Sal's Show - Malden Access TV - January and February 2018 Listings

Sal, Producer/Director

Paul McGillicuddy, producer/host

Malden Access TV 145 Pleasant St

Malden Center 02148

Joe Viglione is the publicist for nightclubs the Cantab and Club Bohemia.

He also is music director for Ron Cox's LIVE ON TAPE at Malden Access Television and Sal's Show

Lauribeth Quinlivan from Nightshade 12/16/17

List of Artists Joe V has scheduled for Sal's Show

11/4/17  John E Funk and the Skunks

12/16     Nightshade - Stevie Nicks tribute

 12/23    MATV closed for Christmas weekend

UPCOMING: SCHEDULE 

1/6  

1/13  Metal Pistol

1/20  Rusty Mullet

1/27  The Only Humans

Feb 3  Jesse and the Hogg Brothers

Feb 10   Positive Negative Man  

List of programs  November - Dec 2017 / Jan, Feb 2018 scheduled

November John E Funk 

JV  tape behind the scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7jFmMqRFIQ

John E Funk produced video  Sal's Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9frfizODrKM

#218  John E Funk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbV03gFSHCM

ASHIANA VIDEOS # 2469 / SAL'S SHOW # 218 Part -3

Sal Khan

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14:37 

ASHIANA VIDEOS # 2470 / SAL'S SHOW #

February 2018  3,10,17 and 24

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Joe Viglione

Twitter and Social Media Consulting

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Monday Night at the Cantab Lounge August 8, 2016

Monday, August 8, 2016  Cantab Lounge

 9:43 pm - getting ready for Open Mic

Eddy White  "I Wanna Be Sedated"
https://youtu.be/QOGS16wT0Vg

Thom Perry

Charles Berthoud  What a Wonderful World
https://youtu.be/SyQKyvXX6YQ




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SUICIDE SQUAD - a Film Review by Joe Viglione August 2, 2016

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IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, JOIN 'EM

DC COMICS EMULATES MARVEL AND IT IS A WINNER

Film review by Joe Viglione

     Even the detested Ben Affleck's presence can't hurt this exquisitely sadistic, ultra violent "metahuman" (DC comics word for mutants one would think) flick, Suicide Squad.  And any hope that they kill off Affleck somewhere in the enhanced military program is pushed aside in the "bonus track" after the credits where he and Viola Davis have a little tête-à-tête.  The film does include the funeral of Superman and – in what could have been a eulogy for DC Comics attempts to get it right in the world of superhero moviemaking (outside of Christian Bale's wonderfully developed Batman Begins trilogy which resurrected a franchise that had already bit the dust time after time ) - by not just emulating but pretty much copying Marvel/Disney - is actually a jump start that was desperately needed  in light of the debacle that was Batman vs Superman.  

    "Borrowing" Norman Greenbaum's classic song for the soundtrack from Guardians of the Galaxy just one case-in-point.  Even funnier is that a 2014 website begs for "Ballroom Blitz" by the Sweet to show up in Guardians 2 and -  lo and behold, here it is in the trailer of Suicide Squad.   Hollywood has always been clever about stealing ideas   (The Thirteenth Floor same time and same theme as the Matrix just one glaring example) but here this intentional cloning process is just what the doctor ordered. What transpires with constant (and welcome) tongue-in-cheek humor is a very dark descent into the Avengers/Guardians worlds, only with that unique, slightly altered tinge that separated DC from Marvel when both comic book titans were going at it in the 1960s.  Those 60's comics and their stories contrasted remarkably with similar characters having similar powers.  Here El Diablo (played by Jay Hernandez) is the evil doppelganger of Marvel's Human Torch ...but he – Diablo – “only” burned his wife and children to death in a rage.  Just one of the murderous crew that have no reason to live, an exaggeration of the old “Dirty Dozen” movie where cons were recruited to fight with the good guys. And we all know how that turned out for the FBI and Whitey Bulger in real life.   If you think there's too much violence on the screen these days, do not take the young ones to a film named Suicide Squad, for when it comes to criminals and their ultra-ugly crimes, it's much worse than the title suggests

Along with being Will Smith's redemption movie after after after the forgotten (at least Will Smith hopes) After Earth, relative newcomer Margot Robbie (me Tarzan, you Jane, the Wolf of Wall Street) is despicably delightful ramping it up with one-liners that would make Arnold Schwarzenegger blush.  Jared Leto of rock band 30 Seconds to Mars fame is a marvelous Joker.  No one can fill Heath Ledger's shoes, Ledger giving a thespian template with one of the greatest acting jobs of all time in The Dark Knight, even more so when juxtaposed with his other chameleon-like performances, so Leto craftily takes his Joker into a different, but equally chilling/psychotic dimension.  Leto plays it with the flair of an unhinged xtra-deranged psychopath, never knowing if he is going to kiss his gal pal "Harlequin" and/or Haley Quinn, or stab her.

    Joel Kinnaman playing Rick Flagg (oh how Captain America,) Scott Eastwood as Lieutenant GQ Edwards - both components of a huge cast under the direction of veteran scriptwriter David Ayer.  The product looks like it will translate into a huge winner for DC / Warner Brothers, though on paper the Ayer choice is most strange as the 35 million dollar Sabotage (2014 film) he directed was a huge bomb for both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sam Worthington (bringing in about 17 million worldwide...eeek! - the film was not THAT bad!) and here Ayer is entrusted with a 175 million dollar budget just two years later  to both write and direct.  The always reliable Viola Davis as Amanda Waller is as determined - and deadly - as Tommy Lee Jones in last week's Jason Bourne. Diabolically determined without super powers.

     And despite the bizarre choice of a villain, and the ultra-esoteric nature of that evil entity (here we go again, Avengers, Fantastic Four, the bane of a film is not to have a handle on a great Heath Ledger-styled Joker villain, though the Avengers overcame that through sheer force of the popularity of the heroes - a rare instance,) Suicide Squad emerges as a sleeper coming at a critical time in DC's attempt to match Marvel in the high stakes film game of billion-dollar money-making.  The dodged a bullet here and topped out.  If you can't beat Marvel, join 'em, the sincerest form of flattery which should deliver at the box office. It certainly delivers on the screen. 

Claudia Wells - Jennifer Parker from Back to the Future - on Visual Radio

https://youtu.be/6dShnBwLMxI

Ronnie Spector @ TCAN 11/19, Yardbirds in Beverly, 11/20, Lez Zeppelin in Somerville 11/20, 11/21

Concert Roundup - Wednesday, 11/18/15
for Joe Vig's Pop Explosion on
http://bostonfreeradio.com   1 pm - 3 pm
Nov. 18, 2015 radio show

Ronnie Spector at TCAN November 19, 2015

Ronettes on Jimi Hendrix's Earth Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W054gK7oPo0

http://www.allmusic.com/album/dangerous-1976-1987-mw0000055936

Ronnie Spector at TCAN on Thursday night 11/19/15 AllMusic Review by Joe Viglione [-]

http://www.allmusic.com/album/siren-mw0000850407
There are many extraordinary things about Ronnie Spector's Siren album. It was conceived and produced by the legendary Genya Ravan (aka Goldie Zelcowicz) of one of the first all-girl bands, Goldie & the Gingerbreads. It has a street feel much like Ronnie Spector's solo concerts over the years. Members of Johnny Thunders' Heartbreakers, the Dead Boys, and Mink DeVille must have been honored to appear on this, and the musical integrity and heart is there, for sure. The problem here was the timing. The new wave was just cresting with Willie Alexander, producer/singer Genya Ravan, Ian Hunter, Mink DeVille, the Shirts, and so many others releasing substantial records that mainstream radio turned its back on. And here's the classic '60s voice which ruled on Top 40 for five hit records in


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Ronnie Spector 11/19/15 at TCAN in Natick AllMusic Review by Joe Viglione [-]

Here's her cousin, Nedra Ross of The Ronettes
http://www.allmusic.com/album/full-circle-mw0000892548

Full Circle is a difficult album by Nedra Ross, formerly of the Ronettes. On one hand, she gave up show business for the Lord, yet show business is the biggest selling point here -- the information about Ross' time with the legendary girl group, a reprint of an article from the November 1968 Ebony magazine, a photo of Ross with Ronette Estelle Bennett and Beatles John Lennon and George Harrison, a reprint of the "Be My Baby" disc label -- all on the inner sleeve. If the Lord is displeased with the borderline deceptive advertising, He may be less pleased with the music inside, as Ross and her producer/husband Scott create an album with less inspiration than her God-given talents deserve. "Gonna Keep My Mind (Stayed on You" is a funky Chaka Khan-type tune with religious overtones. 


RONNIE SPECTOR BIO

Ronnie Spector's Bio - originally on AMG
Sat, 2 Nov 2002 12:13:31 -0800 (PST)
From:"Joey Viglione"

RONNIE SPECTOR Biography


Ronnie Spector's stardom effectively began when "Be My Baby" exploded on radio at summer's end in 1963. Her voice could cut through the quagmire of eventual husband Phil Spector's wall of sound with a unique timbre and charm that has made her a revered figure among pop musicians and a cult heroine adored by the underground rockers. Born in Spanish Harlem to Louis and Beatrice Bennett, Veronica had the distinction of being the girl her historic band would be named after. It's an important point often lost in the shuffle of rock history. The group was not called the Estellettes after sister Estelle Bennett nor titled The Nedrettes for cousin Nedra Ross, and not even the Spectorettes for the man who overshadowed the work of all the acts he produced, there was only one name possible and that was The Ronettes. Ronnie released a three hundred page plus biography in 1990, Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness or My Life As A Fabulous Ronette. Co-written with Vince Waldren it gives the world her story from her point of view.

    Her autobiography says that Phil Spector wanted to call her Veronica but that she was given the name Ronnie Spector by John Lennon and George Harrison in 1971, convincing their mutual producer it was a better stage name. Thus, the singer was given a moniker that has stayed with her in the decades following the hits that made her famous, but a name not associated with those hits. An artist like Cat Stevens can change his name to Yusuf Islam, but d.j.s still refer to that performer by his former title, while "Be My Baby" has become "Ronnie Spector's tune", the name change appropriate and
fitting as she, like Tina Turner and The Righteous Brothers, were able to step out of the omnipotent shadow of producer Phil. Her musical work on Colpix and Dimension records before Phil Spector produced his future wife, the five Top 40
hits and fabulous Christmas recordings that made her a household name, and her relationship prior to her 1968 marriage to the record producer which kept her from
participating in the 1966 final tour by The Beatles, are all essential elements of her story, but it is Ronnie Spector's attitude and voice that took that all important genre known as "Girl Groups" to another level, to a higher level. There were The Chiffons and The Shangri-Las and The Shirelles}, The Toys, The Jelly Beans and The Marvelettes, but Ronnie Spector was the first (a few months before The Supremes ) to carve an identity that made the lead singer synonymous with her band. 

The Supremes, and Diana Ross especially, owe much to Ronnie's stance and persona. Yes, Goldie & The Gingerbreads were issuing that subtle angst in Europe but without someone like Phil Spector's guidance to bring them to the transistor radios of America they remained cult heroines. The eventual teaming of Genya Ravan a.k.a. Goldie of The Gingerbreads as the producer of Ronnie for 1980's underground classic Siren lp made that disc as vital historically as it was musically. Veronica said of Ravan in her book "Genya was a strong producer who knew what she wanted, just like Phil." 

    But Ronnie also indicated that she didn't like the new wave/underground rock direction Genya put her in. However, in another testament to Ravan's industry insight, the sound which the former singer of Ten Wheel Drive also gave to The Dead Boys and her own Urban Desire album was at and on the cutting edge, finding the audience Ronnie has played to for over two decades after the Siren album was released. That alternative rock crowd embraced her as more than a princess, as the Queen of the Underground. When she performs the tune Billy Joel wrote in her honor, "Say Goodbye To Hollywood}, she rocks with the best of them. When Joey Ramone produced her She Talks To Rainbows EP featuring Johnny Thunders' "You Can't Put Your Arm Around A Memory" and "Don't Worry Baby", the tune Brian Wilson wrote before Billy Joel was inspired by The Ronettes, it verifies conclusively that Genya Ravan had insight to the market that would embrace girl group pioneers.

     On records with The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Alice Cooper, Eddy Money, and so many others, included in film soundtracks to Good‬ Fellas, ‪Mean‬ Streets, Just‬ One Of The Guys, Quadrophenia‬ and many more, Ronnie Spector's influence and sound continues to have a positive ripple effect throughout the music industry.

Jethro Tull: The Rock Opera

Ian Anderson, In Concert, November 5, 2015

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyWbLyMwo8Q

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JETHRO TULL:  THE ROCK OPERA

REVIEW BY JOE VIGLIONE

      In the theater where we Bostonians caught many a film, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” in 1969, “Diamonds Are Forever” after that,  how appropriate that the seminal seventies group, Jethro Tull, morphs into a three-pronged multi-media event here at what is now the Wang Center.  The Rock Opera, is, of course, also a ock Concert and an onscreen film with an added fourth dimension, the original lead singer narrating and performing alongside, inside and throughout the presentation.   Always ahead of the curve Ian Anderson isn’t content for a band to play with the holograms of Frank Sinatra, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin …with an idea that the Beatles will go from Cirque de Soleil to the hologram circuit as well – Anderson presents a living, breathing human being turning the tables on the hollow digital heading towards us like the big old train on the screen in “Locomotive Breath.”

    With Jethro Tull’s publicist on the phone before the show I noted “all these gray-haired people with Tull shirts on were probably at the half dozen or so Jethro Tull concerts I attended in the 1970s – Thick as a Brick, Passion Play, Bungle in the Jungle from War Child. Let’s call it a class reunion, of sorts, with the eloquent personality and his flute that we have followed for the better part of five decades.

    My old pal Buddy Guy was playing next door at the Wilbur Theater, Steve Miller Band performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, a rather big night for classic rock in Massachusetts, in Boston proper. And let’s be honest here, all three artists have their material and their performance skills down pat, this is the fine wine presenting a new episode of their artistry in the middle of the second decade of the new millennium.