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Thursday, Sep. 17, 2015
Voice Of A (Niche) Generation
As we sat around the Labor Day bonfire, draining bottles and discussing the amazing meal of animal parts I had just grilled, the subject of popular music came up (yes, music, not Trump). My good friend Liam Sullivan, musician and author of “Making The Scene: Nashville – How To Live, Network and...
Wednesday, Sep. 9, 2015
"Black Mass," "Freeheld," "Trumbo," "Demolition," "Where to Invade Next" Among Movies In Toronto Fest Lineup
Hank Williams, Dan Rather and Lance Armstrong: The fictional guest list to the 40th Toronto International Film Festival is a curious group. As the largest launching pad to the fall movie season, the Toronto Film Festival is a regular home to the biopics and other true-life tales that usually...
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015
Earworm Festival 2015
When I first learned that the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, under the musical direction of Alan Gilbert, would be presenting an orchestral celebration of the earworm on September 6th in Central Park I swooned in ecstacy. As a life-long proponent of “hooks” and sticky melodies I felt vindicated...
Wednesday, Jul. 15, 2015
Charter Deal For Time Warner Cable Gains Support From Netflix
Netflix, a vocal opponent of Comcast's failed bid for Time Warner Cable, supports Charter's quest to do the same in a deal that would create another cable giant. In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission Wednesday, the online video company said it supports the deal because Charter says...
Monday, Jul. 13, 2015
Sound Like A Blockbuster?
We all know the importance of music—the soundtrack—in moving a moving picture on every emotional level. How do we know this? Because I’ve said it at least a hundred times and I would never lie to you (except about how you look in those shoes). When music and picture are literally and artfully...
Friday, Jun. 26, 2015
Motion Picture Academy Extends Membership Invites To 322 Artists and Execs
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 322 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy’s...
Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2015
Soul Searching
Music lovers of a certain age, or devotees of a certain era, may find themselves occasionally longing for the soulful voices of the past. Voices you don’t hear on “The Voice”. It’s generally held that soul music is rooted in the gospel and blues of the African-American experience. That its origins...
Monday, May. 18, 2015
Women Directors Making Some Inroads In TV
When writer-producer Marti Noxon, "Gone Girl" author Gillian Flynn and a studio executive met with a potential star for the upcoming TV adaptation of another Flynn novel, the actress was struck by something unusual. "I don't think I've ever had a meeting with all women," Noxon recalled the actress...
Wednesday, May. 13, 2015
The AMP Awards—Breaking Sound Barriers
It’s a little tricky reviewing an event that you were the host of—so let me just get it out of the way right now: The 3rd annual AMP Awards for Music and Sound at City Winery/NYC last week was awesome. Better than the first or second by far. Packed house. Deserving winners. Smart words from...
Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2015
Got To Give It Up
The very first time I heard “Blurred Lines,” performed by Robin Thicke with Pharrell and TI—all three credited with writing the song—I thought, “Sounds like Marvin Gaye’s ‘Got To Give It Up’—awesome!” So it was no surprise to me when, after a year-plus legal battle featuring suits and counter-suits...