most of all pat yourself on the back... there is so much hard work reflected in these pages, so many long library hours … [Read more...]
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Scrambled Eggs
Today's Here and Now [audio] review of Across the Universe, a movie that's as impressive as it is disappointing. (At least they don't have the poor guy sing "Yesterday.") Reminded me of how poorly served T Bone Burnett was in WALK THE LINE: even material this well arranged and produced can't support … [Read more...]
lists to live for…
Best of 2005, 2004, 2004 CLASSICAL, 2004 LIST LINKS, 2003, 2002, 2001, 1990s, Cover Albums, etc … [Read more...]
Other lists
Past years, cover albums, tributes, hands I've shook, concerts, Rock Snobs, top 90s acts, guilty pleasures misc... … [Read more...]
Pepper Notes from All Over
"It was forty years ago today: the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. "It's certainly a thrill," the Beatles sang; but listening today, much of the thrill is gone--except for one song. Still, it's easy to remember that day--June 1, 1967--when the first thing we saw was the cover: a … [Read more...]
Fabs Down Under
(from Tony Eastley's show, May 28): MICHAEL ROWLAND: Sgt. Pepper was the Beatles as their fans had never seen or heard them before. They'd ditched their grey suits and ties in favour of technicolour military style uniforms, and the catchy two minute pop tunes had given way to musical experimentation … [Read more...]
A Hogshead of Real Fire
A Sgt Pepper chat with Tim Page and Anthony DeCurtis from today's On Point, repeats tonight. (iTunes) BOUNCEBACK Drew got part of the point of my Monday post... let's see who can take the baton from him. … [Read more...]
Sir Paul: Save Abbey Road
An Open Letter to Sir Paul McCartney: Save Abbey Road (Huffington Post) In 1897, a German-American inventor named Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone method of recording, founded the Gramophone Company in London. Five years later, Enrico Caruso recorded 10 songs for Berliner, transforming his … [Read more...]
Soundtrack Scuttlebutt
CATEGORY: CAR AD SOUNDTRACK WITH "CELEBRITY" Elvis Costello playing air guitar to Beethoven's Ninth in his Lexus ad beats out his wife Diana Krall raving on about Oscar Peterson in hers. (Who hogs the remote in that ride?) But would anybody buy a car from Elvis? Seems telling that neither of these … [Read more...]
MODEST PROPOSALS
STEALTH COVERS Blender's new list starts off with "Jersey Girl," popularized by Bruce Springsteen, originally performed by Tom Waits, as obvious as it is predictable. The lead track on this list is still "Tainted Love," which everybody STILL thinks it's fey 80s Britpop. We learned more from the … [Read more...]
EMI’s Jumpy Stock: Squawks Across the Pond
EMI's bumpy history approaches yet another tipping point: after five years of rejecting suitors, getting hit on by Warners, flirting with Warners, urging a merger with Warners, watching Sony bed down with BMG and Jeff Jones assume Neil Aspinall's Apple mysteriously vacated throne, the first major to … [Read more...]
Abbey Road Reunion
ABBEY ROAD REUNION: KNOB-TWIDDLERS REVEAL ALL IN NEW BOOK by Tim Riley, NPR critic and Beatle author https://soundcloud.com/triley60/abbey-road-reunion In November of 2006, over 30 engineers gathered for a reunion at Abbey Road studios in London, where many of them worked uncredited on … [Read more...]
GUILTY PLEASURES: AUDIO
TWO NEW PODCASTS POSTED The first is old already (12/01/06), holiday box set recommentations including Fats Waller, Bob Wills, Buddy Guy and Gram Parsons. The second is from yesterday, Guilty Pleasures, alongside Renee Graham. Prescott gave it up privately that hers includes Madonna's … [Read more...]
Ungently
COLD SWEAT Idolator lists Jonathan Lethem's Rolling Stone profile, Ben Greenman's New Yorker overview, and Douglas Wolk's WFMU 2001 playlist (somebody BURN this). Alongside Jon Pareles's big statement, I'd put Phillip Gourevitch NY unposted profile from a couple years back. Besides Milo Miles at … [Read more...]
ABBEY ROAD REUNION
Unsung EMI engineers gather at the legendary studios to celebrate a new book about their accomplishments By Tim Riley ABBEY ROAD REUNION or All Together Now THINGS WE DID YESTERDAY SUBHEAD: Unsung EMI engineers gather at the legendary studios to celebrate a new book about their … [Read more...]