Sandra Rose: "Norwood, Reed In Local Runoff For Mayor" The conservative blogger in Atlanta metro, Ga. discusses Atlanta's mayoral race. Mary Norwood, who seeks to become Atlanta's first white mayor since 1973, came shy (45%) of the 50% threshold against multiple black candidates to avoid a runoff. Ms. Rose is backing Mr. Reed's mayoral bid in the December 1 runoff : "Yesterday it seemed...
Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song -- and even gets a chance to sing with one of them on the CD.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rod Stewart grew up idolizing soul singers like Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and Otis Redding. On his new album, "Soulbook," he gets a chance to pay tribute to his childhood idols in song - and even gets a chance to sing with one of them on the CD....
Saw the Maysles Bros. new Rolling Stones flick Get Yer Ya-Yas Out the other day -- my review will be up over at Box Office momentarily I think -- and one of the best scenes is Mick and Keith doing an unplugged version of "You Gotta Move." Mick, at his most transparently disingenuous, prefaces it by saying "We've been trying to find out who wrote it, but we don't know." Actually,...
Although my birthday was a month ago, I had a lovely second pass at being spoiled this weekend, when Anne-So and Rich took me not only for a delicious curry in London but also to see the final date on the Wave Pictures current Uk tour, at the Garage in Islington. Of course, it's as ridiculous to talk of touring schedules with the Wave Pics as it is to talk of album release cycles. Since I first stumbled,...
I wrote about the tribute paid by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman to President Obama in Rocco's Modern Life." Landesman hailed Obama as "the first president that [ Ed.: ouch! ] actually writes his own books since Teddy Roosevelt and arguably the first to write them really well since Lincoln[.]" Seeking to move Obama to an even more world-historic plane, Landesman...
There's a French nursery rhyme called Au Clair de La Lune, but I can't remember the second line, it's right there on the tip of my tongue, anybody know it? I realise there are a lot of songs here, feel free to use the -> button. There's A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris The Killing Moon (Up All Night Mix) - Echo & The Bunnymen Trip II The Moon (Kaleidoscopiklimax) - Acen My Moon My Man (Boys Noize...
Last week , I wrote about Rod Stewart, and how sickened I was to see his name attached to a Sam Cooke LP. This week… well, it gets worse, folks, it gets worse. Plastered all over Boston are ads for Rod Stewart’s most recent album (released on Tuesday), entitled Soulbook . You can tell it’s a terrible album just by looking at the CD cover (see left). It is vomit-inducing. What, Rod,...
Just watched Harold and Maude again, classic film. Bud Cort as Harold with his banjo dancing along the California cliffs made me think about my favorite dance scenes in movies (exluding musicals). For your consideration: 1. Some Like It Hot - Jack Lemon in drag and Joe E. Brown, as funny as it gets. Watch it and try not to laugh. 2. Witness - Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis dancing and romancing to...
You can't spend the night... Yes, I'm sure you're right. You can't spend the night... Yeah, I'm sure you're right. You can't spend the night... Yes, I'm sure you're right. But we could spend the night together. Or alone. That would be better. It's Friday night and I ain't got nobody. Oh, what's the use of making a bed? I took something and it feels like karate; it's kicked me down and left me for dead....
Filed under: News , New Music , Exclusive Following an enormously successful album series in which he covered classics from the 'Great American Songbook,' Rod Stewart is digging even deeper into his pockets for a new collection of soul tunes entitled, appropriately, 'Soulbook.' The album's 13 tracks include covers of timeless gems from Sam Cooke , Stevie Wonder , the Temptations and the like. But...
Michael looked like he was higher than a satellite in that pic Few could have imagined Michael Jackson would meet such a sad, untimely end, but compounding the tragedy is news from Los Angeles that his will appears to be a forgery. The Jackson family stated it is not Michael’s signature on the will. Additionally, the will that was signed in Los Angeles, conflicts with photographic evidence showing...
More than 40 years after his tragic, violent death, Sam Cooke is still known as the legendary soul and gospel singer who penned "A Change is Gonna Come," which found a new audience with the election of America's first black president.
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