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Is Dr. Teeth a Jazz Muppet?
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Lubricity
OK, its been too long since Ive posted anything at the blog again but rather than shut things down entirely (as I did in September) I am trying a slightly different strategy for combating the chain of events (too busy to read other jazz blogs, focus my writing energy elsewhere, too tired to write at the blog, get further out of the loop ) that keep me from posting.
Every so often, I will attempt to re-present interesting facets of ...
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Apps for iPad from Some TV Networks, Not All
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Michael Ricci
Television networks are taking sharply different approaches to the iPad. One network, ABC, has readied a fully functional app for the eagerly awaited Apple tablet. Another, NBC, has ditched its plans to stream full television episodes onto the device. From MSNBC.com to People.com, buyers of the iPad will be able to watch plenty of ad-supported video despite Apple's decision to ban Flash, the dominant software for online video viewing, from the device. Many Web sites have raced to convert their ...
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Music Biopics Struggle to Make It to the Big Screen
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All About Jazz
From “The Buddy Holly Story" to “Bird" and from “Walk the Line" to the current “Runaways," the lure of biopics about famous music figures is undeniable.
The performers and their stories come loaded with a built-in awareness factor, anticipation among fans provides ready-made promotional fodder and such pics have proven to be Oscar bait for both stars and filmmakers. But for every “Runaways" or “La Vie en Rose" that makes it to the bigscreen -- some reaping box office success, ...
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Irish Film Festival Features the Bass Player: A Song for Dad, on March 27
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
The 11th annual Irish Film Festival Boston is presenting The Bass Player: A Song For Dad by Irish filmmaker Niall McKay, at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square, Somerville, MA. on Saturday, March 27, at 2:30 p.m.In this eloquent, witty homage to his father, McKay wrestles with his family's unsettling past to overcome his fear of commitment. As he helps his elderly father Jim, a jazz bass player, return home to Ireland, a parallel journey unfolds into an admiration ...
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'The T.A.M.I. Show': A Pop Music Time Capsule
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Michael Ricci
The 1964 concert never turned into the annual fundraiser it was envisioned as, but it did bring together the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, the Beach Boys and James Brown, and now it's on DVD.
“The T.A.M.I. Show," the fabled film document of an equally legendary 1964 concert in Santa Monica with the Rolling Stones, James Brown, the Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, the Supremes, Chuck Berry and a half-dozen other acts, has a back story that reads like the inspiration for ...
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Michael Jackson's Revived Captain EO is Still Wired, Slightly Tired
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All About Jazz
ANAHEIM, California Michael Jackson's 3-D short film Captain EO is playing again at Disneyland, and the 24-year-old space opera still holds up. Mostly. Representing the height of 1986 movie technology, Captain EO was a lavish collaboration between Disney and George Lucas Industrial Light & Magic studio. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jackson at the zenith of his career, the 17-minute film was shown only in custom-built theaters in Disney parks from 1986 to 1994. Following Jackson's death in ...
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Santa Monica Sushi Bar the Hump to Close
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Michael Ricci
A Santa Monica sushi restaurant facing federal charges for serving endangered whale meat appears set to close its doors Saturday, according to a statement posted to The Hump's website Friday which called the decision a “self-imposed punishment." “The Hump hopes that by closing its doors, it will help bring awareness to the detrimental effect that illegal whaling has on the preservation of our ocean ecosystems and species," read the statement on the restaurant's longstanding website. Phone calls to the restaurant ...
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