James TaylorJohn Paul Jones ArenaThursday, August 17 music It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the concerts of aging pop stars take on two distinct forms: 1) unanticipated choices in the song list are met with polite or semi-rapt attention, and 2) old favorites produce a surge—nay, a frenzy—of affection that is as close as human […]
James TaylorJohn Paul Jones ArenaThursday, August 17 music It’s a truth universally acknowledged that the concerts of aging pop stars take on two distinct forms: 1) unanticipated choices in the song list are met with polite or semi-rapt attention, and 2) old favorites produce a surge—nay, a frenzy—of affection that is as close as human […]
“58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards”Sunday 8pm, NBCSCANDAL: Due to a complicated new voting system, last year’s drama winner, “Lost,” is shut out of every major category. SCANDAL: So is last year’s darling “Desperate Housewives”—but that’s because everyone agrees the show sucks now. SCANDAL: Ellen Burstyn nabbed a Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie […]
Accepted (PG-13) Unable to get into college, an enterprising young man (Justin Long from those Mac computer commercials) invents his own fake college in order to fool his overzealous parents. In time, other slacker students flock to him, forcing the opening of a “real” fake school. This one basically throws Ferris Bueller, Animal House and […]
Regarding the report of last month\’s planned sale of a majority portion of Musictoday to Live Nation, a spin-off of radio Goliath Clear Channel Communications, I spoke with Music-today\’s COO Del Wood, who put a very positive face on the transaction.
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music The sweltering heat of late August is the perfect time for some cool jazz. James “Saxsmo” Gates is just the guy to deliver the goods. The performer and adjunct professor at the University of Richmond has played with some of the greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, The Temptations and Marvin Gaye. And we think anyone […]
Greg Allen\’s musical vision is organic, and his work is testimony to the fact that when you stay with something long enough, your labors will produce fruit. Allen is the guiding force behind Songsharing, a loose-knit group of songwriters and musicians who are committed to performing free concerts in locales where you might not usually find live music.
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etc. Forget about jogging, it’s waaay too hot. Exercise your funny bone instead while viewing Duck Soup, arguably the Marx Brothers’ comedic masterpiece. The political satire, set during the Depression, was the last film to feature all four brothers. Its cynical, slapstick take on the political and economic crises of the 1930s was controversial in […]
Little Miss Sunshine [theaters & times]R, 102 minutesOpens Friday, August 18, nationwide The “road picture” is, in many ways, the kiddie pool of the American filmmaking industry. Countless neophyte filmmakers have tested the waters of Hollywood with a cheap-and-easy road movie. The simple, anything-goes formula of a road picture makes it easy for just about […]