Beatles fans are all familiar with the "Paul is dead" urban legend. The rumors, which surfaced in September of 1969, claimed that Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and was replaced by a double. Despite the fact that McCartney gave an interview to Life magazine in November 1969 stating that he was [...]
Morning, all. It's only supposed to be 93 degrees today, down from yesterday's record 102. Speaking of which, have you checked out the Weather Channel's new site? (It's still beta.) It looks very USA Today, no?
National Public Radio is no longer. Don't worry, it's a change in name only–you'll still hear Renee Montagne and Steve [...]
*Bob Dylan paints his masterpiece? Theoretically. El Bard is set to debut some paintings based on his "Drawn Blank" series of sketches from the early '90s. TO WIT: "Man on Bridge" (right; acrylic, 2009).
*Related: The Guardian has a neat little slideshow of Dylan's Nov., 2007 exhibit at the Chemnitz Art Gallery in eastern Germany.
*Not quite [...]
In which the author contemplates the former Presidential candidate's A Simple Christmas: Twelve Stories That Celebrate the True Holiday Spirit.
Just in time for Halloween comes creationist and cool dude Mike Huckabee's jolly Christmas memoir...
God, what a snarky intro. Tough to write about this because, as an agnostic (how can anybody be anything else?), I don't [...]
In January Richie Unterberger was at the Library of Congress discussing his book The Unreleased Beatles: Music and Film. Now he is back, tonight, Monday August 3rd at the Library to talk about his new detail-packed, 368 page book, White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day (I have not seen it yet). According [...]
In advance of today's show at the 9:30 Club with Gregory Isaacs, I spoke with Easy Star All Stars co-founder Michael Goldwasser [pictured above, seated]. Goldwasser, as producer, musical director, arranger and guitarist, has been the driving force behind the Easy Star All Star tribute efforts. Those releases have included Radiohead and Pink Floyd tributes, [...]
I struggled with my approach on reviewing the newest from the Easy Star All Stars—Lonely Hearts Dub Band. There are as many Beatles covers floating around as there are batshit crazy Heather Mills quotes. Most aren't worth the time, though this tribute to Rubber Soul had its moments and this compilation from the Atlantic and [...]
