After two weeks of the sort that the potential loss of four years of blogging didn’t make it into the Top Three Traumas of the Month, DrHGuy will, in a few minutes, begin a Rest, Recreation, and Recovery Retreat. During this period of 10 days or so, posting will be minimal or altogether absent.1 I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Movies-Videos'
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man – The Joys and Frustrations Of A Tribute Concert-Documentary
August 11th, 2008 · Comments Off · Leonard Cohen, Media
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man – The Project Lian Lunson’s Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man is a stew comprising interviews with performers and individuals connected to Cohen, performances of Cohen’s music by an interesting mix of musicians, including Martha and Rufus Wainwright, Antony, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker (from Pulp), Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Beth Orton, [...]
Leningrad Cowboys and Red Army Choir Cover Lynyrd Skynyrd – Now That's Entertainment
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off · Media, Music
Leningrad Cowboys, Where Have You Been The Last 20 Years? In 1994, the Leningrad Cowboys, a musical group originally formed to play the role of a fictional band1 in Aki Kaurismäki’s 1989 film Leningrad Cowboys Go America, performed, with support from 70 members of the Red Army Choir, the Lynyrd Skynyrd classic Sweet Home Alabama [...]
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More Cash, Fewer Panties
December 31st, 2007 · Comments Off · Media, Music
A Second Look At The Best of Johnny Cash Show On DVD Because of the email I’ve received about the Johnny Cash TV Show DVD featured in Heck of a Guy Recommends Cash – Best of Johnny Cash Show On DVD, today’s post focuses again on this entertainment gem. The Heck of a Guy DVD [...]
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Heck Of A Guy Recommends Cash – The Best Of Johnny Cash Show On DVD
December 29th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media, Music
The Johnny Cash Show: The Best of Johnny Cash 1969-1971 Two weeks ago, Bill Flanagan of MTV, moonlighting on the CBS Sunday Morning News Music Segment, recommended several DVDs featuring important historical pop performances, including “Dreams To Remember: The Legacy Of Otis Redding,” “Smokey Robinson And The Miracles Definitive Performances 1963-1987,” and “Jazz Icons” that [...]
Yule Logrolling
December 20th, 2007 · Comments Off · Fascinations, Holidays-Celebrations, Media
Heck of a Guy 2007 Christmas Season Update #3: Old-fashioned AV Holiday Decor Traditional (note 2006 date) One Heck Of A Snowglobe1 Update Available Classic that it is, the perpetually post-shaken2 snowstorm simulation (see above graphic) we like to call the One Heck Of A Snowglobe requires no upgrading and is offered again this year [...]
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The New Silicon Valley Meets The Old MTV
December 6th, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
What Hath Billy Joel Wrought? OK, this video presupposes that viewers have at least a superficial knowledge of the Web 2 biz. And yes, it’s yet another music video style reworking of the venerable Billy Joel tune, We Didn’t Start The Fire (YouTube alone has 638 hits for the search terms, “we didn’t start fire”). [...]
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A Sunday Parable From Sam Kinison
October 21st, 2007 · Comments Off · Media
They Didn’t Call Him “Subtle Sam Kinison” Sam Kinison was, in fact, an extraordinarily loud, rude, offensive1 and – and funny – comic whose greatest popularity extended from his first appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on November 14, 19852 until his death in 1992.3 Kinison incorporated into his routines the cadences, exclamations, and [...]
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