Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that is in some way relevant to their recently published books. Before I read Janis Ian's Society's Child: My Autobiography, I have to admit not being familiar...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Singer Janis Ian's autobiography is aptly called Society's Child (Tarcher/Penguin, 361 pp., $26.95) after her 1966 hit about ...
they must need bears (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Heads-up. Janis Ian is going to be on All Things Considered on NPR tonight, for those of you who are fans.
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Former Jam and Style Council frontman Paul Weller releases his latest solo effort, 22 Dreams, stateside tomorrow, a disc that features guest appearances by Noel Gallagher, Graham Coxon, and others. Other albums I can strongly recommend include the Avett...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
It was a free download of "Half Boyfriend" on the gay blog/website Towleroad that peaked my interest in actor/singer-songwriter Jay Brannan . His voice is completely distinctive and new. It doesn't really fit any traditional mold and I thought I was alone in thinking he's the male version of Joni Mitchell, but I read that comparison on his ITunes bio. Perhaps if Nick Drake, Janis Ian and Liz...
they must need bears (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Another thing I have learned over the years is that sometimes you can't jump right in and write a story when you have the first inkling of what it's about. Sometimes, it helps to write down some notes and then stick them in a file and wait until they set deep roots. You can always add more notes, after all, as the yoccur. It's like fertilizing the plant.
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
in post Songs of the Fifty States: Massachusetts to New Jersey from Ceci N'est Pas un Blog .
On the Wilder Side (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
Sun. July 06 Janis Ian Folk Huntington Arts Council Summer Arts Festival. Harry Chapin Theater, Heckscher Park + Sun July 6 Abbie Gardner & Anthony da Costa CD Release Bad Nights / Better Days /w special guest Phil Minissale Court House Concerts www.courthouseconcerts.com courthouseconcerts@yahoo.com + Tues. July 08 Patricia Shih 7:30pm Family Series Huntington Arts [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
2008 July 05 - Janis Ian July 12 - Slaid Cleaves July 19 - Bearfoot July 26 - Eric Bibb Aug 02 - Ronny CoxOutdoor concerts. Free admission & ferry service. All performances begin at 1:30 PM....
PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 06/30/2008
I haven't been able to blog too much the last little while as I've been on the road and feverishly trying to make progress on a few projects. But I wondered just now if any of you caught the SNL tribute to George Carlin last night of the first episode ever, which Carlin hosted? I had a couple reactions: First, the show seems to have started very poorly and haphazardly. How did it succeed to a second...
Balloon Juice (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
I’m watching Saturday Night from October, 1975, and I can’t believe how awful George Carlin is. Don’t get me wrong. I love George Carlin. He just sucks in this show, as does most of the cast. I guess George Carlin got much better with age and “Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksuckin’, Motherfucker, tits” was an [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 06/28/2008
It's both a very cool and a very sad thing that "Saturday Night Live" this week will re-air its first episode ever, because it was hosted by George Carlin. The sad part, of course, is that Carlin died June 22 of heart failure. NBC is bringing out the 1975 show that started it all (at 11:30 tonight) as both a tribute and a bid for ratings.
clarkblog (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
This weekend SNL re-reruns its premiere episode from 1975 in memory of its host, the late great George Carlin. You also get Janis Ian, Andy Kaufman, and Billy Preston's amazing afro. Over at WFMU's Beware of the Blog, there's a...
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 06/26/2008
Yo citizens! North Korea was just about to celebrate its 20th anniversary on our State Sponsors Of Terrorism list when Condi Rice went and pulled them abruptly off it. Now she's telling everyone... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
