We recently ran a post about jazz singer Theo Bleckmann and his colorful renderings of the incomparable Kate Bush songbook [This Woman’s (& Man’s) Work]. As it often happens around here, once we get on something that really piques our interest, we just can’t let it go. We contacted Theo and asked him to...
We recently came across this interview with Francis Ford Coppola that is so inspiring we just had to share it. Though he is best known as the Godfather of filmmakers, what he has to say about art, risk and the creative process can easily be applied to any endeavor including our own little ‘matter...
This week the rock world lost one of its biggest bosses and if your musical upbringing took place during the 70‘s, there’s a good chance you felt the impact of promoter and producer Don Kirshner. During that era, he was the man and his late night TV show was the end all. Maybe our...
We recently posted the slammin’ video of famed producer/musician Daniel Lanois’ newest supergroup Black Dub. Not only did their music instantly grab our attention, but the video itself was pretty remarkable. Our resident podcast king had met the guy behind the camera Adam Vollick during a shoot a couple years back for jazz drummer...
Atticus Ross & Trent Reznor soundtracking The Social Network If the making of Facebook isn’t interesting enough on its own, then there’s always the story of how the music of the film The Social Network came to be. Perhaps not billion dollar good but still fascinating. Especially if you watch the video below as...
If you’ve ever belted out the chorus I can’t live if living is without you. I can’t live, I can’t give anymore, (and really, who hasn’t?) then you owe it to yourself to watch the documentary (now out on DVD) Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him?). It’s the fascinating...