Category Archives: Music

Hardy Earworms Du Jour

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

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Weekend Read

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Our friend Lloyd’s final project before his death was an adaptation of a spec script he wrote during his Hollywood days that has just been published on Kindle: Las Vegas in the 1950s — a glamorous black chanteuse . … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Music | Tagged Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Las Vegas, Lloyd Fonvielle, pulp fiction, Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Earworm Du Jour

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Music | Tagged Rolling Stones, Sticky Fingers | 2 Comments

Movie Clip Du Jour

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Miriam Hopkins and Claudette Colbert sing “Jazz Up Your Lingerie” from Ernst Lubitsch’s THE SMILING LIEUTENANT (1931).

Posted in Movies, Music, Sex, The Good Life, Women men and fashion | Tagged Claudette Colbert, Ernst Lubitsch, Miriam Hopkins | Leave a comment

Friday Ethno-Music Selection: Jali Nyama Suso

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Representing the vast Griot tradition West African of epic poetry, we have this master (“Jali”) of the 21 string Kora. From Wikipedia: “The West African griot is a troubadour, the counterpart of the medieval European minstrel… The griot … Continue reading →

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“Get On Up”

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Get On Up,” the recent biopic about funk legend James Brown, tries to break all the rules. In this sense it’s a bit like Todd Haynes’ “I’m Not There,” which treated the life of Bob Dylan … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music, Performers | Tagged biopic, Chadwick Boseman, Film, funk, Get On Up, James Brown, movies, Nelsan Ellis, soul music, Tate Taylor | 7 Comments

Earworm Du Jour

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Sometimes a song runs through your head all day and it drives you crazy. Other times you don’t mind at all.

Posted in Music | Tagged chanson, Françoise Hardy, French music | 1 Comment

Juxtaposin’: Shakin’ It

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes:

Posted in Music, Sex | Tagged dance music, Elmore James, hip shakin', Papa Charlie Jackson, Rolling Stones, Shakira, Slim Harpo | Leave a comment

Our Favorite Things from 2014

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: For approximately the 14th year in a row my pop music taste slid into middling mediocrity, but I’m perfectly OK with that. I long ago abandoned caring about or following new music. I loved The Black Keys’ “Turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Food and health, Linkathons, Media, Movies, Music, Performers, Personal reflections | Tagged 2014 year in review, Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Amazon, Amazon Music, beer, Belle & Sebastian, Bill Burr, Chvrches, Cohen Film Collection, D. W. Griffith, Darwyn Cooke, donald westlake, emily browning, ESPN, Eva Green, Facebook, George V. Higgins, Ginger Baker, goses, Hachette, Hayao Miyazaki, John Milius, John Turturro, Karina Longworth, Marc Maron, Marco Bellocchio, Meghan Trainor, Michael Connelly, Natalie Moore, Pawel Pawlikowski, Penny Dreadful, podcasts, Sarah Polley, Steve Sailer, Stuart Murdoch, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, The Cloisters, The Nerdist, Tom Stoppard, Vanessa Paradis, Winsor McCay, Yik Yak, Zishy | 14 Comments

Showtune Saturday: “Ya Got Me”

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Eddie Pensier

Eddie Pensier writes: Cheeky re-interpretation of the hit from On The Town (1944). By replacing “Gabey” (the character the song is originally addressed to) with “baby”, it becomes a sexy innuendo-laced lovechat among a ménage à trois, if you want … Continue reading →