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New on DVD: Mixed media, mostly music
25 November 2009 8:48 AM, PST
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Grizzly Bear
The week's new DVDs are all over the map, but there are lots of options for indie music fans.
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The curated All Tomorrow's Parties is an annual gathering of the coolest bands your mom has never heard of, and this new documentary of the same name—co-directed by gay filmmaker Jonathan Caouette (Tarnation)— features a staggering lineup, including The Gossip, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Grizzly Bear (the gay-inclusive band is pictured above), Sonic Youth, Portishead, Daniel Johnston, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Belle and Sebastian, Patti Smith, The Mars Volta and many more.
Queer-inclusive British band Placebo tells their story in the new documentary The Sun Also Rises, which weaves together news reports, exclusive interviews, performance footage and other archival footage of the glam pansexual trio.
You can't get much sexier than a group that releases a new CD box that comes complete with, uh,
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Michael Feinstein, Rose Marie at Johnny Mercer Tribute
23 November 2009 4:04 PM, PST
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Veteran actress Rose Marie and musician Michael Feinstein at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presentation of "A Centennial Tribute to Johnny Mercer" on Thursday, November 5. Michael Feinstein hosted the evening.
The Savannah-born Johnny Mercer is credited for the lyrics of more than 1,700 songs, including the Oscar-winning "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" (The Harvey Girls, 1946), "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" (Here Comes the Groom, 1951), "Moon River" (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961), and "Days of Wine and Roses" (Days of Wine and Roses, 1962).
Barry Humphries, probably best known as Dame Edna, and Rose Marie
Michael Feinstein
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New TV on DVD releases this week
23 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST
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Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.
Finally, season 4 of Alfred Hitchcock Presents is on DVD. I say finally because this season contains one of my favorite episodes of any TV series ever, "Man with a Problem," with Elizabeth Montgomery, Gary Merrill, and Peter Mark Richman. It has a great twist ending (you can watch it here). I have to start buying this show on DVD.
The Golden Age of Television DVD is a Criterion Collection set and includes some great live TV episodes, including "Marty," "Days of Wine and Roses," "The Comedian," "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "No Time For Sergeants," "A Wind from the South," and "Bang The Drum Slowly." Also comes with extensive commentaries and interviews and a booklet.
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DVD Playhouse--November 2009
14 November 2009 6:25 PM, PST
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DVD Playhouse—November 2009
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Allen Gardner
Watchmen—The Ultimate Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday
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Larry Blank Conducts Johnny Mercer Tribute for BBC, November 13; Streamed Live Online
10 November 2009 11:08 PM, PST
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As part of an international celebration of what would be Johnny Mercer's 100th birthday next week, Larry Blank will be conducting a Johnny Mercer Tribute for the BBC's long running Friday Night Is Music Night programme at 7:30 Pm London Time, 2:30 Pm Est. The concert, which will be broadcast live on the internet in real time, features an overture written by Blank in addition to Johnny Mercer standards such as Moon River and Days of Wine and Roses with the BBC Concert orchestra and singers, Ruthie Henshall, Sally Ann Triplett, Nigel Harman and Curtis Stigers.
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Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
7 November 2009 2:00 AM, PST
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Feinstein's At Loews Regency, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the return engagement of Mary Cleere Haran from October 29 – 31 and November 5 – 7. The world premiere of her new show celebrating the Johnny Mercer centennial will feature famous standards such as “Day In Day Out,” “Out Of This World,” and “The Days of Wine and Roses,” in addition to lesser known gems such as “It’s A Great Big World” from The Harvey Girls and “That Old Music Master,” with music by Hoagy Carmichael.
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Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
6 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST
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Feinstein's At Loews Regency, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the return engagement of Mary Cleere Haran from October 29 – 31 and November 5 – 7. The world premiere of her new show celebrating the Johnny Mercer centennial will feature famous standards such as “Day In Day Out,” “Out Of This World,” and “The Days of Wine and Roses,” in addition to lesser known gems such as “It’s A Great Big World” from The Harvey Girls and “That Old Music Master,” with music by Hoagy Carmichael.
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Mary Cleere Haran Celebrates Johnny Mercer at Feinstein's, 10/29-11/7
29 October 2009 2:30 AM, PDT
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Feinstein's At Loews Regency, the nightclub proclaimed "Best of New York" by New York Magazine and "an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the return engagement of Mary Cleere Haran from October 29 – 31 and November 5 – 7. The world premiere of her new show celebrating the Johnny Mercer centennial will feature famous standards such as “Day In Day Out,” “Out Of This World,” and “The Days of Wine and Roses,” in addition to lesser known gems such as “It’s A Great Big World” from The Harvey Girls and “That Old Music Master,” with music by Hoagy Carmichael.
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My Name is Roger, and I'm an alcoholic
4 September 2009 8:47 AM, PDT
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In August 1979, I took my last drink. It was about four o'clock on a Saturday afternoon, the hot sun streaming through the windows of my little carriage house on Dickens. I put a glass of scotch and soda down on the living room table, went to bed, and pulled the blankets over my head. I couldn't take it any more.
On Monday I went to visit wise old Dr. Jakob Schlichter. I had been seeing him for a year, telling him I thought I might be drinking too much. He agreed, and advised me to go to "A.A.A," which is what he called it. Sounded like a place where they taught you to drink and drive. I said I didn't need to go to any meetings. I would stop drinking on my own. He told me to go ahead and try, and check back with him every month.
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Days Of Wine And Roses Opens At Cox Building Playhouse In Plano 6/4
18 May 2009 7:46 PM, PDT
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Rover Dramawerks opens the classic drama Days of Wine and Roses by J.P. Miller on Thursday, June 4. Performances will be at the Cox Building Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in Plano (next to the Courtyard Theater), continuing through June 27, 2009, with shows on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and an additional matinee performance on Saturday, June 13 at 2:00 p.m.
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