OST: Enchanted / 2007 Walt Disney / 15 Tracks / http://www.disneymusic.com / Alan Menken (“The Little Mermaidâ€, “Beauty and the Beastâ€, “Pocahontasâ€, and “Herculesâ€) hooked up with Stephen Schwartz (“Godspellâ€, “Ragsâ€) to create this score, which is similar to what the two did during both “Pocahontas†and “The Hunchback of Notre Dameâ€. “Enchanted†is the latest Walt Disney movie, and it blends together live action film with animation, both in…
With his debut solo album, Cigarettes and Gasoline, in stores now, former Tonic singer/songwriter Emerson Hart has the most added single at radio this week with the unforgettable “I Wish The Best For You.†The song is the follow up to the “gracefully earnest, almost anthemic first single†(USA Today) “If You’re Gonna Leave,†a Top 20 Hot AC radio hit. The album has been met with waves of acclaim,…
A Beat Of Our Own #1 / $1 / :20 / 32M / [email protected] / This is the introductory issue of A Beat of Our Own, and it is pretty evident. Jared’s opening to the zzine says that ey has done zines in the past, but this issue just does not seem to have much in the way of hooks to catch onto readers. The collage style of this magazine…
The world’s best-selling multi-artist album series, NOW That’s What I Call Music!, rings in the holiday season with the digital release debut of two of its multi-platinum holiday collections, NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 1 and NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 2, and the digital return of last year’s NOW That’s What I Call Christmas! Vol. 3. All three of NOW’s festive 36-track holiday collections are…
V/A – Christmas Number Ones / 2007 Universal / 17 Tracks / http://www.ilovethatsong.com/numberones / As one can conceivably glean from this CD, these are the songs that have reached number 1 on the chart during the Christmas season. This means that there are tracks from Elton John, Dolly Parton, the Jackson 5, Louis Armstrong, and Bing Crosby on this album. To keep the cost down of the disc, the album…
“This is a CD of my favorite home demos from ’92 to ’07 featuring a lot of never heard before songs, a few covers, a few songs from my unfinished rock musical “ Songs From The Black Hole†and my original demo for “Buddy Holly†– Rivers Cuomo A true treasure chest for Weezer fans & fans of great modern rock songs – 18 songs in total. One last, but…
I realize that this issue is old, and that Anne has a new issue out, but I felt that I should write another review of this zine to rteplace the one that was eaten when the host that I was placed on went down permanently. This zine is an excellent one, mainly related to body image and other feminist issues, and it just really is interesting to see how someone…
Triumphant return to flooded home/studio met with hope for brighter future When Hurricane Katrina’s flooding in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana claimed Rob Clemenz’s home and business in August 2005, he had to put his money where his mouth is…so to speak.
Johnny Cash – Christmas 1976 / 2007 Shout Factory / 50 Minutes / http://www.johnnycash.com / http://www.shoutfactory.com / I really have to applaud Shout! Factory for releasing something like this. Every time one of these television specials or long forgotten releases is given new light, that is one less item that will be lost to sands of time. Who knows how many different shows, performances, and similar materials have been lost…
Northwest singer Patti Hall won “Breakthrough Country Artist of the Year” at the New Music Awards at Hollywood’s Avalon Theatre. Presented by New Music Weekly Magazine, the award program honors radio stations, programmers and recording artists.
