Tag Archives: Little Richard

Happy Birthday, Otis Redding

Posted on September 9, 2023 by sheila

Seen on Beale Street: Watch Otis Redding’s live 1967 performance of “Try a Little Tenderness.” In this performance, what always strikes me is where it starts … and then where it GOES. And the journey he takes in between. That … Continue reading →

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April/May 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 9, 2023 by sheila

River of Grass (1994; d. Kelly Reichardt) Reichardt’s first film. Wendy and Lucy (2008; d. Kelly Reichardt) The start of Reichardt’s collaboration with Michelle Williams. Showing Up (2023; d. Kelly Reichardt) Reichardt’s latest. I reviewed for Ebert. It’s fine. Her … Continue reading →

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Review: Little Richard: I Am Everything (2023)

Posted on April 23, 2023 by sheila

I reviewed the new Little Richard documentary – Little Richard: I Am Everything – for Ebert.     Thank you so much for stopping by. If you like what I do, and if you feel inclined to support my work, … Continue reading →

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January 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on February 2, 2023 by sheila

Friday Night Lights No time like the present. I binged this entire series in a couple weeks. This took commitment, and a couple days of sick leave, while trapped in my hotel room in Memphis, too sick to move. I … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Little Richard: Preacher. Showman. Maestro.

Posted on December 5, 2022 by sheila

Little Richard. Live performance of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On”, 1963. In the performance above, Little Richard moves from preacher to sexually-explosive showman to maestro, sometimes blending them all together, no difference between Personae. The performance is almost 6 minutes … Continue reading →

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After a long break: Let’s iTunes Shuffle

Posted on September 5, 2022 by sheila

I work from home. It’s a busy job, lots of meetings and Zoom calls, and then there’s my writing work, as well as family stuff and having a personal life, and in the last 3 months I have been – … Continue reading →

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Music Shuffle for a New Era

Posted on March 10, 2021 by sheila

If you follow me elsewhere, you know there have been huge changes in my life in the last 4 or 5 months. Changes tragic and changes new. I have moved. I now live by the ocean in a house surrounded … Continue reading →

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Year in Review: Shooting My Mouth Off in 2020, Part 1

Posted on December 19, 2020 by sheila

What a year. Hard to say “the worst” because I was at least somewhat mentally stable during 2020, but this year was an assault. An assault after a couple of years of exhausting assault. It was an assault on us … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Little Richard

Posted on May 9, 2020 by sheila

From Nick Tosches’ blistering article about the 1971 concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden (Tosches was not, to put it mildly, a fan): I mean, does rock’n’ roll have anything to do with anything? Once it adopts pretensions of … Continue reading →

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The Sheltering-in-Place iPod Shuffle

Posted on April 12, 2020 by sheila

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 →

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