Rock Journalist Joe Viglione

Joe Viglione's been writing reviews since he published his own movie/music fan magazine in 1969...from there the Arlington High School "Chronicle" published his musical essays as did The Suffolk University Journal...from there it was on to Musician's, Goldmine, Discoveries, AllMusic.com, Radioworld and more. This is his ongoing essay of thoughts about the music he is reviewing - or CDs /DVDs/ entertainment items he feels need to be discussed...also read JoeVigTop40.blogspot.com

Monday, June 14, 2010

Top 40 for June 2010...a work in progress

Here's my list of reviews and such...

#1 JETHRO TULL LIVING WITH THE PAST

Jethro Tull and Procol Harum — A ‘perfect pairing’ in Boston, June 15

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The Bank Of America Pavilion will host Jethro Tull and Procol Harum on Tuesday, Jun 15, at 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Both British musical groups have strong followings in the Boston area and the combination of the two is something both fan bases will find inviting. Ian Anderson of Tull and Gary Brooker, the voice of Procol Harum, both spoke with the Winchester Star about the upcoming show and their current and past work.

By Joe Viglione/Special to the Star

GateHouse News Service

Posted Jun 14, 2010 @ 01:44 PM

Winchester, MA —

The Bank Of America Pavilion will host Jethro Tull and Procol Harum on Tuesday, Jun 15, at 7:30 p.m. (EDT). Both British musical groups have strong followings in the Boston area and the combination of the two is something both fan bases will find inviting. Ian Anderson of Tull and Gary Brooker, the voice of Procol Harum, both spoke with the Winchester Star about the upcoming show and their current and past work.

Back in Arlington High School in the early 1970s the "buzz" was on the bands coming over from the U.K., Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull garnering the chatter, that word-of-mouth - as did Black Sabbath, the groups all viewed as if from different genres but with blues as the base for their now very classic rock. It was very hip to have gone to a Jethro Tull concert in those early days, which is how I opened my conversation with one of the great figures of British rock, Ian Anderson.

Movie Review: The A-Team – The Inadvertent Sequel to Mission Impossible IV

by Joe Viglione June - 11 - 2010

a-team-main Action. Loud noises as things blow up. Director Joe Carnahan puts the “bio” of the A-Team front and center as the film opens, and for those not familiar with the TV show that ran in the mid 1980s, the character development will be tough to follow at the onset. There’s no “Mr T” larger-than-life figure, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson playing the role of Bosco Albert B.A. “Bad Attitude” Baracus (Jackson of some UFC and WWF fame), Liam Neeson as Hannibal, a cool choice for new audiences (George Pappard would be 79 this year, having passed on at 65 in 1994)…Battlestar Galactica’s Dirk Benedict IS 65 this year and his Lieutenant Templeton “Faceman” Peck is played by the 35 year old Bradley Cooper, who was probably eight years old when the show originally aired on television.

Cooper, from He’s Just Not That Into You and Nip/Tuck, was supposed to appeal to the chicks, but according to BoxOfficeMojo.com the chicks didn't show up to this heavily male, over 25 audience grabber - read more here:
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=12182

RETROSPECTIVE: Charlie Farren Live at the Regent Theater

by Joe Viglione June - 12 - 2010

Journeyman Charlie Farren’s love of his craft is obvious on this DVD, Retrospective: Live At The Regent Theater, which comes in a deluxe package with an accompanying CD.

The project started with an idea from videographer Bob Boyd, the fellow who taped Joan Jett, til tuesday, The Stompers, John Lee Hooker and others. Boyd met with Charlie Farren for lunch and discussed his idea…and now it is a reality covering the highlights of Farren’s storied career.

The audio is superb on the CD…you can hear all the instruments while Charlie’s strong-as-ever vocals cut through on “Love Street” and opening track “Nobody’s Somebody”

read more here:

http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=12197

#5 Peter Noone's new book! I wrote the foreword

Http://peternoone.com

Read the text from the Foreword here:
http://joevigupdate.blogspot.com/

The photos here portray the relentless Peter Blair Noone in a variety of roles, while others are scheduled for another book. So if you don't see Peter performing "Oh You Pretty Things!" on the BBC with songwriter David Bowie (nee Jones) at the piano in a dress, or the artist working next to Joel Goldstein, son of Planet of The Apes soundtrack genius Jerry Goldsmith (with Noone performing the title track of the Kirk Douglas film from 2000: "Diamonds"), ...or busily writing one of the 41 of his own compositions listed on the BMI worldwide site...or if you don't get to view Phyllis Diller introducing the Hermits on Hollywood Palace, you will get a glimpse of Peter on Broadway in Romance, Romance and as Frederic in Gilbert & Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance.

#6 MARK RIBOWSKY'S BOOK ON THE SUPREMES

Joe Viglione June - 15 - 2010

supremes-cover

http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=12416

Hear THE SUPREMES do THE TOYS A LOVER'S CONCERTO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA2hY7nhVWE

#7 Jimmy Miller / Rolling Stones

Remembering the man behind EXILE ON MAIN STREET

http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=11585

#8 Essential Carole King - a review
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=11601

#9 Visual Radio & Joe Viglione Articles in Google News
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=joe+viglione

#10 New article in the Medford Transcript
http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/news/lifestyle/x1717108012/Visual-Radio-kicks-off-14th-year-on-the-air

#10 Medford Transcript article Tiny URL

http://preview.tinyurl.com/visualradiointranscript

#11 BOSTON GLOBE ARTICLE: LANDING BIG NAMES:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/02/01/landing_big_names/

#12 JOHN LENNON

Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

http://www.swapadvd.com/dvd/title/190525-Classic+Albums%3A+John+Lennon+-+Plastic+Ono+Band

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Friday, May 21, 2010

Going Track By Track with Exile On Main Street

Track by Track song by song reviews by Joe Viglione

Joe Viglione with Mick Taylor, Exile On Main St. guitarist,
chatting with on Visual Radio

LOVING CUP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1nxuM1fU8&feature=related

The piano sound on the opening of this tune, a prelude to Jagger's neo-Gospel plea, and the guitar coming in with subtle urging...I don't know if the kids today know the great memory this music evokes, how when it was released when I was eighteen years of age it made such an indelible effect on my life and my musical journay. Exile On Main Street was more ambitious than even The Stones themselves may have realized...more than just a double live album (which hadn't even really come into vogue yet the way J Geils Blow Your Face Out (1976), Bob Seger's Live Bullet (1976) and Frampton Comes Alive (1976) would four years later; an indicator that The Stones SHOULD have put Get Your Ya Ya's Out as a double-duty set of discs, as they have today)...

My friend Trivial Tony notes that "as for double LPs the era had its share even before the bloated mid-70s. I'm thinking of Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen," Donovan's "Gift From a Flower To A Garden," The Who's "Tommy" and of course Chicago's first four sets. Trouble is, the Beatles and Stones were among the few bands (maybe the ONLY two) whose musical statements could cross four sides at the time. Easy to forget "Get Your Ya-Ya's" was in a way a response to the "Liv'er Than You'll Ever Be" bootleg reviewed and even selling decently then" ...Tony is right...but I've never forgotten that Liv'er Than You'll Ever Be forced the hand of the powers that be to release Ya Ya's. My complaint was that they didn't INCLUDE Liv'er WITH Ya Ya's as a double CD. And as much as Mad Dogs & Englishmen and The Who's Tommy
were trailblazers (The Bee Gees' ODESSA was not everpresent like those two epics, Bruce Eder on AMG noting "Odessa is one of perhaps three double albums of the entire decade (the others being Blonde on Blonde and The Beatles) that don't seem stretched, and it also served as the group's most densely orchestrated album. ")

See Bruce Eder's ODESSA review here:
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifoxql5ldae

Back to Joe V's commentary: The White Album (The Beatles) was 1968, four years prior, so this was one of the few times Mick and the Boys didn't copy the Fab 4's business moves, though had Beggar's Banquet emerged as a four-sider it would have been a brilliant maneuver...Miller and the boys were brimming with talent and certainly had enough great stuff in the archives...the inevitable comparisons with "white" covers would have also been made (of course the original Beggar's Banquet artwork being almost as risque as the Beatles Butcher Cover)...but I digress, the conclusion of "Loving Cup" just a wonderful fade. The Stones bringing the music of The Band into the pop/rock world that made Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill and Mick Taylor so much more popular back in the day...and right into the future.

Jimmy Miller's drumming on "Loving Cup" simply a commanding performance which really cuts through on YouTube...in fact the mix on YouTube is pretty revealing...the piano, guitars, vocal all blending perfectly, those horns come in at a perfect moment.
(Song Review written 1 PM May 21, 2010)

Loving Cup version on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsbSyMNVzLI&NR=1

White Stripes' Jack White and The Stones live with "Lovin' Cup"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swV30IHHqvY&NR=1

NEWS FLASH:

I'm reviewing the new EXILE right now, 2:20 PM on Friday, May 21, 2010...Aladdin Song is something I played for Jimmy Miller in the 1980s...they've finally completed it. More soon!

Exiled Genius: Exile On Main Street Revisited

The month of May, 2010 has Mick Jagger on your TV screen…from Jimmy Kimmel to Larry King, with welcome chatter about the greatest band in the world…and the quintessential double album that is now expanded with bonus tracks…EXILE ON MAIN STREET. We’ll be reviewing the Exile On Main Street DVD in the very near future… as well as the new release on Universal Music!

For now we’ll revisit a space in time with the man who made Exile On Main Street, the late Jimmy Miller.

Jimmy Miller remembered

Few people who hear “Honky Tonk Women,” “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” and “Street Fighting Man” realize that the man who put many of the classic sounds into those Rolling Stones classics lived in Medford, Massachusetts for a year or so in the 1980s.

Along with Beatles’ producer George Martin and the once revered Phil Spector, Jimmy Miller rounds out the three greatest producers of the rock and roll era.

The world lost Mr. Jimmy, the man Mick Jagger was “standing in line with” in the song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” on Oct. 22, 1994, 15 years 7 months ago this week. Strangely, Marianne Faithful, produced by Jimmy on an album called “The Rolling Stones Rock And Roll Circus,” released on ABKCO a year after his passing, told this writer to “give my love to Jimmy” just 13 days before Miller’s death.

I never got the chance.

Medford might be known worldwide for the song “Jingle Bells” having been written on what is now High Street, but it’s also very special that our city was home for a time to the man who co-wrote and produced “I’m A Man” for the Spencer Davis Group and who went on to produce Traffic, Spooky Tooth, Blind Faith, Johnny Thunders, The Plasmatics and, of course, that band called The Rolling Stones.

Miller, in fact, produced more than 100 songs for the Stones. As his business partner and exclusive representative, I had compiled about 93 recordings Jimmy worked on for The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the world, uncovering more in Martin Elliot’s excellent “The Rolling Stones: Complete Recording Sessions 1962-2002.”

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Hendrix Travels to the Valleys of Neptune

Jimi Hendrix Travels Once Again to The Valleys of Neptune from South Saturn Delta

by Joe Viglione March - 3 - 2010

Chief Film Critic, TMR Zoo
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=8350

Jimi Hendrix loved to utilize space themes - from Astro Man to South Saturn Delta, First Rays of the New Rising Sun to the Valleys of Neptune. The Sun and Planets figured heavily in his imaginative writings.

For hardcore Jimi Hendrix fans the impending March 9th release of Valleys Of Neptune is a major score, the first launch from the Sony/Legacy distribution of the Hendrix masters after they moved from their original home on Warner Brothers to MCA/Uni for many years (with some releases like Band Of Gypsys and the Curtis Knight material on Capitol and other titles finding temporary residence at Ryko Disc, now owned by Warner Brothers long after the fact). You truly need a scorecard, or at least a new edition of John McDermott and Eddie Kramer’s excellent HENDRIX: Setting The Record Straight (Warner Books) along with Steven Roby’s Black Gold (Billboard Books) to get through the maze of releases and recording dates.

45 RPM Cover

ou’ll find an eight minute and ten second “Hear My Train A Comin’ ” (recorded May 21, 1969) on the Villanova Junction 7 track disc unofficially officially released in 2004 on Alchemy Entertainment, and one can hear how dramatically different this rendition from the Valleys of Neptune disc is – tracked a month and a half earlier on April 7, 1969 at Record Plant Studios, New York City, New York. On it you can distinctly hear the “Ohio” riff that was so essential to Neil Young’s C.S.N.Y. Top 15 one-off hit from July of 1970. Since the Kent State shootings happened on May 4, 1970, it is very possible that Young, said to have written “Ohio” after the Kent State incident, lifted the riff from Jimi. You can even sing “Tin Soliders & Nixon Coming” – the words to the song “Ohio” – over Hendrix’s “Hear My Train A Comin’ ” groove on the Valley’s Of Neptune disc, though it is not as pronounced on the Villanova Junction disc …Jimi morphing the guitar lines into a more fluid, quasi-live vamp. So for the aficionados who study at the College of Hendrix, this material is a magnificent find…and for those who just want some great “new” vibes from Jimi…the verdict is that Valleys of Neptune works on many levels.

Morning Symphony Ideas

ow that’s not to say it is a complete document of what Jimi would have put together in-between Electric Ladyland, the final studio album released with his blessing, and The Cry Of Love/Voodoo Soup/The First Rays Of The New Rising Sun, the superb posthumous release with instant classics like “Angel” (covered by Rod Stewart), “Driftin’” (with Buzzy Linhart’s tremendous vibes), and “Ezy Rider”, itself pretty much a nod to the film which included Hendrix’s “If 6 was 9″ from 1967’s Axis: Bold as Love. So what the Hendrix fan has to decide (and what’s not to like about exploring his music while making a judgment on the authenticity of the release?) is if this music is obscure enough (read: not found in the bootleg canon) and if it satisfies.

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Listening to the superb instrumental of “Sunshine of Your Love”, though in tempo flux still delicious, and the exquisite opening track, a lovely reading of “Stone Free” that comes straight out of the band Traffic’s repertoire…or wait a minute, Traffic’s “Rock And Roll Stew” appeared on the 1971 Low Spark Of The High Heeled Boys album…did Hendrix’s jazzy grooves infiltrate Jim Gordon and Rich Grech’s composition? More than likely …and perhaps Experience Hendrix’s John McDermott can shed some light on that since he wrote the liners to the Blind Faith deluxe double disc.

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Phrasings of “Dolly Dagger” and “Ezy Rider” can be heard in some of the material, but the bottom line is if there’s enough territory here that has yet to be explored by the fans….and if the disc can hold up to all the “57 Varieties” the H.J. Heinz company used to boast…because after the Warner Brothers slew of releases – War Heroes, Rainbow Bridge, Hendrix In The West – Sound Track Recordings From The Film Jimi Hendrix, Alan Douglas mutations – 1975’s Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning discs, Loose Ends, 1980’s Nine To The Universe – and even the Experience Hendrix official releases like South Saturn Delta (which followed First Rays of the New Rising Sun in the same way that Warner Bros. released War Heroes and Rainbow Bridge right after The Cry Of Love) and Morning Symphony Ideas, well…Jimi’s recordings have been making the rounds in official, semi-official and unofficial fashion. And then there’s the titles released on Radioactive Records in Europe. The double disc entitled Studio Outtakes 1966-1970 actually contains some of this Valleys Of Neptune release: Stepping Stone, Valleys of Neptune, Lover Man along with a variety of other songs. For those of us who have faithfully collected Jimi’s music over the past 45 years plus, well, it’s nice to have new mastering jobs, new mixes and the new promotion that comes with Sony/Legacy’s reissuing of the entire catalog. And the good people at Sony/Legacy have the highest of standards, so it is with great anticipation that we who follow all things Hendrix await the re-establishment of Jimi’s recorded works.

But here’s my two cents as a fan and as a Hendrix devotee: the best part of The Who’s appearance at the Superbowl 2010 (in fact, the only appearance by the real Who of Entwistle, Moon, Townshend and Daltrey) was the dance/re-mix of “My Generation”. Along with this version of “Valleys of Neptune”, which is growing on me but might not have staying power, a psychedelic re-mix would’ve been a nice idea for 2010…especially in light of Yoko Ono’s success with the dance hit version of “Walking On Thin Ice.” It’s a lost opportunity as a sweet remix of the title track in addition to all these delicacies would’ve been the frosting on the cake. Still, it’s wonderful to have a “new” Hendrix release, even for us oldtimers who have an idea of what is out there, and Valleys of Neptune succeeds as an important addition to Jimi Hendrix’s catalog of recorded music.

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The Studio Out-Takes 1966-1970

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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Avatar - Third Viewing, this time in Imax

Avatar ...for the third time

My original review Dec. 18, 2009 in TMR Zoo
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=6076

It's 1:08 PM on Sunday morning, the last day of February 2010.

Release Date: December 18, 2009
3rd viewing: February 27, 2010

It was $12.50 to get into Imax...all showings in Reading, Massachusetts selling out today, about 71 days after the film was released. Think how incredible it is for a film to sell out 3 shows on a Saturday in February on its 71st (or so) day of release - and the worldwide estimate close to two and a half billion dollars.

Looking at the credits it is clear that a James Cameron film is an industry unto itself.

11:43 AM Sunday morning, 2/28/10 I'm thinking about new things to say about this movie.
Every time you view it you see something new. I missed that there's a fellow loaded in with Sam Worthington's character in the space pods when the movie opens. Look underneath Jake Sully's space travel pod (straight out of Lost In Space) to see a fellow upside down underneath him. Also look deep into the space ship...Cameron's attention to detail takes one straight out of the original 1933 King Kong co-directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_%281933_film%29

I'm processing more ideas from the IMax viewing last night to take the current review to places where I took THE DARK KNIGHT two years ago. Maybe Cameron will take a cue from the Batman series and make the sequel even bigger and better? Wouldn't that be a trip? And as the script in Avatar has numerous weaknesses one can see how it had to take a back seat and merely open the door for the special effects. Still, a tighter and leaner film script a la The Wizard of Oz could have made the film even more special. One thing I came out of my third viewing feeling: no one can deny this is a spectacular piece of filmmaking.

My original review Dec. 18, 2009 in TMR Zoo
http://www.tmrzoo.com/?p=6076

Here's my AMG review of Tommy James HOLD THE FIRE cd re-published on Vibe985.com
Outside of repackages and live albums, original music from Tommy James is far too limited for an artist of his stature. 1980s Three Times In Love contained the sublime title track which hit the Top 40, while 1990s Hi-fi on Aegis Records and 1995's A Night In Big City remain treats for hardcore fans. Hold The Fire deserves a better fate, and the team-up of James with James "Wiz" Wisner leads to some very creative moments. "Isn't That the Guy" has a great hook, a terrific hook, and some modern sensibilities, but may be a bit too avant-garde for adult contemporary radio. Read more:

http://www.vibe985.com/music/albums/843065

REVIEW OF TOMMY JAMES BOOK;

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Tommy James interview March 5, 2010 Friday night 7 PM http://www.wincam.org

Joe Viglione's reviews of Tommy James material - in reverse alphabetical order

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ALBUM REVIEWS

Hanky Panky
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fpxq95ldje

It's Only Love
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:f9fpxq95ldje

I Think We're Alone Now
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfoxql5ldae

Gettin' Together
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fpxq95ldje

Cellophane Symphony
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfoxql5ldae

TOMMY JAMES SOLO - Post Shondells

TOMMY JAMES solo l.p.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfpxql5ldse

Tons more Tommy James' reviews on my First Impressions page
http://joevigfirstimpressions.blogspot.com/2005/02/tommy-james-song-reviews.html

SHONDELLS SOLO
http://www.mp3.com/albums/33396/reviews.html
Hog Heaven
The first mistake was not to call this band the Shondells, since that is who this band is and was. The second lapse was that they named the group and the album Hog Heaven, as dreadful a moniker as Lee Michael's drummer Frosty's group, Sweathog, who appeared around the same time. OK, so Peter Lucia came along to co-write "Wilma Mae" after Mike Vale and the boys cut "Fanny Mae" on the second Shondells album, but Lucia rode the wave during the heyday and co-wrote some Shondells album tracks. While Tommy James was producing Alive 'n' Kickin' or playing with Elvis Presley's bandmates, one would think his former musicians would want to prove their value and flex some musical muscle. Covering and co-writing a tune like "Bumpin' Slapcar Mama" was not the kind of work which could compete with Tommy James' gospel masterpiece "I'm Comin' Home" or "Draggin' the Line," both of which charted. James is not even mentioned on the various thank yous -- quite conspicuous in his absence (Peter Lucia showed up in 1976 to sing on James' In Touch album, though). The album opens with a blues rocker that could be considered watered-down Sweathog, so maybe the similarity in names wasn't a coincidence. That is not the direction ex-Shondells should be taking. "Glass Room" has more personality; it is psychedelic, with Peter Lucia's voice showing considerably more prowess than ex-members of Alice Cooper or Mott the Hoople could ever muster. It is when the band floats into a country bag that they really lose their way, and "Bumpin' Slapcar Mama" is very out of place here. Not as charming as "I'll Fix Your Flat Tire, Merle," which Big Brother & the Holding Company gave the world when they found themselves without Janis Joplin. "Prayer" is interesting, maybe because it is emulating what Tommy James did on both his Christian of the World and My Head, My Bed and My Red Guitar albums: a little gospel and a little country. The big difference is that James knew enough to separate the two, and despite this song's pretty and musical approach, Hog Heaven shifts gears three times in four songs. Change that total when you get to the almost seven-minute-long "Happy"; the quasi-reggae basement rock sound completely swipes Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" and is further evidence that the band was dabbling with sounds and not knowing where to go. Without a strong enough personality or driving force, they didn't get the opportunity to stretch and make their mark. Tommy James, on the other hand, had no such dilemma; his solo efforts were fully focused and remain an underappreciated body of work. His presence on Hog Heaven is sorely missed, as his ex-bandmates drift from the boogie sound of "Pennsylvania" to the long ballad "Come Away." "Come Away" sounds like it was lifted off the third Velvet Underground album, which is certainly a step in the right direction. Had Mike Vale and Peter Lucia explored the possibilities they play with in the songs "Glass Room" and "Come Away," they would have had a more cohesive and articulate rock statement. Despite their myriad flaws, the ex-Shondells surpass the efforts of other groups who lost their focal point, most notably the Spiders From Mars (ex-Bowie) and Flint (ex-Grand Funk). ~ Joe Viglione, All Music Guide

Joe Viglione's Malden Entertainment Hotline for February 26, 2010
This is my monthly column in the Malden paper which gives odds and ends that won't fit into my weekly essays on Malden area musicians/arts/entertainment people

Happy Birthday Preacher Jack February 12

FOX PASS CHARLIE FARREN and more

http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x267280622/Malden-Entertainment-Hotline-Locals-invited-to-birthdays-celebrations-record-release-parties-and-a-Haitian-relief-benefit

Charlie Farren's MYSPACE
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=91319972&blogId=490509656

More Writings

W. Fraser Sandemose - 3 Beatles Books

The newest, “Beatles Books: From Genesis to Revolution,” is a jaw-dropping bibliography on 1,400 of the published titles … fourteenhundred! Ask a Beatles fan the question, “How many books do you think are currently in-print on the Beatles” and you’ll get varying responses … hundreds … 700 … 900 … but this number is mind-boggling, and will continue to go up just as movie fans will continue to purchase tickets to Avatar in 2010.

As a long-time book critic I tend to put Beatles books in three categories, GREAT as in Geoff Emerick and Howard Massey’s superb “Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording The Music of The Beatles”, The Beatles own biography on Chronicle Books or any of George Martin’s titles, especially “All You Need Is Ears” and his discussion of Sgt. Pepper. Then there’s the books that are good, and then there are the dreadful tomes that miss the mark.”

http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/fun/entertainment/arts/x1631826574/Canadian-Beatles-author-calls-in-to-Soap-Box-on-Winchester-s-WinCAM-Feb-12

Emmy Cerra
http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x1090838207/Emmy-Cerra-to-release-Tinderbox-Local-artist-drops-latest-album-at-All-Asia-Feb-6

Harriet Schock
http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/fun/entertainment/arts/x1685913070/WinCAM-Harriet-Schock-gets-on-the-Winchesters-Soap-Box

Buzzy Linhart
http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/fun/entertainment/arts/x925450290/WinCAM-Buzzy-Linhart-debuts-new-radio-show-in-Winchester

Air Traffic Controller
http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x1566713138/Gaining-control-of-the-airways-MTV-finds-Malden-area-band

Joey Voices
http://www.wickedlocal.com/malden/fun/entertainment/x626053402/Joey-Voices-carry-through-Malden-and-beyond

Extreme

Extreme makeover: Cherone's band is back with best album ever

http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/fun/entertainment/arts/x1157499486/Extreme-makeover-Cherones-band-is-back-with-best-album-ever

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Woburn, MA 01888 U.S.A.
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