America is engaged in two wars at the moment -- Afghanistan and Iraq. President Obama promises that we will be out of Iraq by August 2010. In a few hours he will announce his decision on whether or not to send more troops into Afghanistan. Personally, I find myself doubting the need to continue the war in either country. However, I am open-minded to what our President will tell us tonight. In the...
27 & 28 November 2009, The Front Rooms Fancy a bitter music this weekend? The Red Lemons, a celebrated British soul band, are performing at The Front Rooms on Friday and Saturday night. Famed for their ''funky'' and lively style, the seven-piece group has played for a host of celebrities including Princess Anne, Billy Connolly, David Frost and Jeremy Irons. The band - which includes a rhythm, brass...
Well we tried, I think we tried quite hard, but perhaps some people aren't prepared to try quite as hard as we did, or be in any way open minded. The next time I hear someone say there's nothing going on Northern Soul-wise in our area, I may well scream. The next time I'm DJ'ing and I get asked for any of the following trio: Barbara Mills - Queen Of Fools Edwin Starr - Time Mood Mosaic - A Touch Of...
The Good Soldier, a powerful documentary directed by two Park Slope filmmakers, Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys (DGA, Los Angeles Film Critics, and Peabody Award winners for Riding the Rails), is being called "incendiary," and "affecting" The film follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually...
The Good Soldier, a powerful documentary directed by two Park Slope filmmakers, Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys (DGA, Los Angeles Film Critics, and Peabody Award winners for Riding the Rails), is being called "incendiary," and "affecting" The film follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually...
'3' IS THE NEW 1 : As previously reported, Britney Spears' "3" rockets onto the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1. The song's arrival at the summit marks just the 15th song in the Hot 100's history to open at No. 1: Sept. 2, 1995, "You Are Not Alone," Michael Jackson Sept. 30, 1995, "Fantasy," Mariah Carey Nov. 25, 1995, "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)," Whitney Houston Dec....
In this, my 400th post would you believe, I'm tackling the sixties and listing the 75 great soul men of the decade. There are many to choose from but these, in my humble opinion, are the creme de la creme. So here goes, starting with my top ten, and then moving on to others of note: 1. Sam Cooke (who else at number one?), 2. Otis Redding, 3. James Carr, 4. Wilson Pickett, 5. O V Wright, 6. Al Green,...
Britney Spears' Real Doll-ish ode to three-ways "3" will debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, thanks to the Max Martin-assisted track selling 255,000 copies at digital-music outlets and blanketing pop radio in anamatronic sexiness since its release Sept. 29. (It will enter this week's Hot 100 Airplay chart, which tracks radio play across the dial, at No. 49.) After the jump,...
Heard the one about the northern soul boy in a china shop? No. Neither have I. But I look forward to hearing it next spring, when a new film comes out. It's called Soulboy. It takes as its subject that most seethingly parochial of all our old pop subcultures, the northern soul scene of the early 1970s.
OK, listen up. I woke up pissed off, I pulled on my cranky pants and hoisted them to nipple level, and I intend to go to bed pissed off. And what salves a wound better than goofing on IVAW? In the immortal words of Edwin Starr: Absolutely Nothing! So, first, let it be [...]
Baseball, perhaps more than any other sport, is a game of numbers. Whether used to help define a player’s level of talent, to document records or to tally how often Prince Fielder says “You know” in an interview, numerals and mathematics in general prove increasingly important elements to contemporary baseball. As the sport evolves through time, so too do the statistics that comprise...
...in time for a random ten. Traffic - Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys Lyle Lovett - San Antonio Girl Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln The Temptations - The Way You Do The Things You Do Rice, Rice, Hilmann & Pedersen - Hard Hearted Buddy Holly - Rave On Aztec Camera - Jump Edwin Starr - Agent Double-O-Soul Robert Earl Keen - It's The Little Things Donovan - To Susan On The West Coast Waiting Random,...
It’s been awhile since we’ve done one of these here on Premium Hollywood (recently, they’ve been combined into my sometimes-weekly Blu-ray column), but with the DVD version of “17 Again” disappointing fans with, as Edwin Starr would say, absolutely nothing, it seemed like a good idea to break down just what exactly HD fanatics will [...]
I'm addicted to my Playstation 3, and one of my favourite activities at the moment is making playlists from my music collection. I have 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Relaxing, Classical, and Indie lists, but the one that gets the most use is the Dancey Happy list. There's nothing like dancing round the living room on a Thursday morning for cheering a person up. Here's the last ten songs that appeared on random....
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