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News: Obituary

King of the Wild Frontier Has Died

March 19, 2010

Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85. Parker, who played another pioneer American hero on television's “Daniel Boone" in the 1960s before becoming a successful Santa ...

News: Technology

Unprecedented 25-Year Sentence Sought for TJX Hacker

March 19, 2010

Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez deserves a quarter-century behind bars for leading a gang of cyberthieves who stole tens of millions of credit and debit card numbers from a transaction processor and several giant retail chains, federal prosecutors argued in a court filing Thursday night. [T]he sentences would be the longest ever imposed in an identity theft ...

News: Recording

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: Shout! Factory Reissues

March 19, 2010

MAJORDOMO RECORDS TO REISSUE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION CATALOGUE Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Majordomo Records, a division of Shout! Factory, has teamed up with scuzz-blues pioneers The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion for a unique reissue campaign beginning in March 2010. The Blues Explosion's catalog will join Shout! Factory's elite, eclectic roster, which houses Rhett Miller, Von ...

News: Interview

The Disco Biscuits Change the Anthem

March 19, 2010

By: Brian Bavosa The Disco Biscuits It's only hours before the lineup announcement for Camp Bisco 9 as I speak with bassist Marc Brownstein. A world-renowned festival hosted by The Disco Biscuits which originated in 1999, the annual event has seen its share of evolution over the years. Built slowly upon the roots of a regional ...

News: Recording

The Disco Biscuits: Planet Anthem

March 19, 2010

By: Dennis Cook The Disco Biscuits have never been my thing. Long respected their general savvy and knack at carving out a unique niche for themselves, and there's no denying they can play their butts off, but music either connects with us or it doesn't. I offer this caveat because I came into Planet Anthem (released ...

News: TV / Film

Chess Records Biopic Robert Randolph, Keb' MO'

March 19, 2010

OPENS APRIL 9 IN NEW YORK CITY Who Do You Love is the new film about Leonard and Phil Chess, legendary founders of Chess Records. The film opens in theaters beginning April 9 in NYC and stars Robert Randolph (as Bo Diddley), Keb' Mo', Raheem DeVaughn, Ryan Shaw and Alessandro Nivola (as Leonard Chess). Who Do ...

News: Interview

Interview: George Avakian (Part 4)

March 19, 2010

By the mid-1950s, George Avakian was a record-industry rainmaker. As head of Columbia's Pop Album Department, George had enormous power. When he decided to sign talent, there was no question about whether the artist had the chops or stamina. Both were a given, since George had sized up both carefully in advance. The only question that ...

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News: Music Industry

Notes from the Net: Hancock to Score Miles Davis Movie; Osby at the Vanguard; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

March 19, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* In this week's Miles Davis news, the feature film about the trumpeter came one ...

News: Radio

Senator McCaskill Weighs in on KFUO Sale

March 19, 2010

Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has joined her Show-Me State colleague Senator Christopher “Kit" Bond (R-Missouri) in expressing support for the classical music programming of KFUO (99.1 FM). In a post on the Culture Club blog yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Sarah Bryan Miller published the following statement made by Senator McCaskill last week during a conference ...

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News: Recording

Burton Greene - Live at the Woodstock Playhouse 1965 (Porter)

March 19, 2010

Woodstock was a creative refuge well before the music festival that bore its name signaled a culmination of counter-culture sensibilities. Pianist Burton Greene was among a number of jazz musicians who made the area a second home in the mid-Sixties. Separated from daily grind of city-living they were able to develop and express their music largely ...