Month: March 2011
Hollywood movie makers of the 1940’s didn’t necessarily set out to make cinematic history. In fact, many of them were European émigrés escaping Nazism, who were merely trying to adopt the tone and voice of their new country, which they discovered in no less an American style than hard-boiled pulp novels. But their more sophisticated …
Mats Paulson will have to do. I couldn’t find the definitive– Artur Erikson– version: .
No shoes on the dance floor, please. Remember, there’s a big game right here tomorrow right after school… Oh, please don’t play this on your 78rpm turntable because it’s a 45 on ViK Records or United Artists or RCA: – John Markuson
I have no memory of Sting’s video for this song at the time of it’s 1985 release. This was the first single off Sting’s first solo album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles, and whatever the video happened to have been in those days, there’s no way the visuals could have been nearly as good …
Cartoon genius and long-time friend of East Portland Blog, John Ambrosavage, has been doing great work with his Word of the Day Cartoons, creating knee-slapping animated gifs which illustrate a new word every day, expanding our minds and our vocabularies in the process. Today’s hilarious cartoon word is “Ancillary” and it may be found here.
Buck Owens was the top-grossing country music artist of the 1960s. In his later years he often said that taking the job of “Hee Haw” co-host in 1969 (alongside Roy Clark) effectively ruined his career. This clip may shed some light on this statement. – Jim Demetre is a Seattle-based writer and the publisher and …
Here’s the story.
. Here’s a fantastic version of “Lattes.” Legendary Seattle Musician Jim Basnight is touring Washington and Oregon. Go out and see him. You’ll be glad you did. – EPB . Jim Basnight Tour Schedule: Saturday March 12th at Bender’s Bar in Renton WA at 9PM Thursday March 17th at Tri-City Country Club in Kennewick WA …
This is my personal fave Supremes number because it is a sweet, soothing, detumescent lullabye with lyrics hinting at big city summertimes and forbidden roof-born romances struck with both hoody squalor and electroluminescent skylines in view. Coming towards the end of the Supremes run, this tune was the first single to feature Jean Terrell on …
Also in the Michael Jackson Suite at EastPortlandBlog.com: Tribute to Michael Jackson From Patrick Stump of Fallout Boy Brazilian Cab Driver Impersonates Michael Jackson Spectacularly On the Occasion of Michael Jackson’s Death, by Andrew Hamlin Smells Like Rockin’ Robin (Nirvana vs The Jackson 5) – A Mashup Michael Jackson – Thriller (A Cappella) Three Year …
. . Here’s the latest from Kidd Russell & The Homeless DJ: “We are going to be debuting lots of new show footage from reggies rock club over 80% of the show was new music from my mixtape RUDY RUETTIGER MUSIC and EP PULASKI DAY! Peep how the crowd was waving like my neighbors to …
The lovely Ashthon Jones was voted off American Idol for three reasons, says Clearly Nebulous, “Song choice, song choice and song choice.” Here’s the show: And here, at EW.com is the actual farewell song she sang. .