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DVD Discussions: The Compleat Beatles (1982)
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Documentaries, TV Series, and Miscellaneous Musings. Monday, August 25, 2014. The Compleat Beatles (1982). Director: Patrick Montgomery Writer: David Silver. Starring: Malcolm McDowell (narrator), George Martin and Gerry Marsden. In the preface to Philip Norman’s biography of the Beatles, Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation. Was, for a dozen years, the only real filmic biography of the group and, while supplanted by The Beatles Anthology. Today almost every bit of footage of the Beatles is available t...
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The Hard Bop Homepage Blog: The Jazz Project - Fangs
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Saturday, October 11, 2008. The Jazz Project - Fangs. S last album came out on Verve in 1999. Reissues? Well, now that the Blue Note and OJC catalogues have been pretty well exhausted, what remains might be interesting (Chess, Duke/Peacock, etc.) but I don't think there are any hidden Sidewinder. S or Soul Station. S left out there. (Unless you count Sonny Criss. S At The Crossroads. Which has been released in Japan.). And Stacie McGregor's Straight Up. As a fan for years of Grant Green. Is, pure and sim...
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The Hard Bop Homepage Blog: Isaac Hayes
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008. Is still one of my favorite albums . . . ever . . . in any genre. There have been numerous versions of Isaac Hayes' "Theme from Shaft" but I wanted to share with you one of my favorites. It's from the 1974 album by Maynard Ferguson MF Horn 2. In terms of fusion/big band sessions from the 70s, this has to be near the top of the list in terms of both song selection and solos. The opener, "Give It One," is probably the best Ferguson track from the entire decade. Have a Nice Decade.
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Have a Nice Decade: Go All The Way (1972)
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Have a Nice Decade. A Personal Journey Through the Music of the 1970s. Monday, July 27, 2015. Go All The Way (1972). Performer: The Raspberries Writer: Eric Carmen. Highest US Chart Position: #5 Label: Capitol Records. Musicians: Eric Carmen, Wally Bryson, Dave Smalley and Jim Bonfanti. The Raspberries’ biggest chart hit, “ Go All The Way. 8221; on the other hand, is a finely crafted- if somewhat schizophrenic- piece of power pop that not only seems ahead of its time, but has stood the test of time as a ...
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It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Movie: March 2014
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It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Movie. Films that Don't Quite Deliver. Sunday, March 16, 2014. The Buster Keaton Story (1957). Director: Sidney Sheldon Writers: Sidney Sheldon and Robert Smith. Film Score: Victor Young Cinematography: Loyal Griggs. Starring: Donald O’Connor, Ann Blyth, Rhonda Fleming and Peter Lorre. The Buster Keaton Story. As I said in my review of Chaplin. Did, however, was to pay for Keaton’s “ranch” in Woodland Hills where he spend the remainder of what he called, “...Children of the...
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DVD Discussions: March 2014
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Documentaries, TV Series, and Miscellaneous Musings. Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Race for the Double Helix (1987). Director: Mick Jackson Writer: William Nicholson. Film Score: Peter Howell Cinematography: Andrew Dunn. Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Tim Pigott-Smith, Alan Howard and Juliet Stevenson. A BBC production from 1987, is a magnificent piece of work that can hold its own with any feature film, and has been one of my favorite films of all time since I first saw it on the A&E Network. I call the film ...
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DVD Discussions: November 2014
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Documentaries, TV Series, and Miscellaneous Musings. Saturday, November 15, 2014. Director: Mark Achbar Writer: Peter Wintonick. Film Score: Carl Schultz Cinematography: Peter Wintonick. Starring: Noam Chomsky, Bill Moyers, Paul Andrews and Mark Achbar. Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). EB Neslowe is an independent film analyst and reviewer. He currently lives in Olympia, Washington. View my complete profile. The E List film reviews. It's a Bad Movie.
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Words on Film: Screening History (1992)
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The best books about the movies. Monday, December 22, 2014. History as we get to see real life as it was when the film was made . . .”. The first essay is The Prince and the Pauper. Vidal’s second essay concerns the British film Fire Over England. Experience of reality.” During the Depression Vidal notes how all of Hollywood seemed to be under the thrall of Britain. There were films in the very early thirties about American icons, like W.D. Griffith’s Abraham Lincoln. In his essay on Lincoln. Screened, i...
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It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Movie: November 2013
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It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad Movie. Films that Don't Quite Deliver. Sunday, November 24, 2013. The Ghost Writer (2010). Director: Roman Polanski Writers: Robert Harris and Roman Polanski. Film Score: Alexandre Desplat Cinematography: Pawel Edelman. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams and Tom Wilkinson. Began as a novel by the British author Robert Harris. Who has written some very nice World War II related suspense novels like Fatherland. Is little more than a rather tedious mystery.
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Have a Nice Decade: How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (1975)
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Have a Nice Decade. A Personal Journey Through the Music of the 1970s. Thursday, July 23, 2015. How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (1975). Performer: James Taylor Writer: Holland-Dozier-Holland. Highest US Chart Position: #5 Label: Warner Brothers. Musicians: James Taylor, Danny Kortchmar, Clarence McDonald, Jim Keltner and David Sanborn. 8221; Of course I had no idea that the song had been a hit eleven years earlier for Marvin Gaye. 8221; which would later be covered by Jimmy Buffett. 8221; was written ...