TV / Film News

Film Looks at Struggles of Indie Records Stores

Source: HypeBot
April 15, 2010

“An elegy for a vanishing subculture ...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade..." - Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe

“I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store" by guerilla filmmaker Brendan Toller features interviews with Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye, Noam Chomksy, Mike Watt, Lenny Kaye and others. The ...

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Grateful Dead: "Crimson, White and Indigo" to Screen in Theaters

Source: On Target Media Group
April 15, 2010

On April 20th, Grateful Dead and Rhino Records will release the new CD & DVD package Crimson, White & Indigo.

Crimson, White & Indigo CD/DVD captures their July 7th, 1989 performance at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to an audience of 95,000. The entire full-length theatrical concert experience is fully mastered and coming to theaters nationwide this month.

Click to pre-order: http://www.dead.net/features/dead-world-roundup/philly-89-now-available-pre-order

Screening Dates:

Rochester, NY - Little Theatre 4/15 at 7pm Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Cinema Paradiso 4/16 ...

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Video: Pandora's Tim Westergren on Nightline

Source: HypeBot
April 15, 2010

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Rickey Minor Replacing Eubanks on 'Tonight Show'

Source: All About Jazz
April 14, 2010

“American Idol" music director Rickey Minor is headed for “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Minor replaces longtime music director Kevin Eubanks, who on Monday's show made his May 28 exit date official. In an announcement Tuesday, NBC said Minor is expected to debut at “Tonight" on June 7. The current season of “American Idol" ends in late May, after which Minor will continue to consult with “Idol" creator Simon Fuller on various projects, NBC said. Minor has also served ...

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Eubanks Makes It Official: He's Leaving 'Tonight'

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2010

"Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks has made it official: He's leaving as Jay Leno's sideman in May after 18 years with the late-night host. He told Leno during Monday's taping of “Tonight" in Burbank, Calif., that he was ready for a career change of pace, but he didn't announce specific plans. Eubanks called the NBC late-night show his “home" and said it had been “a wonderful experience" working there. Eubanks, 52, whose duties included comic sidekick to Leno as well ...

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Treme Recap: Just One Episode and Already More Jazz Than That Whole Ken Burns Documentary!

Source: Michael Ricci
April 12, 2010

You hear Treme, David Simon's new television series, before you see it. Over black, with title cards that read “New Orleans, Three Months Later," a trumpet sounds the staccato clarion call that traditionally convenes the brass bands and second-liners and announces the beginning of the street parade--Puh-PAH puh-PAH.  With those four notes, Simon makes two things clear: 1) this is going to be a show about music, and 2) he's done his research.

Instead of portraying a city, as they ...

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WGA Supports Composers, Lyricists

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2010

Last week's Writers Guild of America endorsement of film and TV composers' attempts to union ize through the Teamsters was a big boost for the musicians. It not only adds the backing of some heavyweight Hollywood names, but it also comes with a good deal of historical precedent. Nearly 20 years ago, the WGA supported the fledgling Society of Composers & Lyricists in its at tempts to re-establish a union for those who pen scores and songs for movies and ...

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America Needs It Some "Treme"

Source: Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
April 12, 2010

"America needs it some Kermit," the New Orleans DJ and sometime musician played by Steve Zahn says, about halfway through the first episode of  HBO's “Treme," which debuts tonight on the heels of much critical praise.

Davis McAlary (Zahn), inspired by real-life scenester Davis Rogan, is talking to trumpeter Kermit Ruffins, his bandmates and friends after a show at Vaughan's, a tiny, shotgun-style bar in the Bywater, where Ruffins has a ...

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