The Vinyl Countdown # 1874
Woody Allen, Woody Allen (1966) It’s very easy for people who haven’t followed the work of Woody Allen to come down on him for the personal stories that have made the press. You can frown on him all...
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Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell, Duelling Banjos from the original soundtrack of Deliverance (1973) Eric Weissberg is a journeyman player – forever known for his contribution to the soundtrack to the...
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V/A, Hannah And Her Sisters [OST] (1986) I loved this film but I’ve only seen it the one time; unusual for me as the Woody Allen films I love usually get two or three watches, minimum. But hey, there’s...
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V/A, The Purple Rose of Cairo [OST] (1985) I was working in a video store way back – pre-DVD – and so it was a good time to go through all the Woody Allen films I hadn’t already seen (I started...
View ArticleDavid Sedaris: Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls
Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls: Essays, etc… David Sedaris Little, Brown In terms of creative non-fiction, personal essays and cataloguing folly and foibles it’s David Sedaris. He’s top of the list....
View ArticleLuke Haines: Rock and Roll Animals
Luke Haines Rock and Roll Animals Cherry Red/Southbound Only a cunt like Luke Haines would make an album like Rock and Roll Animals. Notice I said would rather than could. Almost anyone could give it a...
View ArticleBlue Jasmine: Film
Blue Jasmine Director: Woody Allen Gravier Productions/Sony Pictures Classics Woody Allen is on a roll again it would seem – first with Match Point (that brought in a few people new to Woody’s...
View ArticleThe Bryan Ferry Orchestra: The Jazz Age
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra The Jazz Age BMG Bryan Ferry loves to perform covers – half of his solo albums are covers sets; he’s even covered himself before – taking Roxy Music material and re-recording...
View ArticleR.I.P. Gordon Willis
Sad to hear of the death of Gordon Willis. I don’t know a whole lot about the world of cinema’s “Prince of Darkness” but the way he used shadows, the way he framed films – he played a big part in my...
View ArticleMagic in the Moonlight: Film
Magic in the Moonlight Director: Woody Allen Dippermouth/Gravier Productions Magic in the Moonlight is a bit of a turkey, it’s to Blue Jasmine as Scoop was to Match Point; in fact it’s almost just...
View ArticleAuthors I Admire: #8 Tom Robbins
“’Magnificent!’ exclaimed John Paul Ziller, pronouncing the word like he was a Kansas City intellectual describing the Louvre to his sister-in-law who’d called to tell him to bring his vacation slides...
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Luke Haines Rock and Roll Animals Cherry Red/Southbound Only a cunt like Luke Haines would make an album like Rock and Roll Animals. Notice I said would rather than could. Almost anyone could give it a...
View ArticleBlue Jasmine: Film
Blue Jasmine Director: Woody Allen Gravier Productions/Sony Pictures Classics Woody Allen is on a roll again it would seem – first with Match Point (that brought in a few people new to Woody’s...
View ArticleThe Bryan Ferry Orchestra: The Jazz Age
The Bryan Ferry Orchestra The Jazz Age BMG Bryan Ferry loves to perform covers – half of his solo albums are covers sets; he’s even covered himself before – taking Roxy Music material and re-recording...
View ArticleR.I.P. Gordon Willis
Sad to hear of the death of Gordon Willis. I don’t know a whole lot about the world of cinema’s “Prince of Darkness” but the way he used shadows, the way he framed films – he played a big part in my...
View ArticleMagic in the Moonlight: Film
Magic in the Moonlight Director: Woody Allen Dippermouth/Gravier Productions Magic in the Moonlight is a bit of a turkey, it’s to Blue Jasmine as Scoop was to Match Point; in fact it’s almost just...
View ArticleAuthors I Admire: #8 Tom Robbins
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View ArticleThe Best Guitarist in The World: # 9 – Django Reinhardt
He died right around the time my mother was born – and I read all about him in a guitar magazine when I was 13. He was my hero. I bought tapes and listened to anything I could find – it was Django...
View ArticleIrrational Man: Film
Irrational Man Director: Woody Allen Gravier Productions Woody Allen is in a holding pattern. He knows it – he’s been there before, will be there again (may never get out of this current one actually)....
View ArticleJesse Eisenberg: Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories
Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories Jesse Eisenberg Grove Press Jesse Eisenberg has built up an impressive list of film credits now – a couple of breakout moments and he’s more than just a...
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