Seth Godin's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Well, that was one of them. Put a number in your headline and do a list. You know, there are a ton of tactics that you can use to increase readership. Plenty of blogs will tell you what they are....
Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
This is such an impressive movie. I'm so glad I got myself over to the DGA Theatre this morning to see "Dream Boy" despite a very strong desire to sleep in. I got there when the movie was just starting...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
From Big Mama Thornton to Lil' Kim, from Janis Joplin to Courtney Love, from Loretta Lynn to Linda Ronstadt, women have strugled, schemed and-most important-sung their way to the top (or almost the top) of the male-dominated music business. Now in her vivid, impassioned history of women in rock, We Gotta Get Out of This Place (Atlantic Monthly), music journalist Gerri Hirshey takes a long, hard, and...
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Continuing my AFI-style accumulation of favorite albums by category, I go to “interpreters”–people who generally perform songs written by others and make them their own. Madeleine Peyroux, Careless Love My current favorite album of reimagined standards, it ranges from Bessie Smith to Elliott Smith, all swingily delivered by Ms. Peyroux in her Billie Holiday-influenced style. Nina Simone, Forbidden...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
PHILADELPHIA - "Sometimes I listen to my music," Rickie Lee Jones is saying, as she sits in a cafe here.
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
"Sometimes I listen to my music," Rickie Lee Jones is saying, as she sits in a cafe here. "And I think, 'How is it that you have a job? You really suck.' And then sometimes I listen to it and I say...
Pieces and Parts (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
OK, so I was disappointed to hear that Joan Armatrading and Valerie Singleton were never an item after all (see below), but, under the heading of “People I Admire Who I Would Like To Be In A Relationship Together”, I was delighted to learn today that Tom Waits used to be the boyfriend of Rickie [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Country music star, Emmylou Harris, discusses music by Porter Wagoner, Rickie Lee Jones, Levon Helm, Linda Thompson and Robert Plant/Alison Krauss.
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
in post CHART ATTACK!: 6/30/79 from Popdose .
Popdose (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
‘Sup, everybody? Happy Friday! This week in Billboard history brings us a bunch of Mellow Gold, a bunch of disco, and two oddballs smack in the middle. Let’s take a look at June 30, 1979! 10. You Take My Breath Away — Rex Smith Amazon 9. Just When I Needed You Most [...]
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
During the 2006 election cycle 722 Blue America donors helped us raise $8,210 for Chris Carney. On top of that we got members of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and Rickie Lee Jones to record a campaign song for him and our friend Mike put together a video clip for him. Take a look: It makes me sick to watch it now. Just because we give a candidate some money and help promote them doesn't mean we can dictate...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/24/2008
'Sometimes I listen to my music," Rickie Lee Jones is saying, as she sits in an Old City cafe around the corner from the Painted Bride Art Center, where the peripatetic singer is in the midst of a residency that runs three consecutive Wednesdays, continuing tomorrow.
IckMusic (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Howard Stern had a great interview this morning with Carly Simon. Howard drilled down into her icy relationship with ex-husband James Taylor. Their mutual son - Ben Taylor - was in the studio as well, which made for an interesting dynamic. Long story short, Howard and Ben are joining forces to talk some sense into [...]
Feast of Music (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
I like classical music. I like indie rock and singer-songwriters. And, occasionally, I even like seeing them on the same bill. But, when it comes right down to it, whether or not it works is almost entirely up to who's...
Today's Blog Music (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
in post Footwear: The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys from Star Maker Machine .
