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November 30, 2007
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Random 10 for Nov. 30, 2007
November 30, 2007
1. Lavender Diamond, “Like a Prayer.” Okay then, three covers straight out of the gate. If you recall, John Wesley Harding did a nice acoustic version of my favorite Madge song (best song she recorded, best production even though it was 1989, best video, best she ever looked in a video, et cetera), but the new... Read More
November 30, 2007
1. Lavender Diamond, “Like a Prayer.” Okay then, three covers straight out of the gate. If you recall, John Wesley Harding did a nice acoustic version of my favorite Madge song (best song she recorded, best production even though it was 1989, best video, best she ever looked in a video, et cetera), but the new... Read More
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
November 30, 2007
Edward Van Halen, left, with David Lee Roth in New York City, Nov. 13.
The world offers an enormous cavalcade of things that can scare you to the core, and you know all the hits.
For instance, I should be worried about buying Christmas gifts for my son and making certain they don’t have more lead in... Read More
November 30, 2007
Edward Van Halen, left, with David Lee Roth in New York City, Nov. 13.
The world offers an enormous cavalcade of things that can scare you to the core, and you know all the hits.
For instance, I should be worried about buying Christmas gifts for my son and making certain they don’t have more lead in... Read More
Random 10 for Nov. 29, 2007
November 29, 2007
1. Alice Smith, “Do I.” Alice Smith is a soul singer, but most of her songs fall more within classic Beatles structures — that’s soul based on how you sing it, not on expected conventions. Her debut disc, “For Lovers, Dreamers and Me” — sorry, no Kermit covers there — is a strong beginning, but... Read More
November 29, 2007
1. Alice Smith, “Do I.” Alice Smith is a soul singer, but most of her songs fall more within classic Beatles structures — that’s soul based on how you sing it, not on expected conventions. Her debut disc, “For Lovers, Dreamers and Me” — sorry, no Kermit covers there — is a strong beginning, but... Read More
Watch It! on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007
November 29, 2007
Insider Trading: For all the advances made in online content, sometimes you get these glaring disasters emanating from generally reputable quarters. For instance, if you go to TVGuide.com to check out the listings for “Inside Man” (7 p.m. HBO-300), the pop-up offers a link to a godawful movie from 1984 called... Read More
November 29, 2007
Insider Trading: For all the advances made in online content, sometimes you get these glaring disasters emanating from generally reputable quarters. For instance, if you go to TVGuide.com to check out the listings for “Inside Man” (7 p.m. HBO-300), the pop-up offers a link to a godawful movie from 1984 called... Read More
Film Review: “Sleuth” * * 1/2
November 29, 2007
Michael Caine, left, and Jude Law in “Sleuth.”
A great actor by any measure, Michael Caine has the unfortunate habit of sullying his classic performances by appearing as elder characters in inferior remakes. He did it seven years ago in the awful Sylvester Stallone version of his 1971 classic, “Get... Read More
November 29, 2007
Michael Caine, left, and Jude Law in “Sleuth.”
A great actor by any measure, Michael Caine has the unfortunate habit of sullying his classic performances by appearing as elder characters in inferior remakes. He did it seven years ago in the awful Sylvester Stallone version of his 1971 classic, “Get... Read More
Music Review: Amy Winehouse, “Frank” (Universal Republic) * * * 1/2
November 29, 2007
Before taking her stateside bow as an immensely talented retro-soul vixen and self-destructive tabloid train wreck with “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse won over her native England with 2003’s “Frank.” Now released domestically in an expanded form, “Frank” displays a jazzier, less disheveled Winehouse... Read More
November 29, 2007
Before taking her stateside bow as an immensely talented retro-soul vixen and self-destructive tabloid train wreck with “Back to Black,” Amy Winehouse won over her native England with 2003’s “Frank.” Now released domestically in an expanded form, “Frank” displays a jazzier, less disheveled Winehouse... Read More
Random 10 for Nov. 28, 2007
November 28, 2007
1. Common, “I Want You.” This track has the best mellow hip-hop groove of 2007 this side of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights,” but on “Finding Forever,” Common has the nasty habit of letting his A-list hobnobbery influence his rhymes — how is the breakup of Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn relevant to... Read More
November 28, 2007
1. Common, “I Want You.” This track has the best mellow hip-hop groove of 2007 this side of Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights,” but on “Finding Forever,” Common has the nasty habit of letting his A-list hobnobbery influence his rhymes — how is the breakup of Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn relevant to... Read More
Watch It! on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007
November 28, 2007
Fah Who For-Aze: Go green tonight with another Christmas classic from the mid-’60s, the Chuck Jones-directed 1966 favorite, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (7:30 p.m. ABC/KOCO-5). Boris Karloff narrates and voices the high-altitude Who hater with the put-upon puppy, and you know that outclasses Jim... Read More
November 28, 2007
Fah Who For-Aze: Go green tonight with another Christmas classic from the mid-’60s, the Chuck Jones-directed 1966 favorite, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (7:30 p.m. ABC/KOCO-5). Boris Karloff narrates and voices the high-altitude Who hater with the put-upon puppy, and you know that outclasses Jim... Read More
Random 10 for Nov. 27, 2007
November 27, 2007
1. Guillemots, “Never Went to Church.” A beautifully lugubrious cover of the Streets song, rendered as saddo pop by the musical progeny of those great mid-’80s British artists (Roddy Frame and Paddy McAloon, to name two leaders of two bands I mentioned yesterday — forgive me, I’m on a kick) who never... Read More
November 27, 2007
1. Guillemots, “Never Went to Church.” A beautifully lugubrious cover of the Streets song, rendered as saddo pop by the musical progeny of those great mid-’80s British artists (Roddy Frame and Paddy McAloon, to name two leaders of two bands I mentioned yesterday — forgive me, I’m on a kick) who never... Read More
Watch It! on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007
November 27, 2007
The Charlie Browniest: If you spend the 7 p.m. hour watching garbage like “The Biggest Loser,” what does that make you? Instead, reacquaint yourself with one of the few things from childhood that stays around and continues to pay dividends: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (7 p.m. ABC/KOCO-5).
Since... Read More
November 27, 2007
The Charlie Browniest: If you spend the 7 p.m. hour watching garbage like “The Biggest Loser,” what does that make you? Instead, reacquaint yourself with one of the few things from childhood that stays around and continues to pay dividends: “A Charlie Brown Christmas” (7 p.m. ABC/KOCO-5).
Since... Read More
What Would NPH Do?
November 27, 2007
Thanks to Kev, here’s the first great movie poster of 2008.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Phil on Nov 28, 2007 @ 3:50 pm Oh my, yes. Read More
November 27, 2007
Thanks to Kev, here’s the first great movie poster of 2008.
1 Show / Hide Archive Comments The following comments are archived from the original publication of this post Phil on Nov 28, 2007 @ 3:50 pm Oh my, yes. Read More
Butch Walker and Flea Take a Bad Hit from the Malibu Fires
November 27, 2007
Butch Walker, the talented songwriter and producer who first hit big with the Marvelous Three in the late 90s and went on to craft big hits for Avril Lavigne, got slammed by the current wave of Malibu fires — really hard. He had just moved his studio into a home he was renting from Flea.
Here’s his statement:... Read More
November 27, 2007
Butch Walker, the talented songwriter and producer who first hit big with the Marvelous Three in the late 90s and went on to craft big hits for Avril Lavigne, got slammed by the current wave of Malibu fires — really hard. He had just moved his studio into a home he was renting from Flea.
Here’s his statement:... Read More
Watch It! on Monday, Nov. 26, 2007
November 26, 2007
Legen — wait for it! — dary. On “How I Met Your Mother” (7 p.m. CBS/KWTV-9), Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) blanks out on all his myriad come-ons just before being invited to a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show after-party. Few modern sit-coms are this successful at creating their own internal... Read More
November 26, 2007
Legen — wait for it! — dary. On “How I Met Your Mother” (7 p.m. CBS/KWTV-9), Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) blanks out on all his myriad come-ons just before being invited to a Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show after-party. Few modern sit-coms are this successful at creating their own internal... Read More
Quiet Riot Singer Dead at 52
November 26, 2007
Kevin DuBrow, the lead singer of huge-in-’83 pop-metal band Quiet Riot, died Sunday in his Las Vegas home. Cause of death has yet to be determined.
Here’s a clip from a 1984 Oklahoman review by Todd Webb of a Quiet Riot show at Lloyd Noble Center. It’s classic and true.
“Lead singer DuBrow, the Mel... Read More
November 26, 2007
Kevin DuBrow, the lead singer of huge-in-’83 pop-metal band Quiet Riot, died Sunday in his Las Vegas home. Cause of death has yet to be determined.
Here’s a clip from a 1984 Oklahoman review by Todd Webb of a Quiet Riot show at Lloyd Noble Center. It’s classic and true.
“Lead singer DuBrow, the Mel... Read More
KDGE in Dallas completely loses its sense of “Adventure”
November 05, 2007
Josh Venable
I just learned from my friend and colleague at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Preston Jones, that KDGE-FM in Dallas gave Josh Venable, host of the long-running alt-music show “The Adventure Club,” his walking papers on Friday.
This is sad news for anyone in Oklahoma City who used to... Read More
November 05, 2007
Josh Venable
I just learned from my friend and colleague at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Preston Jones, that KDGE-FM in Dallas gave Josh Venable, host of the long-running alt-music show “The Adventure Club,” his walking papers on Friday.
This is sad news for anyone in Oklahoma City who used to... Read More
Random 10 for Oct. 22, 2007
October 22, 2007
1. Art Brut, “Direct Hit.” Eddie Argos is like a less dyspeptic Mark E. Smith, a man who clearly relishes the power of rock ‘n’ roll just as much as the ridiculousness of it. “Direct Hit” is from Art Brut’s follow-up to “Bang Bang Rock and Roll,” “It’s a Bit Complicated,” and it doesn’t... Read More
October 22, 2007
1. Art Brut, “Direct Hit.” Eddie Argos is like a less dyspeptic Mark E. Smith, a man who clearly relishes the power of rock ‘n’ roll just as much as the ridiculousness of it. “Direct Hit” is from Art Brut’s follow-up to “Bang Bang Rock and Roll,” “It’s a Bit Complicated,” and it doesn’t... Read More
Random 10 for Oct. 19, 2007
October 19, 2007
1. The Beatles, “Yellow Submarine.” What can be said about this song that has not been said 7 billion times in the past? Sure, those seeking deeper meaning have always pointed out its apocalyptic undertones, of people living in submarines after the Cold War suddenly heated up and the only way to avoid blisters... Read More
October 19, 2007
1. The Beatles, “Yellow Submarine.” What can be said about this song that has not been said 7 billion times in the past? Sure, those seeking deeper meaning have always pointed out its apocalyptic undertones, of people living in submarines after the Cold War suddenly heated up and the only way to avoid blisters... Read More
New Series Review: “Kid Nation”
October 02, 2007
This series was one of the earliest to premiere this season, and it came in with enough baggage to weigh down most the young competitors seen on this misbegotten con job — not to mention comparisons to an odd Stanford Prison Experiment-like incident in Norman back in the ’50s. Blasted by some critics for... Read More
October 02, 2007
This series was one of the earliest to premiere this season, and it came in with enough baggage to weigh down most the young competitors seen on this misbegotten con job — not to mention comparisons to an odd Stanford Prison Experiment-like incident in Norman back in the ’50s. Blasted by some critics for... Read More
New Series Review: “Journeyman”
September 26, 2007
Reed Diamond, Moon Bloodgood, Kevin McKidd and Gretchen Egolf in “Journeyman.”
Time travel series tend to fall into formula pretty quickly, held captive by their premises, but given some solid writing, a great cast and an internal logic system that keeps everything from going kablooey, these shows can... Read More
September 26, 2007
Reed Diamond, Moon Bloodgood, Kevin McKidd and Gretchen Egolf in “Journeyman.”
Time travel series tend to fall into formula pretty quickly, held captive by their premises, but given some solid writing, a great cast and an internal logic system that keeps everything from going kablooey, these shows can... Read More
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Staticblog" is a repository for the musings and harangues of Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang, featuring indie music videos, movie news.
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