Music
ELVIS AT THE CROSSROADS
By Tom Teicholz at 14 March, 2008, 10:56 am
Elvis is back in the building.
On March 14 at the Cinerama Dome,
Elvis will return, one more time, in a special 40th anniversary screening
of the “Singer Presents Elvis” special from 1968, or “The Comeback Special” as
it is more popularly known, as the kickoff event of the Paley
Center for Media’s PaleyFest 2008.
A panel discussion afterwards [...]
The Genesis of Early Dylan
By Tom Teicholz at 7 February, 2008, 10:58 am
When it comes to Bob Dylan, I think it’s fair to say that I’m a fan of
long standing — my wife still teases me about the time, shortly after
we’d moved to Los Angeles, when in her car, radio on, she was surprised
to hear me as a call-in contestant to KSCA’s “Lyrically Speaking”
correctly identify the author [...]
KCRW gives us ‘The Business’
By Tom Teicholz at 17 January, 2008, 10:08 am
In an underground office on the campus of Santa Monica College, Claude
Brodesser-Akner is working with his producer, Matt Holzman, and
associate producer, Darby Maloney, to describe the current status of
the Oscar broadcast — and work in a pun.
Finally, Brodesser-Akner says, with some satisfaction, “The Oscars are mired.”
Welcome to the world of “The Business,” a half-hour [...]