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Tag Archives: Eminem
Podcast: The Last Thing I Saw: Jackass 3-D and more.
I had a lot of fun babbling my HEAD off – from my lonely quarantine – with Film Comment editor-in-chief Nicolas Rapold on his podcast “The Last Thing I Saw.” I took the title of the podcast literally: and therefore, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, documentary, drama, Eminem, Jackass, musicals, podcast, Russia
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Eminem: The Why, the Who What When, the Where, and the How
Yeah, so … I started out to write about Eminem’s 2017 album Revival, which critics and many fans hated, and the piece morphed into a career retrospective. This has been building up (clearly) for a long time. Quarantine gave me … Continue reading
Curiosity and Eminem
My main online hangout these days is YouTube, scrolling around the “reactor” community. These people go in HARD to the songs they listen to, researching them, pulling up facts, trying to understand the context, so they can understand everything. This … Continue reading
This is riveting. RIVETING, I tell you.
“I gotta ask you… when you was going into them early fights, when you first started coming up, you walk into the ring … what is that shit like?” “It’s really orgasmic. It’s almost like –” “Like, did you feel … Continue reading
A real-life Stan
The story about the intruder breaking into Eminem’s house last month (the news is just breaking now) is incredibly freaky. The guy somehow gets past the gate, as well as Eminem’s security detail (who were elsewhere on the property) and … Continue reading
The Sheltering-in-Place iPod Shuffle
By request: I play music as I clean. I also play music as I do my digital day job – which I am very VERY grateful for, since so many people just lost their jobs overnight. I mean, let’s be … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bleu, Brendan Benson, Carl Perkins, Charlie Rich, Eddie Cochran, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Everclear, Ewan McGregor, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Indigo Girls, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Reed, Johnny Cash, Johnny Flynn, Lenny Kravitz, Link Wray, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Madonna, Mike Viola, Nicole Kidman, Nirvana, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Ricky Nelson, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, shuffle, The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings
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Autumnal iPod Shuffle
“Family Tradition” – Hank Williams, Jr. Bitter! It’s such a great “fuck you” to Nashville country-music prudes and a great wielding of his autobiography as a weapon: “If I get stoned and sing all night long, it’s a family tradition.” … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, B.B. King, Bleu, Bob Dylan, Brendan Benson, Charlie Rich, Doris Day, Eddie Cochran, ELO, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Etta James, Glee, Huey Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Judy Garland, Link Wray, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Michael Jackson, Mike Viola, Pat McCurdy, Queen, Robbie Williams, Rufus Wainwright, Sam Cooke, shuffle, Sinéad O'Connor, The Everly Brothers, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson
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Summer iPod Shuffle
“From a Buick 6” – Bob Dylan. The SOUND of his BAND … it’s so VITAL, jangly and raucous, so PRESENT. So is his voice, and the lyrics, and everything coming from him … but listen to that band. It’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alanis Morissette, Bob Dylan, Carl Perkins, Dolly Parton, Doris Day, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Jack Black, Little Richard, Liz Phair, Nirvana, Ok Go, Pat McCurdy, Pink, Ricky Nelson, Robbie Williams, shuffle, Sinéad O'Connor, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Tracy Bonham, Waylon Jennings
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50 Best Albums, by Brendan O’Malley, #36. Eminem, The Eminem Show
My talented brother Brendan O’Malley is an amazing writer and actor. He’s wonderful in the recent You & Me, directed by Alexander Baack. (I interviewed Baack about the film here.) His most recent gig was story editor/writer on the hit … Continue reading