-
-
-
Recent Posts
- Happy birthday, Big Joe Turner, “Boss of the Blues”
- Diane Arbus at the movies
- “I should have been dead ten times over. I’ve thought about that a lot. I believe in miracles. It’s an absolute miracle that I’m still around.” — Dennis Hopper
- “My goal: never copy. Create a new style, with luminous and brilliant colors, rediscover the elegance of my models.” — Tamara de Lempicka
- Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming
- “Manuscripts don’t burn.” — Mikhail Bulgakov
- For Joseph Cotten’s birthday: Gaslight: His Listening Is Active
- “That’s the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.” — Sofia Coppola
- “I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckis
- “Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.” — Stevie Wonder
Recent Comments
- Ryan Cox on “That’s the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.” — Sofia Coppola
- sheila on Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming
- sheila on “I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckis
- Melissa Sutherland on Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming
- Gemstone on “I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckis
- sheila on “Manuscripts don’t burn.” — Mikhail Bulgakov
- sheila on Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming
- sheila on “I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckis
- Stevie on Kwik Stop (2001) finally streaming
- Roger T Shrubber on “I’m very concerned that we don’t make movies that are original anymore.” — Robert Zemeckis
- mutecypher on “Manuscripts don’t burn.” — Mikhail Bulgakov
- sheila on News about Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof
- Lyrie on News about Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof
- sheila on News about Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof
- Scott Abraham on News about Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof
- Johnny on Alain Delon: Eyes So Deep There’s No Bottom
- sheila on “I put my soul through the ink.” — Proof
- Jayme on “I put my soul through the ink.” — Proof
- sheila on R.I.P. Steve Albini
- sheila on R.I.P. Steve Albini
Categories
Archives
-
Category Archives: Music
Happy birthday, Big Joe Turner, “Boss of the Blues”
Before the advent of microphones, if you were a singer, you needed to be heard. “Blues shouters” were powerful figures known for shouting above the music. Big Joe Turner was a blues shouter from Kansas City, and also one of … Continue reading
Posted in Music, On This Day
Leave a comment
“Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.” — Stevie Wonder
It’s his birthday today. I love that quote because I have so many memories “attached” to Stevie Wonder’s songs, so attached that they don’t feel “attached” at all. The song IS the memory. And more than a memory, really: these … Continue reading
Posted in Music, On This Day
Leave a comment
R.I.P. Steve Albini
It’s strange to be at the age where someone dies at 61 and … it doesn’t sound that old. 61 would have sounded really old to me in the 90s, when Steve Albini and the music he produced was such … Continue reading
“He sold his soul to the devil to get to play like that.” – Mississippi bluesman Son House on Robert Johnson
It’s Robert Johnson’s birthday. “[Robert] Johnson has created a mood so delicate and bleak one feels he cannot possible get out of his song alive.” – Greil Marcus Recently, I was walking through Times Square and suddenly Robert Johnson’s “Hellhound” … Continue reading
Posted in Music, On This Day
8 Comments
“It’s the sexiest toughest chord change in all of rock ‘n roll.” – Steven Van Zandt on “Rumble.” Happy Birthday, Link Wray
When Link Wray wails “Have you heard the news? There’s good rockin’ tonight” in his version of “Good Rockin’ Tonight” … it sounds like a threat that could topple civilization. And when he goes up the octave? Forget about it. … Continue reading
“I still get a chill when I sing, ‘You Don’t Own Me.’ I find some new feeling in it every time.” –Lesley Gore
A re-post of what I wrote when Lesley Gore died in 2015 at the age of 68. Below you will find a clip of Lesley Gore, performing “You Don’t Own Me”, on the now-mythical 1964 T.A.M.I. Show, directed by Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Music, On This Day
45 Comments
“When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” — Willie Nelson
“Ninety-nine percent of the world’s lovers are not with their first choice. That’s what makes the jukebox play.” – Willie Nelson Legend. It’s his birthday today. I will never ever forget his performance of “America the Beautiful” in the telethon … Continue reading
“I don’t like being approached by people who look at me too intensely, who needed something from me that I didn’t have. I don’t represent anything.” — Liz Phair
It’s difficult because to so many – including myself – she does represent something. Maybe you’d have to be Gen X to get it. I think of David Lynch’s comment on Elvis, something like “He wasn’t there and then suddenly … Continue reading
“To me, music is no joke and it’s not for sale.” — Ian MacKaye
“People ask me: ‘What is punk? How do you define punk?’ Here’s how I define punk: It’s a free space. It could be called jazz. It could be called hip-hop. It could be called blues, or rock, or beat. It … Continue reading
Review: It’s Only Life After All (2024)
I love the Indigo Girls so much. I’ve been “in” from the beginning. From the first moment I heard “Closer to Fine” on the radio. They have been with me through so many dark hours. They capture yearning like no … Continue reading