Thoughts from an Evil Overlord (Free subscription) | yesterday
Every year a few new Christmas movies hit theaters, some I want to see and others just don't appeal to me. This year I'd like to see the Disney Christmas Carol in 3-D. Sadly for me I'm not allowed to go to movie theaters because of germs, and I know it won't be the same on TV next year. We've all got our favorites, maybe even more than one. I've got a bunch, from the sentimental 1947 Miracle on 34th...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
No. 75: Shirley Temple 1928- The daughter of a bank clerk, she was born in Santa Monica, a bus ride from Hollywood, and thrust into the movies at the age of three by a fanatically ambitious mother. In her sixth year, she went from supporting to starring roles, had two hit songs ("Baby Take a Bow", "The Good Ship Lollipop"), and was the eighth biggest box-office attraction in America....
The Panic Manual (Free subscription) | yesterday
‘Tis the season … for leather? OK, so this is a weird one. Heavy metal icon and Judas Priest singer Rob Halford has released a Christmas album. I am confused. Aren’t Judas Priest the very same band who back in the 80s were put on trial for allegedly putting hidden satanic messages into their albums [...] Related posts: Concert Review – The Dears [April 30th, 2009 Mod Club]...
ESPN (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Champions Tour players John Cook and Olin Browne shot 6-under 66s at Del Monte Golf Course to share the first-round lead in the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
"Like buried treasure reclaimed from the past, this remarkable set is like no other Bing Crosby collection ever released. Here is the great crooner and a quartet led by his longtime accompanist Buddy Cole, occasionally augmented by a few wind instruments, in a thesaurus of 160 songs recorded in the most informal of circumstances at 16 sessions, during a period (1954-56) when Bing was in exceptionally...
PBS (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
On Wednesday, prolific songwriter and singer Johnny Mercer would have turned 100. In his lifetime, he worked with more than 200 collaborators and churned out lyrics for more than 1,500 songs for both Broadway and the silver screen, which were made famous by stars like Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Louis Armstrong.
Lesley Jenike (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
I swiped this from Best American's blog (by David Lehman): It’s Johnny Mercer’s birthday from Natchez to Mobile in the cool cool cool of the evening very cool with Barbara Lea singing Marian McPartland playing the greatest revenge songs of all time hooray and hallelujah you had it comin’ to ya and a bottle of Rodenbach Alexander red ale from Belgium with cherries and “Tangerine”...
Touching Base (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Kettner’s in London’s Soho has hosted the famous since 1867 when Auguste Kettner, chef to Napoleon III, first opened the venue. Close to the theatres and other entertainment, the venue has undergone many incarnations with regular patrons from Oscar Wilde and King Edward VII to Agatha Christie and Bing Crosby each leaving their famous vibes in the space. The four Georgian houses that form...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The local council of the northern Italian town of Coccaglio is dreaming of a White Christmas this year.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
It seems that chophouses could be on the endangered list. Last week Chronicle Restaurant Critic Michael Bauer reported in his Between Meals blog that Acme Chop House at AT&T Park (24 Willie Mays Plaza) will close by Dec. 31. Now we hear that Joe DiMaggio's...
Metro.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Music news: Rolf Harris and Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt have teamed up to record a Christmas single in an attempt to top the charts over the holiday season.
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Today is the 100th anniversary of Johnny Mercer's birth. To celebrate it, Dave Frishberg and Rebecca Kilgore will be the guests on National Public Radio's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. See your local listings for station and time, or check...
Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The thing I never really thought about before, but noticed while watching the new “Anniversary Edition” DVD of 1954 musical White Christmas , is that if the title song wasn't included, you'd have a movie that has almost nothing to do with Christmas. Take out Bing Crosby crooning the song at the beginning and a group rendition at the end and you could have an above-average Hollywood musical,...
Annie's Witterings. (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A month or two ago, Tim got up early and drove to Brighton to record brass on Robb Johnson's new Christmas album, "The Ghost of Love". We've just got the package of finished albums through, and are listening through to it - it's absolutely brilliant. It's a concept album, and if you're looking for a nice, warm, fuzzy, feelgood kind of a Christmas album to shelve beside Cliff Richard and...
Jewish Book Council Blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote yesterday about Bob Dylan’s Judaism. He is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Bob Dylan’s Christmas album is that it took nearly fifty years for him to make one. There is a long-established tradition of pop [...]
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Best Songs From Christmas Movies The holiday season arrived and once more, it is for radio and television the opportunity to make us enjoy the Christmas music we love. While historians are not sure of the origins of Christmas caroling, we tend to think...
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