Reviews
Thursday, May 26 2011
Louis Prima: In Person! His Wildest Performances 1936-1973
From early short subjects to appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, this is nearly 40 years of exclamatory madness.
Wednesday, May 25 2011
Don't Throw This Away! 'Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art'
As these magazines become highly prized items, with great personal value to those involved and historical value to those just interested, their “commodity fetishism” increases.
Thursday, May 12 2011
'Bob Dylan Revealed' & 'Bob Dylan 1990-2006 The Never Ending Narrative'
What's fun about Dylan is the contradictory responses he generates; one person hates what another loves and each can give good reasons for feeling the way they do.
Monday, May 2 2011
The Baudelairean Angel/Whore Bipolar 'Nick Cave Sinner Saint'
An unholy and, more pointedly, holy hybrid of Old Testament fury and New Testament redemption, Nick Cave is the Last Crooner, a rare artist who is able to generate something absolutely singular out of multiple disparate elements.
Wednesday, April 13 2011
'Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm' Doesn't Swing, It Blasts!
A super-informative look at a great jazz bandleader, arranger, composer and educator. I was surprised by how ferocious and dynamic Stan Kenton's music is, both in the sense of a dynamo and in its rhythmic structure.