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Elvis Costello Talk Show
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JamBase
Sundance Channel To Premier “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." On December 3, 2008 13-Episode Season of Talk/Performance Series Kicks off with Guest Sir Elton John One-Hour Program Airs Wednesday Nights at 9:00PM ET/PT
Elvis Costello Sundance Channel will launch the debut season of the new talk/performance series “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." on Wednesday, December 3, 2008. “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." fuses the best elements of talk and music television, inviting viewers to enjoy an in-depth conversation between ...
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The Art (and Business) of the James Bond Theme Song
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All About Jazz
A James Bond theme song has two purposes to lead the marketing charge that drives you to the box office and to be a sonic backdrop while nude women dance in silhouette over the opening credits. This may explain why the Bond songbook is not overstuffed with examples of subtlety.
Bond tunes are commercials, but often they're very good ones. Here are the five best and worst of the genre.
THE WORST
“All Time High," Rita Coolidge From ...
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The Monkees' 'Head' Trip
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Michael Ricci
Hey, hey it's the Monkees! People say they're messing around. But they're too busy rehearsing with Head co-writer & co-producer Jack Nicholson to bring anybody down.
The made-for-TV musical group's surrealistic 1968 film, penned by Jack Nicholson, got no love at the box office, but American Cinematheque has resurrected it. Forty years ago, the Monkees' only feature film, Head, hit theaters -- and people have been scratching their heads ever since. Though far from a masterpiece like the Beatles' “A ...
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FCC Approves Use of TV Spectrum for Broadband
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All About Jazz
In the hotly contested battle for the use of white spaces, the unused portions of the television broadcast spectrum, technology companies have scored a big win.
The Federal Communications Commission today approved the use of new unlicensed wireless devices in the spectrum to provide broadband connectivity. The decision comes as no surprise since field tests last month showed test devices offered little interference, refuting what some opponents had alleged. The issue over the use of white spaces by new devices ...
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Wilco to Hit Colbert Report
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JamBase
Wilco To Be Featured on “The Colbert Report"
Wilco As if good ol' Stephen Colbert wasn't enough to make you watch “The Colbert Report," this Thursday the wonderful Wilco lads will be the special musical guest. Set to perform one song, the Chicago rockers follow a long line of quality live music on The Report including The Roots, R.E.M., Nas, Feist, the Decemberists and many more. The program airs this Thursday, October 30, on Comedy Central at 10:30 p.m. EDT. ...
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Jazzmix Fesitival Documents Emerging New York Artists
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All About Jazz
French-based Mezzo TV and Barking Dogs Productions present The JazzMix Festival, to be held Nov. 1825 in New York.
Shot in and around well-known New York City jazz haunts, the film will concentrate on eight musicians: Val-Inc, Ambrose Akinmusire, Jason Lindner, Chris Dave, Jaleel Shaw, Theo Bleckman, Vijay Iyer and Nasheet Waits. The project will capture eight live jazz concerts in eight different clubs, showcasing the inventiveness of the New York music scene for eight different 26-minute films for Mezzo ...
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David Sanborn Participating in Auction to Benefit VH1 Save the Music Foundation
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Ever wish you could meet David Sanborn? Well, the St. Louis native (pictured), known for his distinctive sax sound that has made him one of the most successful musicians in jazz as well a first-call sideman for world-famous musicians ranging from David Bowie to Stevie Wonder, is offering to “meet and greet" a fan as part of a special eBay auction benefiting the VH1 Save The Music Foundation.The winning bidder gets two tickets to one of Sanborn's upcoming ...
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